Travel Clinic

Planning on traveling abroad?

Depending on where your travels take you, you may need certain vaccinations before leaving the country.

Whether you are traveling globally for business or vacation, we can help you have a healthy and safe travel experience. The Palmetto Health-USC Family Medicine Center Travel Clinic is designed to help you travel as healthy and safely as possible on your international journey.

Our services

Pre-travel preparation

Travel-specific vaccinations
Individualized preparation for travelers with special needs such as:
- Pregnancy
- Diabetes
- Emphysema
- Heart disease
- Immune deficiencies
International immunization certificates and documentation

Counseling on:
- Mosquito and insect precaution
- Food and water precautions
- Altitude sickness
- Jet lag
Prescriptions for medicines for travel-related diseases such as malaria and traveler’s diarrhea

Personalized travel plan

The Family Medicine Center Travel Clinic will also provide you with a personalized travel plan complete with traveling advice, a customized travel report and a vaccination plan. We look forward to helping you take care of your travel health needs.

Vaccination services

Please bring any of your prior immunization records to the Family Medicine Center Travel Clinic. For vaccination information required for the area you are traveling, please visit the Center for Disease Control website information for travelers.

Most immunizations require 4-6 weeks for full effectiveness.

Vaccines available include:

About Palmetto Health-USC Medical Group

We are proud to be part of Palmetto Health-USC Medical Group, which includes caring, compassionate health care professionals who are highly trained to meet your medical needs in Columbia, Lexington and across the greater Midlands region of South Carolina.

Providing excellent medical care in comfortable office environments, our network team of physicians, advanced care providers, nurses and staff is prepared to answer any questions you have. We provide comprehensive medical care for short-term needs like annual physicals as well as ongoing management of chronic diseases. Prevention is a big part of your overall care plan. Should additional, focused medical treatment ever be needed, our doctors will refer you to a specialist and stay involved in your care. Only at Palmetto Health-USC Medical Group will you find the extensive level of expertise available from a wide variety of specialists.

Schedule an appointment

To make an appointment at the Travel Clinic, please call 803-434-2233. Please remember:

Arrive 15 minutes prior to your appointment time to complete a few forms

Bring a copy of your itinerary and a photo ID (such as a driver's license)

Bring all medications you are currently taking and a copy of any previous immunization records

If you must cancel your appointment, please notify us 24 hours in advance

Patient forms

Save time. Print and bring the completed forms below.

Includes patient information, health history questionnaire, billing policy, general consent, joint notice of privacy practices, release of information and patient portal forms.

Fees and insurance

Traveler’s health is seldom covered by insurance plans, and consequently, all payments must be made in cash or by credit card at the time of service.

For information about specific vaccine costs and physician fees, please call 803-434-2233.

Additional resources

The following websites contain additional helpful health information to help you plan for international travel.