This award was established to honor Louis H. Bauer, M.D.,founder of the Aerospace Medical Association. It is given an-nually for the most significant contribution in aerospacemedicine. It is sponsored by the Mayo Clinic.

James T. Webb, Ph.D. is the 2018 Louis H. Bauer FoundersAward recipient. e Louis H. Bauer Founders Award isgiven annually for the most significant contribution inaerospace medicine. Dr. Webb is recognized for his dedica-tion to Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance. Pilot,Aerospace Physiology expert, and outstanding researcher, Dr.Webb’s work in Decompression Sickness is the benchmarkfor our industry and has served to protect aviators and astro-nauts. He is a Fellow of the Aerospace Human FactorsAssociation, Past President of the Aerospace PhysiologySociety, Past President of the LSBEB, member of the AsMAjournal Editorial Board, and Fellow and Past President of theAerospace Medical Association.

Dr. Webb entered U.S. Air Force Pilot Training in 1966and completed F-4 advance training in 1967. He accumulatedmore than 1,000 flight hours in the F-4 including a year atPhu Cat AB, Vietnam, earning a Distinguished Flying Crossand 9 Air Medals. He le the active duty USAF and enteredthe USAF Reserves in 1971 as a C-141 pilot while he com-pleted is graduate education at the University of Washington.He accumulated over 2,800 flight hours in the C-141 from1971-1979. Dr. Webb completed his Ph.D. in 1979 and wasselected by the USAF Academy as a faculty member where hetaught Biology and Aerospace Physiology courses and alsoserved as a T-41 instructor pilot. From 1984 to 1987, Jimserved as a Research Physiologist at Brooks AFB, TX, where

he studied fluid shis during onset of weightlessness andhematologic and biochemical correlates of altitude decom-pression sickness (DCS).

Dr. Webb retired from the USAF in 1987 and remained atBrooks AFB, TX, as Senior Scientist, Life Sciences Group,Wyle Laboratories. Since 1987, Dr. Webb has focused his re-search efforts on DCS issues. His efforts led to a greater un-derstanding of DCS etiology and how denitrogenation tech-niques combined with exercise could reduce the risk of DCSfor high altitude aviators. is was incorporated in the U-2program and, aer further testing by NASA, it was used priorto extravehicular activity from the Space Shuttle and Inter-national Space Station. is work serves as the industry stan-dard today. His recent research quantified the relationshipbetween oxygen consumption while decompressed and DCSincidence.

Dr. Webb has received five awards from AsMA constituentorganizations, the Sidney D. Leverett EnvironmentalScience and John Ernsting Awards from AsMA, and NASAastronauts’ Silver Snoopy award. He has been very active inhis professional organizations. He has been an AsMA mem-ber for more than 30 years serving as a member of manycommittees including the Nominating Committee, ExecutiveCommittee, Council, as a Vice President for 4 years,President-Elect, and President for 2013-14. He has attendedevery AsMA scientific meeting since he joined in 1984. Jim isalso Past President of the Aerospace Physiology Society andthe Life Sciences and Biomedical Engineering Society. He is aFellow of the Aerospace Medical Association, the AerospaceHuman Factors Association, and the Royal AeronauticalSociety. His dedication to aviation and Aerospace Medicine issecond to none.

This award was established by the Society of U.S. Naval FlightSurgeons in honor of Admiral John C. Adams. The award isgiven annually for the most significant contributions to opera-tional Aerospace Medicine, either during a single defined pe-riod (e.g., deployment), or over a career.

John S. Crowley, M.D., M.P.H., is the recipient of theAdmiral John C. Adams Award for his stellar 26-year historyas an international leader in operational aeromedical re-search. Rising from physician researcher in 1992, Dr.Crowley performed and directed research that directly led tolives being saved on the battlefield. He has served as an oper-ational aeromedical researcher, directing both the Aircrew

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2018 Award Winners of the Aerospace Medical Association

See ‘Crowley’, p. N29

Louis H. Bauer Founders AwardJames T. Webb, Ph.D.

