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Gail Rosselot NP, MS, MPH, FAANP

Executive Director of Travel Well of Westchester- a Private Clinical, Educational, and Consulting Travel Health Practice since 1998

Director of The Westchester Course: Travel Health Fundamentals, a Continuing Education Short Course since 2001

Ms. Rosselot is an adult nurse practitioner specializing in travel health and certified in occupational health. She is a graduate of Dickinson College, Cornell University-NY Hospital School of Nursing, Columbia University School of Nursing, and the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health. She is a founding member, fellow, past president , and current vice president for special projects of the American Travel Health Nurses Association (ATHNA). Ms. Rosselot has been active in the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) since its founding and currently chairs its Continuous Professional Development Committee. She is an ISTM fellow and second recipient of the ISTM Distinguished Nurse Leadership Award. She is a fellow of the Faculty of Travel Medicine, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasg) and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Ms. Rosselot has authored sections in the CDC Health Information for International Travel and travel health chapters in the Keystone, Jong, and Vaughn and Viera textbooks. She teaches courses for CDC, the CIA, Smithsonian, the Canadian Federal Government, numerous corporations, and U.S. universities. Recently she chaired the group that achieved ANA specialty recognition for travel health nursing and was lead author of Travel Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, 1st ed. and the new Code of Ethics for Travel Health Nursing. In May 2021, Ms. Rosselot received the Distinguished Alumni Award from NY Hospital-Cornell University School of Nursing. Currently she is the athna.org editor and a co-author of two travel health white papers in development: Travel Health Services in the University Setting: Best Practices and Pretravel Guidance for Humanitarian Workers. Ms. Rosselot also chairs the task force to develop a U.S. certification for the specialty of travel health nursing.