The first BridgeHealth International web seminar on medical travel and tourism, held Friday, was a big success. More than 40 people stopped in, and I know Will Garin and Stephanie Sulger were working overtime to answer the follow-up questions. The company expects to make the so-called “webinars” a regular event.

If you weren’t there (or even if you were) the webinar was an online slide presentation with an hour of commentary by Garin, BridgeHealth’s vice president of marketing, and Sulger, vice president of the consumer division. You can hear the whole show below, though the slides are too large to fit properly in the blog format. If you want to download the whole presentation with the slides, here’s the link to a windows media file:

BridgeHealth Webinar May 30: 73MB, wmv format

Here’s a link to a file that users should be able to download and play on a Mac or IPod:

BridgeHealth Webinar May 30: 26MB, IPod (m4b) format

Here’s an mp4 file that should play nicely in Quicktime, and includes small versions of the slides:

BridgeHealth Webinar May 30: 34MB, QuickTime (mp4) format

And here’s the inline, on-blog audio (MP3 format.) I’m told it may be unlistenable for Mac users, who are best off with the file downloads above.

Readers of this blog get first crack at the best seats for BridgeHealth International Inc.’s first-ever medical tourism “Webinar” on Friday, May 30 at 11 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time.

The free online event will feature Stephanie Sulger, RN. MS, VP of BridgeHealth’s Consumer Division; and Will Garin, VP of marketing for the Denver-based company. The one-hour presentation is open to the first 125 people to register online:

Webinar Online Registration Link

No special software or hardware is required to view and participate in the Webinar. The presentation is recommended for “anyone who has ever wondered what medical tourism is really like,” Garin said. “It gives people a place to start and a place to get their questions answered.”

Sulger, a pioneer in the medical travel and tourism industry, is frequently called upon to assess health and safety factors at medical destinations and is often quoted in media such as The New York Times and Good Housekeeping magazine, as well as appearing on ABC television speaking about issues facing the medical travel industry. In her career, she has assisted more than 3,000 clients in obtaining care in overseas facilities, including for orthopedics, neurosurgery, general surgery, cosmetic surgery, GYN, urology and stem cell therapy.

BridgeHealth is the sponsor of this blog. You can expect to see the moderator at the webinar, providing there’s an extra seat …