Admiral John C. Adams AwardJohn S. Crowley, M.D., M.P.H.

Honors Night Ceremonies of the 89th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Aerospace Medical Association were heldMay 10, 2018, at the Hilton Anatole Hotel, Dallas, TX. Twenty-one awards for outstanding contributions in aviation andspace medicine were presented. The presentations were made by Dr. Valerie Martindale, President of the AerospaceMedical Association, assisted by the chair of the Awards Committee, Dr. Jeff Myers. The winners were recommendedby the Awards Committee and approved by the Executive Committee of the Aerospace Medical Association.

James Webb (center), accepts the award from AsMAPresident Martindale (left) and Jan Stepanek (right), rep-resenting Mayo Clinic.

Protection Division and the Aeromedical Factors Branch atthe U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL)before rising to be the Science Program Director in 2004.Serving in that position for the past 14 years, Dr. Crowleywas further selected in 2014 to serve as the Injury Preventionand Reduction Research Program Area steering committeechair for the Military Operational Medicine ResearchProgram (MOMRP); the largest and most important of theArmy’s medical research programs, where he oversees injuryprevention research for the entire US Army, unquestionablyresulting in thousands of lives saved in the operational envi-ronment.

Dr. Crowley is recognized by the international communityfor his expertise in aerospace medicine. With that expertise,he has authored a chapter in a NATO report on aircrew neckpain, authored more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articlesand technical reports, extensively contributed to multina-tional/NATO collaborations, provided recommendations tonumerous aerospace medicine programs and working groupsand served as the Chair of the Scientific Committee of theInternational Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine.

roughout his distinguished 26-year research career, Dr.Crowley has touched the lives of virtually every US Army avi-ator and thousands of other military and civilian aviators.From constantly improving medical standards to the intro-duction of life saving techniques and equipment, defense avi-ation has been forever changed by his scientific contributions.

Dr. Crowley received his Bachelor’s degree in Biology in1981 from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and hisMedical Doctorate in 1982. He joined the Army and from1983-86 served as Flight Surgeon, 503rd Aviation Battalion.He received his Masters of Public Health degree fromHarvard School of Public Health in 1987. From 1988-90 hewas Flight Surgeon, Systems Engineering Division, at the U.S.Army Safety Center. He was Board Certified in AerospaceMedicine in 1990. From 1992-95 he was Chief, AeromedicalFactors Branch at the U.S. Army Aviation ResearchLaboratory (USAARL), Ft. Rucker, AL. In 1995 he was as-signed as Exchange Officer to DERA Farnborough, UK.Upon his return in 1998, he became Director of the AircrewProtection Division at USAARL. Since 2004 he has been theScience Program Director at USAARL.

A Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association, Dr.Crowley has served as Scientific Program Chair and as presi-dent of the US Army Aviation Medicine Society. He served as

Vice-Chair, Aerospace Medicine, for the American Board ofPreventive Medicine from 2003-2009, and has been Chair ofthe Scientific Committee for the International Academy ofAviation and Space Medicine since 2013.

Established in memory of Walter M. Boothby, M.D., pioneeraviation medicine researcher, and Howard K. Edwards, M.D.,clinical practitioner of aviation medicine, this award is pre-sented annually for outstanding research and/or clinical prac-tice directed at the promotion of health and prevention of dis-ease in professional airline pilots. (The separate Boothby andEdwards Awards were given annually 1961–73, and then al-ternately until 1985.) Sponsored by Harvey W. Watt & Co.

Martin F. Hudson, MBBS, MRCP(UK), FRCP Edin., is the2018 recipient of the AsMA Boothby- Edwards Award. He isbeing recognized for many accomplishments in the promo-tion of health of professional pilots. He has been an AviationMedical Examiner for the European Aviation Safety Agency(EASA) since 1999. Until very recently he was the medicalconsultant for omas Cook Airlines, UK, and is currentlyvice president of the UK Association of Aviation MedicalExaminers, having served for 12 years as its Treasurer andthen for 3 years as Chairman. Dr. Hudson was theChairperson of AsMA’s Air Transport Medicine Committeefor 4 years and continues to be a very active member. He isnow incoming President for the Airline Medical Director’sAssociation.

