Educational materials about vaccines, prescriptions, and the do’s and don’ts of health traveling.Evaluation for patients who become ill during or after travel.Detailed educational materials on staying healthy abroad.Medication for self-treatment of travelers’ diarrhea.All vaccines in stock at the initial appointment.All immunizations recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and World Health Organization.Malaria chemoprophylaxis when indicated.Highly individualized travel consultation.If your illness is severe, please either call 911 or visit a hospital emergency department. If you have been seen in the UAB Travelers Health Clinic before, you may contact us after hours at (205) 934-3411. To schedule a new or current patient appointment, please call (205) 996-8728. The clinic offers evaluations for patients who become ill during or after travel, and we maintain a full laboratory to detect and provide treatment for possible tropical diseases. Additionally, UAB Medicine provides proper pre-travel vaccinations and medication for self-treatment while abroad, as well as detailed educational materials on staying healthy when far away from home. Each patient receives a highly individualized pre- and post-travel consultation with a specialized physician, while obtaining the most up-to-date pre-travel medical preparation. Located within UAB Hospital-Highlands, UAB Travel Medicine is comprised of physicians specializing in infectious diseases and travel medicine. UAB is a widely recognized leader in tropical medicine and international health, so you can be assured you are receiving the best care for your travel needs. Our highly experienced and specialized physicians are here to assess and treat exotic diseases and provide you with the best preventive measures when traveling abroad, including all immunizations recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization. They specialize in vision correction after cataract surgery with lens implants such as toric lens implants to correct astigmatism and near vision correcting cataract lens implants such as the ReSTOR® Multifocal Lens Implant, the AcrySof® IQ PanOptix™ Presbyopia-Correcting Intraocular Lens (IOL).The UAB Travelers Health Clinic is the largest of its kind in the state of Alabama and houses the Department of Travel Medicine, which focuses on the needs of travelers, particularly those who travel outside the country. Marc and Jennifer Michelson provide cataract surgery and lens implant in a comfortable and convenient outpatient ambulatory surgery center using a “no stitch, no patch, no injection” eye surgery procedure. is a comprehensive ophthalmologist who performs refractive cataract & lens implant surgery.ĭrs. is a board certified fellowship-trained subspecialist in the areas of corneal diseases and surgery, cataract surgery & lens implants and refractive surgery. Our eye physicians and surgeons are cataract surgeons who are available for patients in need of consultation for complex eye disease and vision problems associated with prior cataract or LASIK surgery performed elsewhere. is conveniently located at UAB Highlands on the campus of The University of Alabama in Birmingham Medical Center and offers eye care including comprehensive eye exams for eye health & vision, cataract surgery & lens lmplants (IOL) and advanced diagnosis and consultation for complex cataract surgery.
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