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Your Partner in Healthy Travel

Baylor Travel Medicine is pleased to offer a full range of services to help keep travelers healthy and safe when leaving the United States. All services are customized for your individual health needs and travel itinerary.

The time to schedule a visit to Baylor Travel Medicine is as soon as you begin planning an international journey (preferably 4-6 weeks before departure), to allow time for vaccinations to provide maximum protection.

Our Travel Services include:

• Pre-travel assessments to identify and reduce potential health risks while abroad
• Customized, in-depth reports compiled from the authorities – including the World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and U.S. Department of State – on health and safety risks for your destinations
• Recommendations for and administration of immunizations required for entry or for health protection
• International Certificate of Vaccination document
• Food and water precautions
• Prescriptions for illness/disease prevention and self-treatment
• Contact information for embassies and recommended medical facilities (where available)
• Recommendations for preparing a personal travel kit
• Physical exams and lab work (may require an additional appointment)
• Medical travel and evacuation insurance references
• Post-travel medical care from Baylor Family Medicine physicians

July 10, 2008 - Notice To Our Patients: Merck, the manufacturer of the Zostavax vaccine, has announced an 8 week delay in production. Due to this delay BFM is not scheduling appointments for the shingles vaccine at this time. We will be happy to take your name and number and call you for an appointment when the vaccine becomes available. Thank you for your patience.

Expert Help for All Travelers

Our experienced Travel Medicine staff is available to help all international travelers, including:

• Business travelers
• Vacationers
• Cruise ship passengers
• Expatriates and their families
• Foreign exchange/study abroad students
• Missionaries
• Adoptive parents
• Church and school groups
• Travel clubs

Schedule your Travel Medicine consultation or call 713.798.7700 for more information.

Get answers to Frequently Asked Questions about international travel and Travel Medicine services.