Dr. Hudson qualified from St. Bartholomew’s Hospital,London, in 1965. Aer obtaining a Private Pilot’s Licence hejoined the Medical Branch of the Royal Air Force on a shortservice commission and gained his UK Membership in theRoyal College of Physicians (MRCP UK) in 1971. From1972–1999 he was a principal in General Practice in theUnited Kingdom and became a UK CAA authorizedAviation Medical Examiner in 1977 and has now completed40 years in this capacity. He was awarded the Fellowship ofthe Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (FRCP Edin) in1998 in recognition of his research and teaching in the fieldof hypertension. is is a very rare honor to be awarded to ageneral practitioner.

Leaving General Practice in 1999, Dr. Hudson set up anAviation Medicine Consultancy as an approved aviationmedical examiner for EASA, UK Civil Aviation Authority,

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See ‘Hudson’, p. N30

John Crowley (center), accepts the award from AsMAPresident Martindale (left) and Walt Dalitsch III (right),representing the Society of U.S. Naval Flight Surgeons.

Boothby-Edwards AwardMartin F. Hudson, MBBS, MRCP(UK)

Martin Hudson (center), accepts the award from AsMAPresident Martindale (left) and Robin Alston (right), rep-resenting Harvey W. Watt & Co.

U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, Transport Canada,and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority of Australia (CASA).He was appointed as the Consultant Aviation MedicineAdviser to omas Cook Airlines (UK) in 2000 and contin-ued in this role until October 2017. He has been a member ofAsMA since 2000 and was elected as a Fellow of the AsMA in2013. For the past 3 years, he has been a member of theAsMA Aerospace Mental Health Working Group.

In 2017 Dr. Hudson co-authored a chapter in ProfessorRobert Bor’s latest book on ‘Pilot Mental Health’. He has alsobeen much involved in recent years with the development ofpeer support groups both for airline pilots and for aviationmedical examiners. He has given many presentations on a va-riety of subjects, at AsMA, for EASA, and for the EuropeanSociety of Aerospace Medicine (ESAM). He has chaired sev-eral Panel Sessions at AsMA. He is also a member of theESAM Advisory Board and serves as the ESAM liaison repre-sentative with ICAO.

Established to honor an AsMA corporate member who hasmade significant contributions to the advancement ofaerospace medicine. The award is given annually to a corpo-rate member who has made significant contributions in a sin-gle year or over a defined period. It is sponsored by theAerospace Medical Association.

e David M. Clark Award was established to honor anAsMA corporate member who has made significant contri-butions to the advancement of aerospace medicine in a singleyear or over a defined period. e first Clark award is pre-sented to Environmental Tectonics Corporation (ETC). iscompany has been dedicated to the advancement ofaeromedical technology since 1969, creating learning solu-tions for humans engaged in activities in extreme environ-ments in 90 countries worldwide. ETC is also active in opera-tional research with the establishment of ETC’s NASTARCenter in 2007 and membership in two FAA Centers ofExcellence. ETC has actively supported AsMA’s mission as acorporate member for 45 years. ETC’s innovation and dedi-cation to human performance and safety have resulted in

