-Currently, Executive Director for KTO NY Office
- Executive Director for Tourism Infrastructure, KTO
- Director for KTO Singapore Office
- Ph.D.  Tourism Science, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

Over30 years experience in tourism industry, Steve has profound knowledge of every aspects of tourism including medical tourism.

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Karen Timmons, Chief Executive Officer of the Global Healthcare Accreditation® (GHA) Program, leads an innovative and inaugural healthcare accreditation program designed specifically for healthcare organizations seeking to elevate the quality, patient experience, and excellence of care provided to medical travel, medical tourism and/or international patients. The program focuses specifically on an organization’s Medical Travel Cycle, encompassing the entire pathway of medical travel, as well as setting high expectations for transparency and cultural sensitivity.

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2011-2012 - Internship, Yonsei University Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea

2012-2015 - Residency, Department of Family Medicine,Yonsei University Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea

2015-2016 - Instructor of Family Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

2016-Present - Associative professor of Family Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, KoreaAssociative professor of International Clinic, Gangnam Severance hospital.

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Jonathan Edelheit is Chairman & Co-founder of the Medical Tourism Association.  A visionary in the medical travel industry, Mr. Edelheit works with leading governments, hospitals, healthcare providers, insurance companies, and referring organizations across the globe to launch successful and sustainable medical travel programs.

Mr. Edelheit has led initiatives in Abu Dhabi, South Korea, Dubai, Jordan, Costa Rica, Colombia, Florida, Las Vegas, Miami and numerous destinations around the world.  He was a key player in rebuilding South Korea’s medical tourism program, driving it to becoming one of the top destinations in the world, receiving more than 400,000 medical tourists yearly.  

He is the editor of the Medical Tourism Magazine, and organizes the largest event in the industry, the World Medical Tourism & Global Healthcare Congress.

Mr. Edelheit is driven by a passion to make healthcare more transparent, affordable and accessible and to make knowledge and resources about the industry easily accessible.  He is committed to breaking down all the barriers that stand in the way of the industry achieving its true potential.

Mr. Edelheit has built the largest network of industry stakeholders from across the globe reaching hundreds of thousands of professionals. He is not only the largest influencer on LinkedIn in Medical Travel, but also one of the largest influencers on LinkedIn in travel, tourism and employer healthcare and insurance.  With more than 500,000 members in his LinkedIn Groups, Mr. Edelheit continues to advocate and grow awareness for medical travel and help support those professionals who have made medical tourism their career.

Mr. Edelheit has personally made several strategic investments in the industry and is an adviser to multiple organizations.  

-Medical Tourism Manager for KTO NY Office

-B.A Economics, State University of New York at Albany

Eve since Juri joined KTO NY Office in 2019, Juri has initiated aggressive promotion promoting South Korea as a medical tourism destination.

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Dr. Choh is currently the director of the International Healthcare Center at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, one of the largest and most prestigious academic medical centers in South Korea.
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Dr. Choh has been a cardiothoracic surgeon with training and practice background both in USA and South Korea until 2015 when he took the current position at his Alma Mater. Over 35 years he maintained an active cardiovascular surgical practice in Chicago area with the leadership role as the co-chair of Cardiovascular Division at Advocate Sherman Hospital System, Elgin, Illinois.
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Between 2003-2005, he served as the founding medical director of Cardiovascular Center of the new Seoul National University Bundang Hospital during its early phase.
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His area of main interest has been clinical coronary artery surgery, quality improvement in management of CV disease in general, and more recently global health care issues.