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Noreen A Hynes, MD MPH
- Director, Geographic Medicine Center of the Division of Infectious Diseases
- Associate Professor of Medicine
Expertise: Infectious Diseases
Primary Location: Geographic Medicine Clinic, Baltimore, MD
Research Interests: epidemiology and control of tropical diseases, Vaccine preventable diseases
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Kawsar Rasmy Talaat, MD
Expertise: Infectious Diseases
Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Research Interests: Avian influenza, International health, Pandemic influenza, Parasitology, Vaccines
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Matthew M. Ippolito, MD PhD
- Associate Professor of Medicine
Expertise: Infectious Diseases
Primary Location: The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Research Publications
Travel and Tropical Medicine Clinics
Our clinics offer pre- and post-travel services for infectious diseases related to travel for adults 18 years and older. Persons younger than 18 should seek care through Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Travel & Tropical Medicine Providers
Services
Travel Health Program Clinic (Pre-travel)
Tuesdays and Thursdays
Assessment, counseling, and immunizations
Ambulatory Tropical Medicine Clinic (Post-travel illness)
Appointments are scheduled after primary care provider referral only
pre-travel consultations About the Travel Health Program Clinic
We take into account your current health status, documented immunization history, planned location(s) of travel, season in the country(s) of travel, planned activities to develop a personalized pre-travel plan for prevention and self-treatment while abroad.
We offer pre-travel recommendations related to:
General prevention strategies:
- Food and water precautions
- Insect bite precautions
- Vaccine preventable infections
- Preventing blood clots due to long-haul air travel
- Safety and security issues
- Rabies risk reduction
- High altitude travelers
Prevention strategies for special travelers:
- Disaster and humanitarian aid workers
- Pregnant travelers
- Long-term travelers
- Travelers with chronic illness
- Cruise ship travelers
Medications for prevention and treatment:
Prevention:
- Malaria prophylaxis
- Acute mountain sickness
- Traveler's diarrhea
Stand-by self treatment during travel:
- Malaria
- Traveler's diarrhea
At your initial consultation, we will:
- Review your health history, including immunizations
- Review your travel plans
- Complete a risk assessment
- Discuss current CDC travel notices
- Discuss personal prevention behaviors to reduce risks
- Provide recommendations to prevent illness or to self-treat if illness occurs while traveling
- Provide you with written Vaccine Information Statements. Please read them as ask questions prior to receiving immunizations
- Provide you with CDC-WHO International Certification of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (the "Yellow Care") when receiving vaccinations requiring certification
Please note:
We are a consultative service. We do not provide immunizations independently of pre-travel office visits. For routine immunizations, you will be referred back to your primary care provider.
There is a charge for replacement of lost vaccination certification cards, such as a Certificate of Yellow Fever Vaccination.
There is a charge for replacement of lost vaccination certification cards, such as a Certificate of Yellow Fever Vaccination.
post-travel illness About the Ambulatory Tropical Medicine Service
Our physicians and staff are trained to manage a wide variety of infections. Patients are seen only by referral from their Primary Care Provider.
Evaluation & Treatment of Illness After Travel
- Respiratory infections
- Food and water-borne diseases (cholera, dysentery, hepatitis A, traveler’s diarrhea, typhoid fever)
- Norovirus
- Mosquito-borne diseases such as Chikungunya, Dengue, Malaria, West Nile, Yellow fever, and Zika virus
- Other insect borne infections such as Oropouche
- Parasites
- Skin infections related to travel
- Other travel-related diseases
Consultations
Appointments are scheduled after primary care provider referral only