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Dr. Chris Sanford is a family medicine physician with a love of travel and a passion for helping others to stay healthy abroad.
Through his entertaining videos & podcasts, blogs, and books, he helps travelers demystify the complexities of travel and tropical medicine so you can visit anywhere from the lush jungles of South America to the Sahara desert, all in good health.

“In thirty years of traveling to some 80 countries, all I can say is: I wish Christopher Sanford had written Staying Healthy Abroad decades earlier. He distills lots of potentially confusing information and his medical advice is bolstered by his own deep experience in remote locales.”

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The Last Wild Men of Borneo, Savage Harvest, and The Lunatic Express.

Internationally-renowned travel health experts, Drs. Paul Pottinger and Chris Sanford, answer your most pressing (and most embarrassing) questions on maintaining good health during your global travels.

Internationally-renowned travel health experts, Drs. Paul Pottinger and Chris Sanford, answer your most pressing (and most embarrassing) questions on maintaining good health during your global travels.

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–Over 20 years of experience as a provider at a University of Washington, Seattle, travel clinic.
–Associate Professor, Departments of Family Medicine and Global Health, University of Washington.
–Medical school: University of California, San Diego School of Medicine (MD).
–Residency: Stanford University, family medicine, at San Jose Hospital (now O’Connor-San Jose Hospital).
–Master in Public Health degree: Harvard School of Public Health.

It exists. It is a new specialty, born approximately 40 years ago. It has been defined as “the discipline devoted to the maintenance of the health of international travelers through health promotion and disease prevention” (J. S. Keystone et al., eds., Travel Medicine. Edinburgh, Scotland: Mosby, 2004, chapter 1).

Travel Medicine is an interdisciplinary field, drawing on infectious disease, public health, preventative medicine, and a host of other medical specialties and subspecialties.

Both the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) and the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) maintain a list of travel clinics on their websites. Many U.S. universities have travel clinics; some see students only, while some welcome all travelers. Medical organizations such as health maintenance organizations (HMOs) often have travel clinics.

Some do, some don’t. Call the phone number for member services on the back of your insurance card and ask.