Healthcare in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Future is Digital

Ambassador (Ret.) Dr. Neil Parsan is a Diplomat, Global Health Policy Consultant, Energy Advisor and Management Consultant. He is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Parsan Cross, a Washington DC based Global Strategic Advisory firm, serves as Senior Advisor at Dentons – the World’s Largest Law Firm and served as Special Advisor to The World Bank Group. He is the Founder of Your247Doc – a Telehealth Company. Parsan has many years of international business experience executing many projects globally with a focus in the Caribbean and Latin America. He was the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, Ambassador to Mexico, and Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the Organization of American States (OAS). He held the Cabinet position of Executive Secretary for Integral Development-OAS. He earned his Undergraduate Medical Degree at the University of the West Indies where he graduated with Distinction; a Master of Business Administration (MBA), where he graduated as Top Student with Distinction. He holds a Registered Financial Consultant (RFC) Degree, a CACM from Harvard University School of Public Health, and a World Trade Professional Degree from ITM Worldwide in Sweden. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate for Education, Culture, and Humanitarian work from the Americana University, registered with Cambridge University (UK) and the Congress of Mexico. Dr. Parsan is the Chairman of the Board or the Global Alliance for Surgical, Obstetric, Trauma, and Anesthetic Care (The G4 Alliance); Chairman of the Global Gas Council; Chairman of the International Gas Union (IGU) Global Ambassadors Network and a Director of the Young Americas Business Trust (YABT). He previously served as Chair of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) and Chair of the Permanent Council of the OAS. He was the CEO of HealthNet Limited. He has the following recognition: Colonel the Honorable by the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky; Award for Leadership by the City of Philadelphia; Proclamation of Ambassador Dr. Neil Parsan Day in the Cities of Boston, Hartford, Doral, and Miami; Statesman Award from Memorial of Congressman Payne; and the key to the City of Broward County, Florida. He is an Honorary Member of the International Committee on HIV/AIDS on Capitol Hill, the Women's Foreign Policy Group, the American Association of People with Disabilities, and the Americas Society. Ambassador Parsan is also on the Board of Advisors of the National Student Leadership Foundation of the USA.