Patients considering Medical Tourism should consider reducing their research headaches by going through a reputable medical travel company like WorldMed Assist. It can be overwhelming to find the best country/hospital/doctor for the procedure needed. WorldMed Assist only partners with hospitals after multi-day, on-site screening. Many of the top surgeons in their partner network were trained in the U.S., and most hospitals have affiliations with renowned US medical centers such as Johns Hopkins and Harvard Medical. Hospitals are squeaky clean, and all our patients have rated their overseas accommodations as five star.

Another important advantage of Medical tourism is access to procedures not widely practiced in the US, such as Hip Resurfacing --a better option for many patients than a hip replacement. Hip resurfacing was only approved by the FDA in 2006, so finding a skilled, experienced surgeon in the US is difficult