leading edge training equipment and courseware for high G,spatial disorientation, altitude exposure, ejection, and nightflying operations. ETC’s technical accomplishments includeinteractive spatial disorientation training devices with morethan 80 fielded worldwide. In the area of high G training,ETC provided the Holloman AFB centrifuge, that trainednearly 35,000 pilots over a 20-year period. ETC continued toadvance high performance human centrifuge technology withthe development and fielding of the Authentic Tactical FlightSimulator-400, a sustained G flight simulator. ETC developedthe Advance Disaster Management System, a virtual realitytraining system that supports Incident Commander andResponse Team training, realistically and economically. ETCestablished the Aeromedical Training Institute to providequality aviation physiology courseware and instructor train-ing, to aeromedical professionals, worldwide. ETC is active inoperational research and established the National AeroSpaceTraining and Research (NASTAR) Center in 2007. Since itsinception, ETC’s NASTAR Center has trained more than 500spaceflight participants and several astronauts, has collabo-rated with numerous universities, in cutting edge research,including MIT, St. Peters, UTMB, Drexel, and Embry Riddle,and has conducted research projects for the USAF, USN,FAA and NASA. NASTAR Center also provides commercial,civilian pilot training, offering the world’s only UpsetRecovery Training program in an advanced sustained G sim-ulator. ETC has been a significant supporter of AsMA formore than 45 years, through sponsorship of three awards,and numerous scientific meeting activities.

Robert (Bob) L. Laurent, Jr., is the Chief Executive Officer,President and Director of ETC. He is an accomplished execu-tive with over 30 years of C-level experience as a ChiefFinancial Officer, Executive Vice President of Acquisitionsand Alliances, and for the last 4 years as Chief ExecutiveOfficer. Mr. Laurent obtained his Bachelors of Science inAccounting from Villanova University. Aer a 27-year careerin the HVAC industry, Bob became Chief Financial Officer ofETC in 2011, and in 2014, was promoted by ETC’s Board ofDirectors, to his current position.

Since becoming ETC’s CEO, Bob has a driven a number ofaccomplishments of note that benefit the aerospace medicalcommunity, including; spearheading the completion of theworlds most advanced Spatial Disorientation Research devicecurrently operational at NAMRU-D, a.k.a. “the Kraken”,driving Spatial Disorientation, or SD training to more afford-able levels by introducing targeted fidelity/targeted capabilityto ETC’s Integrated Physiology Training family of products,lead ETC to invest in human factors and vestibular system re-lated research, focused ETC’s product development to aCustomer-centric/training based solutions approach toAircrew training needs and implemented initiatives to intro-duce SD training to Rotary Wing markets. In addition, ETC’sNASTAR Center was selected as a team member in theFederal Aviation Administration Center of Excellence fortraining technology and human performance, its secondCenter of Excellence.

In addition to his executive career, Bob serves on theAerospace Medical Association Foundation Board. He en-courages ETC’s talented employees with experience asaerospace physiologists, flight surgeon, and research scientistto actively participate in Aerospace Medical Association andICASM activities.

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David M. Clark AwardEnvironmental Tectonics Corp. (ETC)

Bob Laurent (left), representing ETC, accepts the awardfrom AsMA President Martindale (right), representing thesponsor, the Aerospace Medical Association.

Established and sponsored by Environmental TectonicsCorporation in memory of Professor Ernsting. It is given foroutstanding researchin altitude physiology, and/or longstand-ing exceptional performance in the education, development,and administration of Aerospace Medicine and related spe-cialties.

Christy Hileman, M.B.A., RHIA, CCS, is the 2018 recipientof the John Ernsting Award. She is being honored for heroutstanding contributions to aviation safety. She is the teamlead for the FAA Autopsy Program that processes the collec-tion and maintenance of all U.S. aviation accidents’ aeromed-ical records. She also serves as a key member of the FAA’sInstitutional Review Board and the White House WorkingGroup for Medical Death Investigation System. She is excep-tional in her performance in support of aerospace medicineefforts in education, research, and information systems ad-ministration. Since 2009 she has served as a mentor forCAMI, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Rose StateCollege, and Tulsa Community College to student internsseeking experience in the administration of medical recordsand aircra accident investigation practices. She was instru-mental in the development of the FAA’s Office of AerospaceMedicine Aviation Accident Review Program and its associ-ated data registry.

