Travel Clinic

Pre-travel planning and post-travel care

Specialized Travel Care

Our travel clinic is a part of ETSU Health Infectious Diseases - Kingsport. Our infectious diseases specialist provides a more complete approach than a typical travel visit.

You’ll receive more than just vaccines. We help you understand your personalized risks based on your current health for safer and more enjoyable travel. 

Your visit may include: 

• Destination-specific health risks  
• Vaccine review and updates  
• Planning support for chronic conditions
• Malaria prevention planning  
• Mosquito and illness prevention tips  
• Travel insurance guidance  
• CDC and U.S. State Department recommendations  
• Assistance with U.S. Smart Travel Enrollment Program (STEP) enrollment 
• Personalized travel printouts  

Who Should Schedule

Travel visits are recommended for anyone going outside the continental United States. 

They are especially helpful for: 

• Visiting friends and relatives  
• Business travel  
• Mission and service trips  
• Students and global health programs  
• Travelers with chronic conditions  

When to Schedule

Plan early when possible. 

• 8 weeks before travel is ideal.
• At least 4 weeks is recommended.
• Less than 2 weeks? We can still help, but options may be limited. 
• Leaving within a week? We will do our best to prepare you.  

Please bring your vaccine record if you have it. 

Travel Vaccines Offered

We provide a full range of travel and routine vaccines: 

• Typhoid  
• Meningococcus  
• Hepatitis A & B  
• Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis)  
• MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella)  
• Rabies  
• Zoster/Shingles
• Pneumococcal 
• Japanese Encephalitis  
• Tick-Borne Encephalitis 

Additional Services

• After Travel Care

  If you return home and don’t feel well, we can help. 

  Our Infectious Diseases team evaluates travel-related illness and provides follow-up care. 

Location

Why ETSU Health?

Our infectious disease specialists oversee clinical care and teaching at the ETSU Center of Excellence of HIV/AIDS Care, a Ryan White funded center. Our facility provides top quality services to all of East Tennessee. We are also involved in the full spectrum of research to better understand the risk factors associated with — and develop treatments for — fungal, bacterial, and viral infections.

Our specialists have a broad range of research interests, including molecular pathogenesis, epidemiology, and clinical studies, with presentations in all of these areas at national meetings and extramural funding for translational initiatives. Particular areas of interest include the immunopathogenesis of hepatitis C infection, molecular epidemiology, and the treatment of resistant organisms.

The Division of Infectious, Inflammatory and Immunologic Diseases is committed to excellence in teaching, clinical care, and scholarship.

Manage Your Health with MyChart

ETSU Health’s MyChart provides you with secure 24/7 access to your health records, plus many other helpful features to manage your care. Through MyChart, you have access to upcoming appointments, provider notes, test results, health records, and medications. MyChart also allows you to message your provider, view and pay your bill, and request medication refills.