Mr. Patel received his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering / Computer Science and his Minor in Entrepreneurship and Management from the Johns Hopkins University, and has taken public health coursework held at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) from the UCLA School of Dentistry. He has been accepted to the DDS / MBA joint-degree program at the UCLA School of Dentistry and UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Mr. Mendelsohn received his B.S. in Bioengineering (Magna Cum Laude) from UCSD and graduated as one of the top student in his bioengineering class. He is currently pursuing a Medical Degree (MD) at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California.

Mr. Raghavan graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2004 with a BS in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, a BS in Management Science from the Sloan School of Management, and a Minor in Music.

Dr. Kenneth Farr is Vice President for South America operations for HealthCare Tourism International. Dr. Farr resides in Quito, Ecuador, where he recently retired from a 30 year career of public service with the U.S. Agency for International Development. Dr. Farr was a senior health and population program manager for USAID in Indonesia, Philippines and Ecuador, responsible for projects with budgets as up to $75 million. In his capacity as a development professional he worked in close collaboration with senior officials of multilateral institutions (WHO, PAHO, World Bank, IDB), Ministries of Health and Planning and large NGOs. Prior to his entering the health field, Dr. Farr was a university professor at the University of Puerto Rico, Chapman College and Governors State University.

Dr. Farr earned his B.A. in Government and Geography from Valparaiso University, his M.A. in Latin American Studies from University of Florida, Gainesville, his Ph.D. in Political Science from Tulane University and his M.P.H. from University of Michigan.

Dr. Goklaney completed his residency training in Psychiatry at New England Medical Center- Tufts University, and a fellowship in Sleep and Breathing Disorders from Ohio State University / UCLA.

Mr. Patel graduated with honors from University of London's Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine with a B.Sc in Electrical Engineering and from Harvard Business School with Masters in Business Administration.

Dr. Jones chairs the Excellence in Medical Tourism Roundtable, hosted by Johns Hopkins International at Johns Hopkins University, and is president of the Oxford Banking Forum (www.oxfordbanking.org) an executive round-table focusing on bridging financial services with academic knowledge leaders. From 2003-06, he was a fellow at the British Department of Health. Dr. Jones was educated at the University of Oxford (D.Phil., Medical Sciences; MSc, Human Biology) and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (B.Sc., Hons.)

In April of 2007, William Carpenter was named Interim Chief Executive Officer of Consensus Biotechnology. In this position, he leads a pharmaceuticals and biomedical imaging division through an early round of financing and into the product development phase. Mr. Carpenter is an active management consultant helping clients across diverse industries create and capture value by clearly defining business objectives, developing key partnerships, aligning intellectual and financial resources, and measuring results. Since 2004, he has worked in healthcare, biotechnology, education, software, and nanotechnology. In addition to consulting, he currently advises multiple state and federal agencies, early-stage companies, and non-profit organizations. Mr. Carpenter was educated at the University of Rochester and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Dr. Louis G. Keith currently is Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology and former Director of the Section of Undergraduate Education and Medical Student Affairs at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. He received certification by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1967 and commenced his academic career at The Chicago Medical School and the Cook County Hospital in 1967. He attained the rank of Professor in the former institution and Associate Director of the Division of Obstetrics in the latter when he was asked to assume professorship at Northwestern University in 1975, a position he held continuously until obtaining emeritus status in 2004. During these years he supervised the education of more than 5000 medical students in the discipline of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has been elected to membership and/or fellowship in numerous professional societies in the United States and overseas. These include the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American College of Surgeons, the American Association of Gynecological Laparoscopists, the Royal Society of Medicine (UK) and the Royal Society of Health (UK).

Over the years he has received 21 awards for his scientific work and achievements. In 1995 he was named "Distinguished Alumnus" of The Chicago Medical School, and in 2000 he was awarded the Golden Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland. He was also inducted as a “Knight” in the International Order of Smile (UNESCO). In 2004 he was awarded Honorary Fellowship in the Indian College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Twinning has long been a major focus of Dr. Keith’s research endeavors group of co- Dr. Keith has published more than 175 abstracts, articles and chapters on twinning, as well as editing four definitive textbooks in the English language: Multiple Pregnancy: Epidemiology, gestation, and Perinatal Outcome; Iatrogenic Multiple Pregnancy: Clinical Implications; and Triplet Pregnancies and Their Consequences. The first text, Multiple Pregnancy, was republished in an expanded second edition in 2005 using a two-color text format and four color illustrations throughout. It was awarded the “Book of the Year” in Obstetrics and Gynecology by the British Medical Association in 2005. His most recent academic interest is Post Partum Hemorrhage and his book, A Textbook of Post Partum Hemorrhage, was launched at the Royal Society of Medicine in London in October, 2006 by HRH, Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, the eldest daughter of Queen Elizabeth II.

He received his Ph.D. at the Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences in Poznan, Poland, October 2002. The title of his dissertation was “Triplet Pregnancies in Women Age 40 or More.” At present, he is also Adjunct Professor of Maternal and Child Health in the Department of Maternal and Child Health at the University Of Alabama School Of Public Health at Birmingham and Affiliate Professor, College of Public Health, University of Southern Florida, Tampa, Florida. In October of 2007, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science by the Medical Academy of Lublin, Poland.

He has successfully mentored graduate students for the Ph.D. degree or its equivalent at Northwestern University in Chicago, Oxford University in the United Kingdom and the University of Alabama in Birmingham. He also served as an external reviewer for a PhD thesis at Harvard University and the Poznan University of Medical Sciences.