Travel Clinic

Travel to foreign countries requires special precautions and for many countries, specific vaccinations. Hawthorn Medical Associates Infectious Diseases specialist Dr. Anthony Karabanow provides comprehensive travel advice and precautionary vaccinations. Travel clinic patients will receive:

  • Individualized travel consultations and destination country entrance requirements
  • Preventative therapy for malaria and other diseases
  • Vaccination for yellow fever if traveling to certain areas as well as the official documentation required by some countries
  • Detailed travel advice on avoiding common ailments such as traveler’s diarrhea and mosquito born illnesses
  • Treatment for anyone returning with infectious diseases acquired abroad

Available vaccines:

  • Hepatitis A
  • Hepatitis B
  • Influenza
  • Japanese Encephalitis
  • Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR)
  • Meningococcal
  • Pneumococcal
  • Polio
  • Rabies
  • Shingles
  • Tdap (Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis)
  • Typhoid
  • Varicella
  • Yellow fever

Many immunizations require multiple injections and take weeks to reach full effectiveness. You should make an appointment as soon as possible after you confirm your travel plans.