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(WEST CHESTER, PA) – The Travel Medicine Program located at Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital’s Occupational Health Center (OHC) offers travelers a wide range of services and access to care for a variety of needs such as vaccines and boosters, as well as quick, convenient scheduling. In addition to making sure patients are adequately vaccinated ahead of travel, the program is designed to ensure travelers are in good health and are educated on potential health risks they might encounter at their destination.
"An informed traveler is always going to be a safer traveler because they know what they need to do to maintain that safety," says Margaret Stroz, MD, the lead physician of Chester County Hospital's Travel Medicine Program.
Based on a traveler's itinerary, immunization record, and medical history, Dr. Stroz and her team provide vaccine recommendations and advice on how the traveler can best protect themselves from both everyday threats, such as unsanitary drinking water and mosquito bites that infect people with disease, to escalating outbreaks. They also offer preventive medications for a range of travel-related conditions that include anything from Malaria, Japanese Encephalitis and Yellow Fever to traveler's diarrhea, altitude sickness and motion sickness.
Dr. Stroz has been providing Travel Medicine consultations at the hospital for the last 20 years. In coordination with the Travel Medicine care team, Dr. Stroz takes her guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), World Health Organization and International Society of Travel Medicine.
Group travel services are also offered and include in-person or virtual education sessions, individual assessments, and a discount on travelers' consultation fees. Travel medicine consultations should be scheduled at least two weeks in advance of your trip, although two to three months is ideal.
The Occupational Health Center at Chester County Hospital offers travel medicine support at two locations: Fern Hill Medical Campus in West Chester, PA and the Medical Office Building at New Garden in Kennett Square, PA.
For more information on travel medicine, vaccine appointment scheduling, or group travel information please visit the Travel Medicine Program website.
About Chester County Hospital
Founded in 1892 as the county's first hospital, the non-profit has grown into a 309-bed acute-care inpatient facility in West Chester. It also has outpatient services in Exton, West Goshen, New Garden, West Grove, Jennersville, and Kennett Square, PA. In 2013, Chester County Hospital became part of Penn Medicine, one of the world's leading academic medical centers dedicated to medical education, biomedical research, and excellent patient care. In addition to quality-driven medical and surgical services, Chester County Hospital also offers home health, inpatient hospice, and skilled nursing care; occupational medicine; outpatient laboratory, radiology, and physical therapy services; wound care; cardiopulmonary rehab; and a prenatal clinic for the underserved. In 2020, Chester County Hospital completed the largest expansion in its history. The project welcomed a state-of-the-art procedural platform with 15 operating room suites, a 99-bed patient tower, a new main entrance, and an expanded and renovated Emergency Department. Learn More About Chester County Hospital! >>
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