The situation
An incidental MRI abroad found a sizeable but likely benign tumor. The local waitlist for a neurosurgical consult was months; the private quote was intimidating; and the family wanted certainty about whether surgery was truly needed.
What we did
Records and DICOM files were uploaded on a Friday. We arranged certified translation and a written review by a senior Beijing Tiantan Hospital neurosurgeon (from $400) — delivered the following Wednesday: surgery advised, approach explained, risks quantified from their own case volumes.
The visit
The patient flew in twice: once for confirmation imaging and consent (3 days), once for surgery. Admission, deposits, interpreters and daily ward visits were coordinated end-to-end; the English discharge summary and pathology went home with the patient for follow-up.
Outcome
Uncomplicated resection, benign pathology, home in under two weeks after surgery. The all-in cost — imaging, surgery, stay, coordination — came to well under half of the home private quote.
*This is an anonymized, composite case based on real coordination journeys; identifying details are changed or combined for privacy. Outcomes vary — nothing here is a promise of results.*