Alan Spira MD, DTM & H. is Diplomat of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene from the London School of Tropical Medicine, the world's premier tropical medicine institute. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and a member of both the American Society of Tropical Medicine and the International Society of Travel Medicine. He has both worked and taught numerous times as a physician abroad in countries including Cambodia, England, Honduras, India, Israel, the Philippines, and Tanzania. As a physician for the Flying Samaritans, he also treats patients in Baja, California. In Addition he has also served as a medical delegate to China and Mongolia.

Alan Spira is a member of the Undersea and Hyperbolic Medicine Society and serves on the staff at the Hyperbaric Chamber at Northridge Hospital Medical Center. He is board-certified in emergency medicine and serves on the emergency medicine faculty at the Northridge Medical Center. Dr. Spira is the Director of the Travel Medicine Center in Beverly Hills, California.

Armchair World is proud to have Dr. Spira as our anchor travel medicine author.

Travel Health & Tropical Medicine: What It Is and How to Stay Healthy and Safe Abroad

A general overview of travel medicine and what steps you can take to make your trip safe and healthy.

Malaria and the Larium Controversy

Dr. Spira discusses the controvery surrounding larium as a prophylaxis. This is must reading for those of you contemplating travel to regions where malaria is prevalent.

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