Living abroad is not the same as traveling abroad. Expatriates face a distinct set of health challenges — from navigating foreign healthcare systems and managing chronic conditions across borders to dealing with environmental exposures, dietary shifts, mental health pressures, and the cumulative toll of years spent outside familiar medical infrastructure.
Dr. Paul Kilgore knows this firsthand. He lived overseas for 12 years and has worked clinically and in research across approximately 30 countries. As a board-certified internist, epidemiologist, and creator of the TravelGuard™ platform, he has helped patients manage their health in environments where the rules, resources, and risks are fundamentally different from what they know at home.
This session addresses the unique health needs of the expatriate population: pre-departure medical planning, building a healthcare team abroad, managing medications and prescriptions internationally, vaccination and infectious disease strategies for long-term residents, mental health and adjustment challenges, repatriation health concerns, and how to maintain a prevention-focused health strategy when the local medical system doesn't prioritize it.
Attendees leave with a structured expatriate health plan and a clear understanding of how to stay healthy — not just safe — while living and working internationally.

Format: Keynote or breakout. Duration: 45–60 minutes. Target audience: Expatriates and their families, global mobility professionals, international HR teams, embassy and consulate staff, NGO and missionary organizations, multinational corporations. AV needs: screen, microphone, HDMI.