Every year, millions of travelers get sick abroad — and most of those illnesses are preventable. The gap between how people prepare for international travel and how they should prepare is enormous, whether the traveler is a tourist, a business executive, an aid worker, or an expatriate.
Dr. Paul Kilgore lived overseas for 12 years and has conducted clinical work and research across approximately 30 countries. As a physician-epidemiologist, board-certified internist, and creator of TravelGuard™ — a comprehensive travel health risk assessment tool — he brings a globally grounded perspective that goes far beyond a pre-trip checklist.
This session covers the fundamentals of travel medicine: destination-specific risk assessment, required and recommended vaccinations, malaria and tropical disease prevention, food and waterborne illness avoidance, altitude and environmental exposure, medical kit essentials, and what to do when something goes wrong far from home. Dr. Kilgore draws on real cases from his international career and walks attendees through how to use structured tools to evaluate and mitigate their personal travel health risks.
Attendees leave with a practical travel health preparation framework, knowledge of the most common and preventable travel-related illnesses, and access to the TravelGuard™ tool for their own use.

Format: Keynote, breakout, or workshop. Duration: 45–75 minutes. Target audience: Frequent travelers, corporate travel managers, expatriates, study-abroad programs, travel industry professionals, global HR teams, military and NGO personnel. AV needs: screen, microphone, HDMI.