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TRAVAX has published the latest Guest Column which is featured on the revolving screen of the Home page. Our guest writer on this occasion is Dr Gerard Flaherty who has shared a few observations based on his experience as a volunteer expedition physician on high altitude treks to help practitioners give sound pre-travel advice to charity fundraising trekkers.
Dr. Gerard Flaherty hails from a small town in the west of Ireland. He graduated from the National University of Ireland, Galway, in 2000 with a first class honors degree and gold medals in each of the 8 final year subjects. He gained Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in 2002 and Fellowship in 2011. He holds a Diploma in Travel Medicine from the RCPSG (Glasgow) where he received the Cameron Lockie Class Prize.
He is a Fellow, examiner, former board member and education convenor of the Faculty of Travel Medicine. He is Immediate Past President and current Research Officer of the Travel Medicine Society of Ireland, and was Chair of the Northern European Conference on Travel Medicine (NECTM) 2012 scientific committee held in Dublin, and Vice-Chair of the NECTM 2014 scientific committee in Norway. Gerard has recently been appointed onto the Executive Council of the International Society of Travel Medicine. He holds an Adjunct Professorship in Travel Medicine and International Health with the International Medical University in Malaysia.
Research interests include high altitude medicine, travellers with pre-existing medical conditions, and education in travel health. He has 12 years of clinical experience in travel medicine.
The complete biography for Dr Gerard Flaherty is available on the Guest Column.
