When you're planning a trip, the last thing you want to worry about is getting sick. The Froedtert & MCW Travel Health Clinic is here to help minimize this risk during your journey. Whether you’re traveling for work, vacation or a service trip, we will create a personalized travel health plan that maximizes your experience while reducing health risks. Our team of physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses and medical assistants, are specially trained in travel medicine. They will assess your destinations, activities and medical conditions to recommend the best interventions for you
Contact the Froedtert & MCW Travel Health Clinic for specific information and immunizations you need before you travel.
During the Visit
Your provider will:
- Assess your health history and individual needs based on your itinerary.
- Provide you with the latest information on health risks.
- Discuss the required and recommended immunizations and medications.
- Administer vaccines and prescribe medications as needed.
About the Travel Health Clinic
The clinic's physicians and nurse practitioners are infectious disease specialists with expertise in travel medicine and global health. They provide comprehensive services to patients planning international travel, offering personalized travel plans to optimize health and travel experience. In addition to patient care, our doctors and clinicians engage in medical education and research to advance the field of travel medicine and provide high-quality care.
When to Visit the Travel Health Clinic
- The clinic serves adults and children ages 10 years and older traveling to any global destination.
- We specialize in managing travelers with complex medical issues, including those with multiple medical problems, immunocompromising conditions or transplants.
- Couples and families are encouraged to visit together.
- Our clinicians also diagnose and manage illnesses in patients who have recently returned from international travel.
What to Expect During Your Appointment
- Medical history and assessment to identify location-specific infectious risks and mitigation strategies
- Update routine and travel-specific vaccinations to prevent infection during travel
- Laboratory to determine immunity to certain viral or bacterial infections
- Prescriptions for medications to prevent or treat: malaria, traveler’s diarrhea, motion sickness, jet lag and altitude sickness
- Patient education on food and water precautions, insect precautions, injury prevention, infection prevention for medical personnel, animal bites, travel insurance and travel during pregnancy
- Long-term connection with our clinic for frequent travelers, including follow-up appointments as needed
Travel Health Questions
We understand you may have many questions before traveling internationally. We are here to discuss these topics and answer your questions, including:
- Travel-specific immunizations
- Routine immunizations (especially for medically complex and high-risk populations)
- Special considerations for pregnant women and immunosuppressed individuals
- Itinerary-specific health threats and recent travel advisories
- Infection prevention and HIV post-exposure prophylaxis for medical personnel
- Food and water precautions
- Insect precautions
- Self-treatment of traveler’s diarrhea
- Malaria prophylaxis
- Altitude and motion sickness
- Prevention of venous thromboembolism
- Jet lag
- Sun exposure
- Post-travel care for symptoms after returning from destination
