Jonathan Edelheit is President of the Medical Tourism Association. Through the Medical Tourism Association, Mr. Edelheit currently provides information about the medical tourism industry to several governments in their medical tourism plans and initiatives, and is currently working with some of the largest US health insurance companies and Employers in implementing medical tourism into their health plans. The Medical Tourism association is made up of the top hospitals and insurance companies from around the world. Mr. Edelheit is also co-editor of the Medical Tourism Magazine, a monthly magazine published by the Medical Tourism Association.

Previous to founding the Medical Tourism Association, Mr. Edelheit was in charge of United Group Programs, a large US healthcare administrator with clients such as DaimlerChrysler, Sysco, State of Florida and Idaho. Mr. Edelheit was the pioneer of medical tourism in the US with the first company to implement medical tourism into a US health insurance plan. Believing that Medical Tourism could be a solution to the US healthcare crisis, Mr. Edelheit left United Group Programs to start the Medical Tourism Association and to help educate about the high quality of care available overseas. Mr. Edelheit has been featured or mentioned in over 40 magazines from Time Magazine to Newsweek, and in February, was featured as a visionary in US healthcare for his activities in Medical Tourism by Executive Managed Healthcare Magazine, which goes out to 40,000 top US healthcare executives.

Mr. Edelheit is also an attorney and is considered an expert in US healthcare benefits.