Staff:
Debbie
Quinn
Director
Gianna Dimitrakos Associate Director
Cynthia
Linton
Student Health
Administrator
Lucia Fenney
Immunization Administrator
Stephanie Bhatti
Staff Assistant
John V.
Pruitt, MD
Consulting Psychiatrist
School of Medicine
Immunization Requirements
All newly accepted students are required to submit immunization documentation by the deadlines listed below:
MD program - July 1st
MD/MBA program - June 1st
When applying for a rotation as a visiting student, be sure to check the school/hospital's immunization requirements, since they may be different from the School of Medicine's immunization requirements. Many sites require proof of immunity for measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, and hepatitis B, with laboratory reports.
Antibody Titer (blood work) Laboratory reports must be submitted with other immunization documentation.
The following immunization documentation is required as a condition of matriculation and must be kept up-to-date:
Tetanus Diphtheria Acellular Pertussis (Tdap): One dose of the onetime adult Tdap vaccine in leiu of Td booster. The Tdap vaccine was licensed in 2005. Wait to receive the onetime Tdap vaccine if current Td booster is less than 2 years old.
Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR): Two doses of measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine and positive rubella antibody titer is required; or positive antibody titers for measles, mumps, and rubella.
Tuberculosis Test: Mantoux test given within one year prior to start date and updated annually. If tuberculiin positive, documentation of a past positive test must be submitted. A chest x-ray or QuantiFERON-TB Gold Test report, dated within one year of the student's start date, must also be submitted. (A history of BCG vaccine is not acceptable as proof of being tuberculin positive. Students must provide documentation of a past positive tuberculosis test, in addition to a chest x-ray or QuantiFERON-TB Gold test, within one year prior to start date.)
Varicella (chicken pox): Physician verfication of year of disease, two doses of varicella vaccine, or a positive antibody titer.
Hepatitis B: Three doses of hepatitis B and a positive surface antibody titer.
The hepatitis B vaccine is a three-dose series, which takes six months to complete. For students, who have not already started the serices, documentation for two doses of the vaccine must be submitted by the dealine.
Meningococcoal: One dose of vaccine with the past five years or completion of a State Waiver Form.
Jan 2012
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