Comer Pediatric Family Travel Medicine Clinic
Our Comer Children's Pediatric Travel Medicine Clinic treats both adult and children who are traveling together as a family group. From immunizations to care for illnesses caught abroad, we give families peace of mind when they leave the Chicago area by offering expert care before and after their trip.
Call 773-834-8221 to Request an Appointment
Consultations
The UChicago Comer Children's Pediatric Family Travel Medicine Clinic offers complete travel care, ranging from consultation, immunizations and preventive medicine to post-travel care in the event of an illness.
Prior to your visit, complete the pre-travel form and bring with you on the day of your appointment (or upload onto ‘MyChart’ if you are a patient with UCM.) This will help make sure your visit is not delayed.
During your visit, a member of the pediatric infectious diseases team will meet with you to discuss the details of your trip, your medical history and your current health status. With the use of a travel disease database, our team will advise you of the required and/or recommended immunizations. Most of our patients are able to receive immunizations on-site or prescriptions for preventive medicine during their initial visit.
In addition to providing expert medical care, our staff will inform you of general travel health guidelines, such as food, water and insect precautions. You will also be advised of health risks and disease outbreaks for the region where you are traveling. At the end of your consultation, you will receive written information specific to your destination and a list of vaccinations you may have received during your visit.
Consultation & Group Rates
When coming for immunizations, a pre-travel consultation fee applies in order for the physician to evaluate the medical appropriateness of the requested vaccinations. You qualify for a group evaluation rate if you are traveling with another person and both of you can be evaluated together at the same time. This is ideal for families who do not mind sharing their health histories.
- Initial Travel Evaluation: $118
- Return Travel Evaluation: $68
- Discounted rate for family members seen in a group of 2 or more: $68 per person
Note: Prices are subject to change over time without notice.
Preventive Medicine
Preventive medications for diseases, such as malaria, and medications for common travel illnesses, such as diarrhea, can be prescribed by our physicians to your pharmacy.
Post-Travel Care
In the event of an illness during or after your trip, we are available for post-travel diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. For example, we can perform blood tests to diagnose malaria and stool tests for parasites.
Schedule an Appointment
To request an appointment at our Pediatric Family Travel Medicine Clinic, call 773-834-8221.
Travel Immunizations Offered (payment for all vaccines given are due at the time of the appointment)
- Hepatitis A (2-shot series): $108 per shot
- Hepatitis B (3-shot series): $94 per shot
- Hepatitis A/B combo (3-shot series): $177 per shot (offered only at the Hyde Park location)
- Influenza (flu): $45
- Japanese encephalitis (2-shot series): $371 per shot
- Measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR): $117
- Meningitis (Menveo): $137
- Pneumonia (Prevnar): $295
- Polio: $66
- Rabies: $439 per shot
- Diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis (Tdap): $86
- Typhoid injection: $147
- Oral Typhoid (Is a four-capsule prescription purchased at the pharmacy. In rare cases, a traveler may require a shot rather than an oral vaccine.): $100 to $150
- Varicella: $199
- Yellow fever: $221
Routine Immunizations
If you are not up-to-date with routine immunizations, we may advise you to have them updated. The most commonly recommended shots are measles, mumps, rubella and diphtheria/tetanus.
Plan Ahead
- Because some immunizations take longer to become effective, it is best to schedule your visit no later than two weeks before departure. If you are departing in a shorter time frame, we will make every attempt to schedule you as soon as possible.
- Complete the pre-travel form and bring with you on the day of your appointment (or upload onto ‘MyChart’ if you are a patient with UCM.)
*Not having this form completed will delay your visit
What to Bring
In order to determine your travel needs and make your visit to the Travel Clinic as efficient as possible, please bring the following information to your appointment:
- Childhood vaccination/immunization records, if available
- Travel itinerary with departure dates and all destinations
- A list of any medications you are currently taking
- World Health Organization International Certificate of Vaccination (WHO Yellow Book), if you have one. If you do not, our team can provide you with the certificate of vaccination.
Where to Go
Location: Our Travel Clinic is located on the fourth floor of Comer Children's Clinic. We are available for appointments for in-person appointments on most Tuesdays between 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Virtual appointments: Tuesday or Thursday mornings. **If injections are needed, a separate appointment for immunizations will need to be scheduled.
What Fees & Payments are Required
Evaluation/consultation fee.
Fee for any immunizations you receive.
**Prescriptions are paid for at your pharmacy.
Note: We offer group discounts. Insurance is not billed for travel clinic services, which means payment is due at the time services are rendered. We accept check and major credit cards. No cash accepted for payment.
We will provide you with an itemized receipt for insurance purposes. Keep in mind that most insurance policies do not cover costs associated with travel.