The International Medical Travel Journal was established in 2007 with a focus on

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. It runs a biweekly newsletter. Keith Pollard is the Editor in Chief and features as a speaker at medical tourism conferences. He is also executive chairman of the health care research firm

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International, and is featured at the Medical Travel Summits organised by LaingBuisson International. The conference in Athens in May 2018 was organised in conjunction with

Elitour Elitour is the Greek Medical Tourism Council. It is associated with the Greek National Tourism Organization. Dr Giorgos Patoulis is the President of the council. He is also President of the Athens Medical Association and the Central Union of Mu ...

, the Greek Medical Tourism Council. It runs annual Medical Travel Awards.

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cited them in 2018 among the "global accolades"

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had received. Subsequently Malaysia was awarded "Destination of the Year" by the journal in 2020.

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