Professor Felice Eugenio Agro is the Chief of Health Strategy & Business Development at The University Hospital Campus Bio – Medico of Rome. Agro is committed to growing the hospital’s international patient base. He was kind enough to share his vision and thoughts on how that might be accomplished. Part One of this conversation can be viewed here.   Medical Travel Today (MTT): What are the challenges to growing your medical travel business? FA: The main challenge is anticipating what new, high quality services people will be interested in and foreseeing new patterns of access. In this business you also have to continually improve and strengthen your international network of hospitals, universities, medical tourism providers and so on. Establishing and maintaining an efficient flow of information between the various players is also critical and time-consuming.   MTT: What organizations do you belong to and what events do you attend related to medical travel? FA: I belong to several organizations covering my various fields of interest (anaesthesia and analgesia, intensive care medicine, pain management, airway management, emergency, medical directorate, healthcare management, etc.). In addition, I am a member of the Italian Medical Council S.I.A.A.R.T.I. (Anaesthesia Analgesia Resuscitation Intensive Care Italian Society), E.S.A. (European Society of Anaesthesiology), S.A.M. ( Society of Airway Management), A.S.A. (American Society of Anaesthesiology). While it’s always a pleasure to attend international meetings, unfortunately, as chief of HS&BDD of the University Hospital Campus Bio-Medico, it’s quite difficult to attend to each meeting due to the amount of commitments.   About Professor Felice Eugenio Agro Professor Agro is Chairman of Postgraduate School of Anesthesia and Intensive Care and Chief of the Health Strategy and Business Development Department at the University School of Medicine Campus Bio-Medico of Rome. Professor Agro has traveled abroad to visit numerous institutions actively engaged in medical travel and is working to apply the best practices to his organization.  He is eager to explore cooperative and beneficial relationships with others engaged in providing quality medical travel experiences to consumers. He can be reached through his assistant, Dr. Alessia Pellegrino, at [email protected]