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Dr. Narottam Puri, MBBS, MS, FICS, FIAMS, Adv. Diploma in Hospital Administration

Distinguished Speakers

Master of Ceremonies

Mr. Glenn Sergius

Ms. Kelly Meloche

Her Excellency, The Consul General of India,

Mrs. Preeti Saran

Mr. Ronjon Lahiri,

Director, India Tourism, Toronto

Dr. Vasanthi Srinivasan

Director, Health System Planning & Research Branch

Ontario Ministry of Health

Ms. Ann Kaplan

President & CEO,

Medicard Finance

Mr. Nadeem Ismail,

Director, Health System Performance Studies & Manager of the Alberta Policy Research Centre at the Fraser Institute.

Ms. Janet Walker,

Adjunct Professor, UBC

Writer / Author

Mr.Pradeep Thukral,

Executive Director,

Indian Medical Travel Association®

Ms. Kelly Meloche,CEO

International Health Care Providers Inc.

Ms. Yasmeen Sayeed,

President & CEO

Surgical Tourism Canada Inc.

Surgical Tourism USA Inc.

Ms. Tracy H. Simons

President and Principal

Custom Assurance Placements, Ltd. (CAP)

Mr. Frank Mesich,

Principal,

Mesich Media Advertising

Prof. K. Ganapathy

M.Ch. (Neuro), FACS, FICS, FAMS Ph.D

President, Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation

Ms. Asha Luthra

President

Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Hari Boolchandani

Head, International Patient Services,

Max Healthcare, India

Mrs. Suja Isaac

Co-Founder & Executive Director

Soukya International Health Centre

Dr. K . Ravindranath

M.S., FRCS (Glasgow) FRCS (Edin.)

Chairman & Managing Director

Global Hospitals, India

Dr. Sajan K Hegde

M.S. (Ortho), Fellowship in Spine Surgery,

Fellow Spine Surgeon (France), Fellow Spine Surgeon (Germany) Fellow Spine Surgeon (Switzerland)

Consultant Spine Surgeon Apollo Hospitals, India

Medical Advisory board member:

Surgical Tourism Canada

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Dr. Venkatraman Sadanand MD, MS, PhD, FRCSC, FACS

Associate Professor, Neurosurgery and Pediatrics

Director, Research and Graduate Studies

Director, Saskatchewan Epilepsy Program

Department of Surgery

University of Saskatchewan

Dr. Sadanand is currently a Pediatric Neurosurgeon at the Royal University Hospital, saskatoon. He is an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Sadanand has graduated with a degree in technology from the prestigious IIT, Madras and then completed his MD at the University of Toronto and an MS and a PhD at Caltech, U.S.A. His specialty in neurosurgery is in pediatric brain and spine tumors as well as in epilepsy surgery.

Dr. Sadanand has been nominated for the Order of Ontario, 2009 for his work on providing free healthcare and for the excellence in clinical and research work.