Tropical and infectious diseases remain the leading cause of travel-related morbidity — and yet most travelers are underprepared and most primary care clinicians receive limited training in travel medicine. Dengue, malaria, typhoid, chikungunya, Zika, and a host of other pathogens are not exotic abstractions — they are predictable, preventable, and increasingly common in a globally connected world.
Dr. Paul Kilgore is a physician-epidemiologist and former CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer who has worked across 30 countries, authored 150+ peer-reviewed publications in infectious disease epidemiology, and built TravelGuard™ — a structured risk assessment tool for international travelers. His perspective combines frontline clinical experience with deep research expertise.
This session provides a practical, evidence-based overview of the tropical and infectious disease risks travelers face today: destination-specific threat assessment, vector-borne disease prevention, vaccine-preventable travel diseases, emerging and re-emerging pathogens, post-travel screening, and when to suspect a travel-related diagnosis. For clinician audiences, Dr. Kilgore includes clinical pearls and diagnostic frameworks. For general audiences, the focus is on risk awareness and prevention.
Attendees leave with a risk-stratification approach to travel-related infectious disease and concrete prevention strategies they can act on immediately.

Format: Keynote, grand rounds, or CME session. Duration: 45–75 minutes. Target audience: Healthcare professionals (primary care, emergency medicine, infectious disease), travel medicine clinics, corporate travel health programs, university global health programs, general public. CME-eligible format available. AV needs: screen, microphone, HDMI.