Family Travel Medicine Center at NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island

At the Family Travel Medicine Center at NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island, we provide personalized care and medical recommendations for you and your family based on your specific travel destination. Our goal is to ensure that you receive appropriate immunizations and preventive medications, as well as information you need to help prevent illness and injuries during your trip abroad.

Your visit to the Family Travel Medicine Center includes a comprehensive health assessment that takes into consideration your immunization history, current medications, and overall health. Together, we discuss potential risks, such as infectious diseases, safe food and beverages, contact with animals and insects, and high altitudes.

We prepare you to handle symptoms that can arise when traveling abroad, and can advise you on who to contact in case of an emergency. We also address any specific health concerns you may have, such as asthma in children and adults, or seasonal and food allergies. Upon your return, we can evaluate children who experienced fever, flu-like symptoms, skin infections, or other post-travel–related illness.

Conditions We Treat

We provide treatment for the following conditions:

• COVID-19
• hepatitis
• influenza
• Japanese encephalitis
• measles
• mumps
• parasitic infections
• tick-borne illness
• travel-related infections, including chikungunya, dengue fever, malaria, typhoid fever, and yellow fever
• traveler’s diarrhea
• tuberculosis
• varicella, commonly known as chicken pox
• Zika virus

Vaccinations We Provide

We provide the following vaccinations:

• cholera
• hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and the combined hepatitis A and B vaccine, also known as TWINRIX
• influenza
• Japanese encephalitis
• measles, mumps, and rubella, also known as MMR
• meningococcal
• pneumococcal
• polio
• rabies
• tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis, also known as Tdap
• typhoid
• yellow fever

As an authorized yellow fever vaccination center, we provide an International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, also known as an ICVP card.

Care for Children

Our board-certified pediatric infectious disease specialists identify potential health risks and make age-specific recommendations using the most up-to-date guidance on emerging global infections. A child’s immune system is still maturing, which can make them more susceptible to certain diseases. Children also have different behaviors and health risks. Vaccine recommendations and preventive medications for children are usually different than for adults. 

Make an Appointment

To schedule an appointment, please call us at 516-663-4600 at least four weeks before travel to allow time to prepare and receive any needed immunizations.