In the Beginning
Before founding Passport Health, Fran Lessans worked in a variety of clinical settings as a registered nurse, educator and health care administrator. In the early 1990's Fran Lessans saw travel to underdeveloped countries increasing among her students. She also noticed that travel medical services were not readily available and immunization services were fragmented and incomplete. As she developed materials to educate her traveling students her reputation in the community grew. It did not take long for her to realize that a more comprehensive approach was needed to keep travelers happy and healthy.
Fran Lessans developed a comprehensive, client focused one-stop travel medicine program during her tenure as director of a university based health center. Fran listened to what travelers wanted and needed and developed a program that included counseling, immunizations, specialty travel accessories, supplies, medications, evacuation insurance and follow-up service for boosters.
Before Passport Health, travelers had no convenient way to receive quality timely travel medical advice or immunizations for their international travel. Some hospitals offered limited services on a very part-time basis as an accommodation.
Since physicians typically do not specialize in travel medicine, the need for a comprehensive international travel medicine medicine with national scope was evident.
...the first network of travel medicine clinics is born...
Welcome to Passport Health.
We are the largest provider of travel medical/immunization services in the United States. Our services are tailored with your convenience in mind. Whether you are traveling abroad and need of immunizations, preparing for college or camp, in the process of becoming a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, volunteering for missionary or humanatarian work, or wish to schedule an on-site flu clinic for your company, Passport Health will help you protect your health.
About Passport Health:
Founded in 1994, Passport Health is headquartered in Baltimore, MD and operates over 160 nationwide locations. We serve your community with convenient locations where the public can access Travel Medicine Specialists who have received rigorous training in the field of travel medicine and immunology. Passport Health's services include adult and adolescent immunizations for international travel, colleges & universities, study abroad/semester at sea, immigration, military readiness, disaster relief, and bioterrorism response. We specialize in hard to find vaccines, like Anthrax, Japanese Encephalitis and Yellow Fever.
Passport Health will come to your on-site clinic for Flu, Meningitis, Pneumonia, Tetanus/Diphtheria/Pertussis, HPV (cervical cancer) and more. Passport Health has provided Anthrax and Smallpox vaccination training and has worked with the US military, Federal Postal facilities, and Federal employees and currently operates a 24/7 immunization call center for the Department of Defense.
Passport Health has scored 95/100 on an independent audit of its customers. Our excellent rating demonstrates our continued commitment to outstanding customer satisfaction. Criteria evaluated include:
- Reliability
- Personnel
- Customer support
- Cost
- Quality
- Business relations
- Order accuracy
- Responsiveness
- Delivery/timeliness.
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So, if you are asking yourself, "what travel shots do I need?", call 904-824-0577 or find the closest Passport Health travel medicine clinic nearest you.
