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Important Notice

February 21, 2021 by kidstra

Dear Readers,

I know you look forward to the valuable advice and tips for keeping children safe and healthy during travel and outdoor activities that you find posted here bimonthly.

Dr. Neumann appreciates your readership. Unfortunately, he has been diagnosed with COVID19. He is currently being treated in the hospital and is unavailable to post new information at this time.

Please check back for further updates. Meanwhile, stay safe and well!

– H. Neumann, Assistant to the Editor


Karl Neumann MD, FAAP, CTH
108-48 70th Road
Forest Hills, NY 11375
Tel: 718-544-2117
Email: travhealth@AOL.com

Pediatrician, Travel medicine practitioner, Journalist,
Frequent lecturer on travel medicine in the United States and abroad

Positions Held (now retired)

  • Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Weill Medical College of Cornell U.
  • Clinical Associate Attending Pediatrician, New York Presbyterian Hospital–Cornell & Columbia Medical Center, New York, New York
  • Attending Pediatrician, Long Island Jewish Hospital
  • Private pediatric practice, Forest Hills, NY
  • Director, Family Travel and Immunization Clinic of Forest Hills, Queens, NY

Author/Writer

  • KidsTravelDoc.com, the website for traveling with children
  • Chapters on traveling with children in major textbooks on travel medicine.
  • DuPont and Steffen. Textbook of Travel Medicine and Health, 1st and 2nd editions.
  • Jong and Zuckerman. Travelers’ Vaccines.
  • Schwartz, Wilder-Smith, Shaw. Travel Medicine: Tales Behind The Science.
  • CDC Health Information for International Travel (The Yellow Book), (2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Public Health Service
  • The Healthy Traveler (1980-1992). Weekly newspaper column. Appeared in Los Angeles Times, New York Newsday, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, San Francisco Chronicle, Toronto Star, Philadelphia Enquirer, and many other leading newspapers.
  • Feature articles about travel/health in the New York Times, Travel & Leisure, Travel Holiday, McCall’s, Child, and numerous other publications.

Editorial

  • Co-editor, International Child Health Newsletter, American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Editorial Board: Travel Medicine and Infectious Diseases (Elsevier) (2000-2008)
  • Traveling Healthy Newsletter (1987-2002). Widely read by physicians around the world.
  • Medical Editor, American Druggist, (1979-1989)
  • Editor, International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) Newsletter, 2001- 2010.   ISTM Webmaster, 2001- 2004.
  • Chairman and Editor Emeritus, Publication Committee, Wilderness Medical Society, 1994-2002.
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