Every two years during the CISTMs, the ISTM will bestow a life-long ISTM Fellows credential to those professionals who meet the majority of the criteria identified below. The program will be administered by the ISTM Special Recognitions Committee (SRC)

An initial group of ISTM Fellows were grandfathered into the program in 2016. This group included the current and past ISTM Presidents, the current and past ISTM Secretary-Treasurers, and the current and past ISTM Journal Editors. The initial group and first class of Fellows were inducted during the CISTM15 in May of 2017.

Applications for Fellow status should focus on the requisite criteria which will be reviewed with vigor by the ISTM SRC. Successful candidates must demonstrate outstanding contributions to the International Society of Travel Medicine and the field of travel medicine. Application, including satisfying all requisite criteria, is not a prima facie guarantee of approval of Fellow status by the SRC and the ISTM Executive Board.

ISTM members in good standing may self-apply for Fellow status, or a current Fellow can provide the complete application on behalf of a member. Candidates applying to be accepted will be required to submit a completed application form, an up-to-date, full-length curriculum vitae, and at least three letters of support from others in the field of travel medicine. At least one of the three letters of support must be provided by a current ISTM Fellow. Please note that current members of the SRC cannot provide letters of support for Fellow applications. This includes Charles Ericsson, Prativa Pandey, Fiona Genasi, Phyllis Kozarsky and Louis Loutan.

The ISTM SRC will review all applications, and make recommendations to the ISTM Executive Board for the final candidates to be accepted into the program. Once a candidate has been accepted, s(he) is entitled to specific benefits and recognition outlined below for as long as s(he) maintains an active ISTM membership. Applicants who are denied advancement to Fellow status may appeal directly to the Executive Board via the Executive Director, Whitney A. Mathews Alexander. Unsuccessful applicants may reapply as often as they wish.