International Travel Clinic
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For those traveling abroad for leisure, work or study, the Section on Infectious Diseases offers appointments in the International Travel Clinic. The Clinic is committed to providing quality health information, medications and vaccinations to ensure safe and healthy travel overseas. The Clinic also offers preventive and curative medicine in the fields of tropical medicine and infectious diseases, high altitude medicine, travel-related obstetrics, occupational health, military and migration medicine.
The following are the specific preventive health services for the International Traveler:
- Up-to-date country-specific information on health and safety risks
- Prevention and therapy of travelers' diarrhea
- Medication for malaria prevention
- Vaccinations for:
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Tetanus, diphtheria and polio
- Measles, mumps and rubella
- Meningococcal meningitis
- Cholera
- Typhoid fever
- Yellow fever (WHO certificate)
- Japanese encephalitis
- Lists of English-speaking physicians practicing overseas
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Highlights
Visitors to some foreign countries can benefit from a pre-trip consultation with an infectious diseases specialist in travel medicine. In an interview with WXII News, Dr. Chris Ohl explains the advantages.
Traveler's Guide To Avoiding Infectious Diseases
Travelers to other countries may encounter diseases to which they have no natural immunity and which are likely to have a significant impact on their health. READ MORE…
Links for the
International Traveler
CDC Travelers' Health
CIA Factbook
Shoreland's Travel Health Online
International Society of Travel Medicine |
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Clinic Visits
Scheduling Appointments
All Clinic visits are by appointment only. For a Travel Clinic appointment call 336-716-4395.
Cancellations
If you are unable to keep your scheduled appointment, please call 336-716-4395 no later than 24 hours prior to your appointment so we may use this time for another patient.
Prescription Refills
Please call 336-716-4395 for prescription refills. Requests are taken during office hours Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., or by fax from the pharmacist at 336-716-3825.
Please contact your pharmacist to verify that your prescription has been called into the pharmacy and is ready for you to pick up. |
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Please note the following restrictions regarding prescription refills:
We do not refill prescriptions prescribed by other physicians;
We cannot refill pain medications after office hours or during the weekend;
If you haven’t been seen by our physician within the last six months, you must schedule a follow-up visit prior to prescription refill. We want to make sure that the medication is properly dosed and that your health hasn’t changed.
After Hours Calls
Messages
If you want to leave a message for your physician, please call 336-716-4395 during business hours. You will be asked for your phone number and the best time for staff to call back.
After Hours Calls
If you have an urgent medical problem and you cannot wait to talk with your doctor during regular office hours, call 336-716-4395. The on-call doctor for Infectious Diseases will return your call.
Emergencies
If you have a medical emergency, go directly to the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Emergency Department or your nearest emergency room. Upon your arrival, notify the staff that you are a patient in the International Travel Clinic and give your physician’s name.
Location
All outpatient consultations are seen in the 7th floor clinic at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Richard Janeway Clinical Sciences Tower (Clinical Sciences Building) on the Bowman Gray Campus. Click here for maps and directions.