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Whether you are traveling for business or leisure, maintaining good health while traveling is an important yet often forgotten aspect in the successful planning of your trip. Dr. Gill and staff specialize in offering complete medical travel services for adult and pediatric travelers.
The practice of travel medicine requires an understanding of medical geography and distribution of disease. Constant and vigilant monitoring of outbreaks and emerging infections is key to safe travel. As an infectious disease specialist, Dr. Gill is knowledgeable in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of travelers’ health risks and disease exposures.
Services offered by Longmont Clinic Travel Medicine include:
• Personalized interview to evaluate disease risk for area of travel
• Customized recommendations for disease prevention based on travel itinerary
• Evaluation of personal medical history and special needs while traveling
• Counseling and prescription medications for malaria prophylaxis, high altitude sickness and travelers’ diarrhea control and treatment
Many diseases encountered while traveling are preventable by immunization. Longmont Clinic Travel Medicine is the only Colorado State Certified Yellow Fever Vaccination site in the Longmont area. Immunizations available at Longmont Clinic Travel Medicine are:
• Hepatitis A
• Hepatitis B
• Combined Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B
• Influenza
• Japanese Encephalitis
• Measles/Mumps/Rubella
• Meningococcus
• Pneumococcus
• Polio
• Rabies
• Tetanus/Diphtheria
• Typhoid Fever
• Yellow Fever (certified)
For your health and safety while traveling outside of the United States, it is important to consult with a travel medicine provider. You can schedule an appointment with Dr. Gill or Kari Schoenwald, PA-C, on Monday, Tuesday or Thursday from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, or Friday from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm by calling 720-494-3131. Wishing you safe, happy and above all, healthy travels.
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