Publications

The following is a sample list of research by Center of Medical Tourism Research personnel:

Journal Articles

• Guiry, M. (2010), "Brand Positioning in the Medical Tourism Industry: A Brand Personality Perspective," International Journal of Behavioural and Healthcare Research (eds. Teachout & Vequist), 2 (1), 20-37.
• Vequist, D. & Valdez, E. (2009), Journal of Commercial Biotechnology, "The Correlation between Medical Tourism and Biotechnology," Oct., 15 (4), 287–289.
  

Recent Invited Speaking Events

• (Planned for Next Year)- 2011 International Conference on Business, Hospitality and Tourism Management (Dr. Guiry)

• (Planned for Next Year)- 2011 Cardiology Administrators- Chicago, Illinois (Dr. Vequist)

• (Planned for Next Year)- 2011 Egyptian Medical Tourism Conference- Cairo, Egypt (Dr. Vequist)

• LifeSciences Alley- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Dr. Daly)- Dec. 2010

• Healthcare Think Tank- San Antonio, Texas (Dr. Vequist)- Dec. 2010

• MENA Healthcare Infrastructure Conference- Cairo, Egypt (Dr. Vequist)- Oct. 2010

• Medical Tourism Educational Seminar- Cairo, Egypt (Dr. Vequist)- Oct. 2010

• Cyprus Medical Tourism Congress- Nicosia, Cyprus (Dr. Guiry)- Sept. 2010

• Congreso De Turismo Medico Puerto Vallarta 2010 - Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (Dr. Vequist)- Sept. 2010

• Mexico City Medical Tourism Congress 2010- Mexico City, Mexico (Dr. Vequist)- Sept. 2010

• Ethics in Medical Tourism- Vancouver (at Simon Fraser University), Canada (Dr. Vequist)- June 2010

• Global Spa Summit 2010- Istanbul, Turkey (Dr. Vequist)- May 2010

• 2010 European Medical Tourism Conference- Venice, Italy (Dr. Vequist)- April 2010

• 2010 Global Business & Economics Conference- Greece (Dr. Teachout)

Interviews

• GE's HealthyMagination Site (Dec 2010)
• American Society of Dental Hygienists magazine- Access (Dec 2010)
• China Daily News (largest Chinese English Newspaper- expected Dec 2010)
• San Antonio Business Journal (11 Oct 2010)
• Cyprus Mail (Sept 2010)
• Puerto Vallarta TV (Sept 2010)
• Modern Pharmaceuticals (Indian Pharmaceutical Magazine Jan 2010)
• Houston Chronicle (14 Feb 2010)
  
• El Financiero Interview (17 Jul 2009)
• The Word (the Alumni magazine for UIW- Spring 2009)
  http://www.uiw.edu/thewordonline/spring09/uiwresearchctr.html

Press and/or Quoted

• http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS245368+05-Jun-2008+PRN20080605
• http://www.newmedicalhorizons.com/news.html
• http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/World-Medical-Tourism--26-Global-Health-Congress-Connects-Global-Healthcare-Providers-with-Global-Insurance-Companies-21234-4/
• http://sev.prnewswire.com/health-care-hospitals/20080605/DC2433605062008-1.html

Summaries

• An Introduction to Medical Tourism

Medical Tourism Magazine Articles

• http://www.medicaltourismmag.com/detail.php?Req=199&issue=9
• http://www.medicaltourismmag.com/issue-detail.php?item=172&issue=8
• http://www.medicaltourismmag.com/issue-detail.php?item=155&issue=7
• http://www.medicaltourismmag.com/issue-detail.php?item=120&issue=6
• http://www.medicaltourismmag.com/issue-detail.php?item=93&issue=5

• http://www.medicaltourismmag.com/issue-detail.php?item=77&issue=4

Health Tourism Magazine (Online) Articles

• http://www.healthtourismmagazine.com/article-detail.php?issue=issue-2&article=Health-Tourism-Economic-Report

Presentations

• http://www.outsourceglobal.org/Final%20Conference%20Program%202007.pdf
• http://www.worldcongress.com/events/HL07095/
• http://www.worldcongress.com/agenda.cfm?level=inside&confCode=HL07095&agendaID=210&subAgendaID=581
• http://www.medicaltourismcongress.com/speakers.php
• http://www.medicaltravelauthority.com/Medical-Tourism-Brochure.pdf
• http://www.latinamericamedicaltourismcongress.com/david_vequist.php
• http://www.latinamericamedicaltourismcongress.com/pdf/Latin%20America%20Medical%20Tourism%20Congress.pdf

Journals

• http://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=1082