Going beyond elective surgeries, a growing number of medical tourists are seeking tertiary care abroad, bringing new opportunities and challenges to designers and architects BY ANNE DINARDO FOR DECADES , the term "medical tourism" conjured two distinctly different images: the affluent traveling to tropical destinations for nip/tucks or other elective surgeries and, in some parts of the world, individuals crossing borders to find care that wasn't available close to home. While these markets still exist, the medical tourism industry of today is largely composed of patients traveling to receive tertiary care in specialties such as cardiovascular, orthopedics, weight loss, and more. WILL TRAVEL FOR TREATMENT HCDmagazine.com 06.14 83http://www.HCDmagazine.com