About Us

Our Story

Drs. Vimal George and Anush Pillai have spent years teaching students, residents, and nurse practitioners, driven by a passion for improving patient outcomes. However, they noticed a troubling gap in traditional CME: while content was evidence-based, it often failed to translate into real-world practice.

In August 2024, together they founded CME Travel Academy to reinvent CME. Their approach combines engaging conferences at exciting destinations with practical tools — like one-page point-of-care references and year-long spaced-repetition learning — designed to help healthcare professionals retain knowledge and improve patient care.

CME Travel Academy isn’t just about education alone — it’s about translating that education into medical practice to improve outcomes and quality of care.

Expert Physicians/Educators

Dr. Vimal George — Vimal Thomas George, MD, MSc works as a family physician in Austin, TX. Dr. George holds a Master's in Healthcare Quality and Safety Management. He has experience as chief of family medicine, assistant chief medical officer, and chief of quality at the Austin Diagnostic Clinic. Dr. George is also the award winning author of Health in Flames, an active blogger, YouTuber, and recently spoke at TEDxNorthwesternU. Dr. George is on faculty for Dell Medical School in Austin Texas serving as Clinical Affiliate Faculty of Population Health. Dr. George's passion is improving quality of care. In his clinic, he has improved quality across multiple metrics including breast cancer screening, colon screening, and several immunizations to better than the 90th percentile. As Chair of the Medical CQI committee he helped align providers and staff to performance goals through financial and non-financial incentives by standardizing workflows and developing standing orders to empower medical assistants to work to the top of their license to enhance quality of care across the clinic and by standardizing disease management protocols among providers.

Dr. Anush Pillai — Dr. Pillai is a renowned clinician, educator, and author. He has practiced full scope Family Medicine including obstetrics, inpatient medicine, office procedures, office gynecology, pediatrics (including newborn care) for over 20 years. Dr. Pillai enjoys doing procedures and has trained many students and residents on a myriad of inpatient and outpatient procedures. Dr. Pillai has the academic rank of Professor and has been training medical students for over 20 years as faculty and as a Residency Director for several programs. He has worked in 4 residency programs and started 3 ACGME accredited residency programs. Dr. Pillai is well published and has authored multiple peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, website content, and is the coauthor for Case Files Microbiology and Pharmacology. Dr. Pillai is quite involved in advocacy and has served on various committees, councils, and leadership positions at the local, state, and national levels for several organizations. Dr. Pillai has given countless lectures at medical schools, residency programs, CME meetings, Grand Rounds, and is often sought out to speak to organizations and patient-facing venues. Dr. Pillai continues to serve as a reviewer for journals and on committees to develop practice guidelines.

Our Core Values and Commitment to Excellence

Our Mission is not only to provide up to the minute evidenced based content on the management of chronic diseases but also to employ highly effective learning strategies to ensure the content is learned, retained, and then applied in clinical practice so that it translates improved quality of care and health outcomes.

At CME Travel Academy, we embrace the educational journey, believing in the life-changing impact of travel. Our mission revolves around delivering top-notch continuous medical education, blending renowned instructors with exceptional adventures. We uphold values of quality, honesty, and creativity to ensure our programs surpass learner expectations.