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APRIL 9, 2012 / YOUR BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS WEEKLY HEALTH/ TOP DOCTORS SPECIAL FOCUS This month, VEGAS INC highlights the medical community. BROUGHT TO YOU BY NEVADA STATE BANK SPEAKER: MACAU NOT HOLDING ALL THE CARDS By Richard N. Velotta Senior staff writer A POINT PERSON: Doug Geinzer, CEO of the Southern Nevada Medical Industry Coalition, worked with an executive from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority to organize the first-ever medical tourism symposium in January. He is convinced that Las Vegas can become a medical tourism destination. LAS VEGAS: A MEDICAL TOURISM MAGNET? HIGHWAY TO HEALTH By Richard N. Velotta senior staff writer in private practice in Bozeman, Mont., isn't a high-roller. In fact, the main reason he comes to Las Vegas is to be treated for Y prostate cancer. ¶ In his last trip to Las Vegas in late March, he flew from Bozeman and his first stop was to see his doctors at Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada. ¶ Kuntz is undergoing Provenge vaccine therapy to treat his cancer. After his initial stop to see doctors on a Tuesday, he spent a couple of days sightseeing and playing slot machines at the casino. He returned to the doctor for the second part of his procedure on Friday, then boarded a flight back to Bozeman the next day. ¶ By Sunday afternoon, he was back to work preparing tax returns during the busiest time on a CPA's calendar. ¶ He'll be back to do it again later this month, making four trips to Las Vegas since the beginning of the year. SEE MEDICAL TOURISM PAGE 14 CLASS ACT | P. 22 Bruce Spotleson catches up with actor/ activist Tony Plana. UP, UP AND AWAY | P. 7 Traffic soars at McCarran. ou might say Gary Kuntz is a regular at Planet Hollywood. ¶ Lots of people at the Strip resort know him. The doormen. The bell staffers. The bartenders. ¶ Kuntz says his casino host, Glenn Berk, is the best. He tends to Kuntz's every need when he's in town. ¶ "Those people are incredible," Kuntz said of the Planet Hollywood crew. "I would rate them as one of the best in Las Vegas. They have bent over backward to help me." ¶ Yet Kuntz, a CPA INSIDE TODAY MEET ALICE | P. 10 Local tech company's new office reception- ist never takes a break. SAM MORRIS lthough Macau has surpassed Las Vegas as the largest generator of gaming revenue in the world, it still can't match it as a tourism destination, says an emeritus professor at UNLV. And that could eventually hurt the Chinese city. William Thompson, an emeritus professor of public administration and a longtime observer of the local casino industry, addressed the CEO-CFO Group of Las Vegas March 29, summarizing a public presentation he made at the Macau Polytechnic Institute in October after a two-month stay there as a visiting scholar. benefit long Thompson said Las Vegas would from Macau's success in the because many run Chinese SEE MACAU PAGE 21