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52 - Travel In The Time Of COVID: What’s Hot In Pretravel

Thursday, September 30, 2021
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM EDT

    Moderator(s)

  • Laila Woc-Colburn, MD

    Associate Professor
    Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
    Decatur, GA, United States

    I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

  • Eva Clark, MD, PhD

    Assistant Professor
    Baylor College of Medicine
    Houston, TX, United States

    I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

    • Speaker(s)

  • Lin Chen, MD

    Director, Travel Medicine Center Associate Professor of Medicine
    Mount Auburn Hospital Harvard Medical School
    Cambridge, MA, United States

    Emergent Biosolutions (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Advisor or Review Panel member; Sanofi Pasteur (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Advisor or Review Panel member; Shoreland Inc (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Consultant, Independent Contractor; Takeda (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Advisor or Review Panel member; Valneva (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Advisor or Review Panel member

  • Cindy Friedman, Dr

    Branch Chief, Travelers' Health, Division of Global Migration and Quarantine
    CDC
    Atlanta, GA, United States

    I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Participants should be aware of the following financial/non-financial relationships:
Laila Woc-Colburn, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Eva Clark, MD, PhD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Lin H. Chen, MD: Emergent Biosolutions (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Advisor or Review Panel member; Sanofi Pasteur (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Advisor or Review Panel member; Shoreland Inc (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Consultant, Independent Contractor; Takeda (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Advisor or Review Panel member; Valneva (Individual(s) Involved: Self): Advisor or Review Panel member
Cindy R. Friedman, Dr: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.25 Knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-0000-21-001-H01-P

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
  • summarize barriers to seeking pre-travel care, including among special populations such as U.S. immigrant communities
  • discuss appropriate considerations for appropriate malaria chemoprophylaxis among travelers and vaccinations
  • describe the implications of airline travel for global translocation of SARS-CoV-2 and associated mitigation strategies
  • illustrate how cruise travel represents a high-risk environment for viral transmission and associated mitigation strategies

Presentations:

  • Pre Travel Advice in the Time of COVID-19 in Immunosuppress Population

    Speaker: Lin H. Chen, MD – Mount Auburn Hospital Harvard Medical School

  • Traveling in the Time of COVID-19

    Speaker: Cindy R. Friedman, Dr – CDC