"Medical travel" used to mean venturing abroad for significant savings for your major medical procedures. That has changed over recent years. Victor Lazarro, CEO of BridgeHealth International joins the show to discuss the ins and outs of medical travel.
Guest Info
Victor Lazzaro, Jr. -
Mr. Lazzaro is a Managing Director with Volante Capital, LLC, private equity firm, with headquarters in Denver. With over 20 years of senior management experience in the health and managed care fields, he has held domestic and international positions responsible for general management, marketing, finance, administration and healthcare delivery.
Within those private equity portfolios, currently, Mr. Lazzaro serves as CEO of BridgeHealth International, Inc., a major domestic and international medical tourism and surgery benefit management company and as senior advisor of Signum US Healthcare, developing CyberKnife®-focused surgery clinics in China. He was a cofounder of both companies. Mr. Lazzaro also serves as vice chair of Disaboom, Inc., a social network for the disabled and on the boards of Colorado Catheter Company, Inc., and Delta Dental of Colorado. Prior to that, Mr. Lazzaro served as general manager of a small hospital/clinic in Beijing.
Previously, Mr. Lazzaro was president and CEO of United Healthcare Corporation - Mountain States (UHC). Prior to his position at UHC, Mr. Lazzaro was regional vice president of Health Plan Operations, Prudential Insurance Company of America. At Prudential, he also had CEO responsibility for healthcare management in a number of plans and states which included oversight of 30 primary and multi-specialty care clinics. At Prudential, his region included MO, AK, KS, LA, CO, and OK as well as at varying points the Dallas and Houston health plans. Prior to entering health care, Mr. Lazzaro was International Controller of a Black & Decker Subsidiary.
Mr. Lazzaro is an active board member of a number of charity and business organizations and previously served on the advisory board of MediExpress, a UHC affiliate, in Kuala Lumpur. He is also a guest lecturer at the University of Colorado at Denver MBA in the Health Administration program. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree in finance from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington and Jefferson College in Pennsylvania.
