From Jungle to Departure Gate: Complex Yellow Fever Scenarios in Travel Health

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Title: From Jungle to Departure Gate: Complex Yellow Fever Scenarios in Travel Health

Date: Wednesday, 10th December 2025

Time: 9:00 AM EDT UTC-04 (The webinar is approximately 90 minutes)

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Registration Fee:

Complimentary for ISTM members and the broader travel community.

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Summary:

Yellow fever vaccination decisions are rarely black and white—real-life cases often sit in the grey zone. This 90-minute webinar moves beyond practical technique and into the complexity of clinical judgment. Through a series of interactive, case-based scenarios, expert travel health professionals will walk participants through nuanced situations involving age, immunity, travel itineraries, and regulatory hurdles. Ideal for practitioners seeking confidence in decision-making about yellow fever; they will be updated about international guidelines, with peer discussion, polls, and real-world application of yellow fever vaccine strategies.

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Webinar Faculty:

Planning Chairs:

Dr Darvin Scott Smith, Chair, PEC, ISTM

Dr Aisha Khatib, Co-Chair, PEC, ISTM

Tara Lombardo, RPN, CTH, Chair of NPG

Dr Yen Bui, Counsellor, ISTM Executive Board

Moderator:

Tara Lombardo, RPN, CTH, Chair of NPG

Speakers:

Catherine Keil, NP

Linda Bos, RN

Bhawani Khadka, RN

Physician: Dr. Albert Schumacher, MD

Pharmacist: Shelia Seed, PharmD, MPH, RPh

Course Objectives:

By the end of this webinar, the attendee should be able to:

• Apply international Yellow Fever vaccination guidelines in complex clinical contexts
• Recognize contraindications and challenges in special populations (elderly, infants, immunocompromised)
• Utilize waivers and ICVP documentation effectively
• Engage in case-based reasoning and risk assessment
• Build confidence in managing traveler concerns and misinformation

Who Should Attend:

• Infectious Disease Practitioners – Doctors, Nurses, and Pharmacists
• Travel Health Practitioners – Doctors, Nurses, and Pharmacists
• Occupational Health Practitioners
• Public Health Practitioners
• Family Medicine Practitioners
• Any others who manage care for travelers

Tara Lombardo (Moderator)

RPN, CTH

Catherine Keil

MN(NP) RN BSc (Hons) Dip TM(RCPSG) CTH® SCHP FFTM (ACTM)

Catherine Keil is an Australian/British Nurse Practitioner specializing in travel health and immunizations. She completed a BSc Honours degree in Geography in 1995 from the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK, with an interest in Medical Geography. She went on to complete a Nursing Diploma in 1998 from Kingston University/St George’s Medical School, London, UK, which involved an exchange program to Uganda. After travelling and working in Africa, Southeast Asia and Central America, she became a practice nurse based in London. She specialized in travel health, which led her to work for Emirates Airline in Dubai for ten years, where she was instrumental in setting up a travel health clinic for the crew and families. In 2006, she completed the Diploma in Travel Medicine from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, UK, and in 2014 completed the ISTM Certificate in Travel Health. After moving to Australia, she completed a Masters in Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) from Flinders University, Adelaide, in 2017 and now works as an Endorsed Nurse Practitioner in Travel Health and Immunizations. In 2018, she became an elected member of the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) Nursing Professional Group Steering Council and is the immediate Past Chair of the NPG. In 2019, she became a Fellow of the Faculty of Travel Medicine (FFTM), Australasian College of Tropical Medicine.

Sheila Seed

PharmD, MPH, RPh

Sheila Seed is Professor and Chair for the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) School of Pharmacy Worcester/Manchester campuses in the U.S. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she served as the University’s COVID-19 Coordinator for all three campuses. She received her B. S in Pharmacy from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston, Masters of Public Health from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) from Idaho State University. She has been a faculty member at MCPHS since 2001. Prior to her appointment, she worked in a community pharmacy setting and as a pharmacy officer in the U.S. Air Force. Her areas of interests include public health, immunizations and travel medicine. She has a Certificate of Travel Health™ (CTH)®, and is an Associate Faculty Member of Travel Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow). In addition to her teaching responsibilities, she sees patients for pre-travel consultations with an infectious disease physician in a primary care setting. They have worked together seeing travel patients since 2009. She is a member of several professional organizations and has served in leadership roles within the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Public Health SIG and the American Pharmacist Association (APhA)-Immunizing Pharmacists SIG. She is currently a member and chair-elect of the Pharmacist Professional Group Steering Committee and chair of the Mentoring Task Force for ISTM.

Bhawani Khadka

RN, CTH®

Bhawani Khadka, RN, CTH®

Co-Chair, NPG

Clinical Research Nurse

CIWEC Hospital Travel Medicine Centre

Nepal

Bhawani has 18 years’ experience in travel medicine. She has been working at CIWEC Hospital travel Medicine Centre as a Clinical research Nurse and Vaccine In-charge. She has a special interest in immunization.

Linda V. Bos

BSN, RN, AMB-BC, CTH

University Of Michigan Health-West

Clinical Coordinator for Ambulatory Care

Responsible for Standardization of Care, patient safety, project writing and implementation across Ambulatory Care

Provide pre-travel consultations to patients and clinical staff across primary and specialty care services.

Travel Health lectures to medical education students

Travel Health Lecture for the FBI National Occupational Health Nursing Conference

Education and Certifications:

Calvin University-Grand Rapids, MI The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Ambulatory Care Nursing-Board Certified International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) Certificate in Travel Health

Professional Affiliations:

International Society of Travel Medicine Nursing Professional Group-Steering Committee Member

American Travel Health Nurses Association Board of Director

American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing