Released on: October 5, 2008, 11:58 pm

Press Release Author: Health Travel Guidess

Industry: Healthcare

Press Release Summary: Medical tourism management expert Health Travel Guides has
reached an agreement with The Krongrad Group of Miami, Florida, to develop medical
tourism options for prostate cancer patients.

Press Release Body: SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – October 5, 2008 – Health Travel Guides
(HTG), a medical tourism company that provides the most comprehensive technology
platform for health travel management, has signed an agreement with The Krongrad
Group of Miami, Florida, to develop domestic and international medical tourism
options for those seeking prostate treatment.

“This is an exciting partnership because it provides Health Travel Guides with its
first domestic health travel partner,” said Health Travel Guides CEO Herb Stephens.
“It’s important for consumers to understand that they have health care options that
don’t necessarily mean traveling abroad. Health Travel Guides is committed to
providing quality, affordable care…wherever it is available.”

The Krongrad Institute Founder and Medical Director Arnon Krongrad, MD, says "Men
facing prostate cancer surgery and prostatitis surgery understand that their fate
depends most critically on the quality of their surgery. They are increasingly
willing to travel to get quality surgery. By working with HTG The Krongrad Institute
broadens access to its surgical services to thousands of men. We are excited by the
chance to join hands with HTG to improve the quality of care for them."

Dr. Arnon Krongrad is a pioneering surgeon who in 1999 introduced Minimally Invasive
Laparoscopic Prostate Surgery (LRP) to the world. The Krongrad Institute is the
first and longest running program for LRP in North or South America. Dr. Krongrad’s
surgical technique is credited with changing nearly 100 years of medical practice
with improved patient safety, ease in recovery, shorter hospital stay and better
medical economics.

The unique alliance has, for the first time, made available world-class expertise of
an American Center of Excellence in a medical tourism format. And in addition to
the Miami location, those who wish to add a vacation to their travel, or just
rejuvenate in a more exotic location, can choose to schedule their procedure with
The Krongrad Institute’s Caribbean location.

“Dr. Krongrad is a pioneer in the treatment of prostate cancer and chronic
prostatitis and The Krongrad Institute is today widely viewed as the premier global
destination for treatment of these conditions. Adding such high caliber treatment
options to our portfolio of services provides our patients with the best tools for
managing their important health care decisions,” says Mr. Stephens.

About The Krongrad Institute
The Krongrad Institute was established to provide minimally invasive prostate cancer
surgery. Establishment of the Institute in 1999 was driven by a dramatic technical
advance in prostate cancer surgery: the development of laparoscopic radical
prostatectomy (LRP).

Dr. Krongrad and his colleagues literally wrote the book on the technique of LRP,
and Dr. Krongrad pioneered the application of LRP in North America. The Krongrad
Institute is the world’s only private program exclusively devoted to LRP.


About Health Travel Guides
A technology and services company, HTG operates and licenses an award-winning
platform specifically developed to handle the many demands of health travel.

Health Travel Guides also operates a medical tourism business which handles the
complex requirements of helping American patients receive the best available medical
and surgical treatment abroad. Deloitte estimates that 750,000 patients went abroad
for high quality, lower cost surgery and medical care last year, with this number
expected to grow to 1.5 million this year.

Founded in 2006, and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with operations in
San Diego California, Health Travel Guides is a privately held company. Health
Travel Technologies is a subsidiary of Health Travel Guides. Health Travel
Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing quality care abroad
to people who are unable to afford health care procedures or services.


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Web Site: http://www.healthtravelguides.com

Contact Details:
Contact:

Sandra Miller
Health Travel Guides
600 Townsend Ste 120e
San Francisco CA 94103
(415) 503-3913 phone
415-415 437 2892 fax
Sandra@healthtravelguides.com