Dr. Gamble on Travel Medicine

Ken Gamble, MD FFTM RCPS(Glasg), is the President of Missionary Health Institute. Formerly serving as physician and medical superintendent of a hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, Dr. Gamble joined the MHI staff in 1982. Unwittingly he became a pioneer in the field of travel medicine and has committed his career to the health management of expatriates. Concurrently he served as staff physician under Dr. Jay Keystone at the Center for Travel and Tropical Medicine until 2005.

Dr. Gamble has served as a longstanding member of the International Health Advisory committee for SIM International and served for eight years on CATMAT, an advisory committee to the Public Health Agency of Canada. He has received an honourary fellowship of travel medicine from the University of Glasgow. Dr. Gamble is keenly interested in telehealth, preventive medicine, risk management, and research in expatriate health, and he has co-authored and published review articles on expatriate health. He is married with two sons; his interests include cycling, bird-watching, and international travel.