Ms. Hileman obtained a Bachelor of Science in HealthInformation Management from Southwestern OklahomaState University in 1998 and a Masters in BusinessAdministration from Southern Nazarene University in 2013.From 1998 to 1999, she was an Inpatient/Outpatient Coder atComanche Memorial Hospital in Lawton, OK. She then be-came a Contract Coder at Forum in Oklahoma City until2001. From 1999 to 2000, she was also Cancer Registrar atOU Medical Center, Oklahoma City. From 2000 to 2001, sheworked as an Inpatient/Outpatient Coder at OU MedicalCenter. From 2000 to 2002, she also served as part-timeContract Cancer Registry at Coding Associates andConsultants, Oklahoma Surgery and Urology Center,Oklahoma City. In 2002, she then became a Consultant,Cancer Registry Services, also at Oklahoma Surgery andUrology Center. From 2001 to 2008, she was alsoInpatient/Outpatient Coder at Deaconess Hospital,Oklahoma City. From 2008 to 2012, she became AutopsyRecords Administrator for the FAA and then becameAdjunct Instructional Specialist for the Transportation Safety

Institute in Oklahoma City, a position she still holds. In 2012,she also took her current assignment as Team Coordinator,Autopsy Records Administrator.

Ms. Hileman is a member of the Office of Justice/Healthand Human Services Medicolegal Death InvestigationWorking Group, the American Health InformationManagement Association, the Oklahoma Health InformationManagement Association, and the Aerospace MedicalAssociation. Her awards and honors include being nomi-nated for Outstanding Team of the Year by the FAA Office ofAerospace Medicine in 2008, CAMI Rising Star Award in2009, Superior Accomplishment Team Award in 2010, beingnamed an Outstanding Member by the Oklahoma HealthInformation Management Association in 2011, a SuperiorAccomplishment Award in 2012, the Vi Lipski Award forIntegration for Rotorcra Post-Crash Fire Investigation in2014, Outstanding Support from the Transportation SafetyInstitute in 2015, FAA Significantly Exceeds Rating award in2016, and was nominated for both CAMI and AAM Team ofthe Year (Autopsy Program Team) in 2017. She has authoredor co-authored over 16 publications and news articles, hasbeen interviewed several times for publications, and has over20 presentations to her name.

This award was established and sponsored by the AMSTGroup of Companies in Austria and the United Kingdom tohonor the memory of Kent K. Gillingham, M.D., Ph.D. Theaward is presented annually to an individual who has made asignificant contribution in the field of spatial disorientationand situational awareness related to flight.

Lt. Col. Brian T. Musselman, USAF, was named the 2018recipient of the Kent K. Gillingham Award. He is being hon-ored for his positive impacts on every aspect of aerospacephysiology. A board-certified expert in aerospace physiologyLt. Col. Musselman has led U-2 full pressure suit operations;investigated five Class A mishaps and numerous physiologi-cal events; and directed physiology, spatial disorientation,and fatigue research. e Air Combat Command Director ofOperations hand selected Brian to assist with the USAF replyto the DoD Inspector General for a fatal F-22A mishap. Hisaerospace physiology experience was paramount to theteam’s analysis, which he eventually briefed to the Chief ofStaff of the Air Force. Brian analyzed U.S. Air Force spatialdisorientation accidents, briefing the results at a 711 HumanPerformance Wing research symposium. His research was in-strumental to the procurement of spatial disorientation train-ers for aerospace physiology portion of undergraduate flyingtraining and were published in Air Force Pamphlet 11-417,Orientation in Aviation. Brian’s fatigue research statisticswere also published in the 2nd Edition of “Fatigue inAviation” by John and Lynn Caldwell. Brian directly investi-gated 5 Class A Aviation mishaps and provided aerospacephysiology consultation to unexplained physiological eventsspanning from 2012 to 2017. He led a team to integrate a uni-versal physiological event worksheet into the Air Force SafetyAutomated System. Brian also provided expertise to five or-ganizational safety assessments providing senior leaders withactionable data to increase aeromedical, life support, and or-ganizational performance. Finally, Brian taught aerospace

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Kent K. Gillingham AwardLt. Col. Brian Musselman, USAF

See ‘Musselman,’ p. N32

John Ernsting AwardChristy Hileman, M.B.A., RHIA

Christy Hileman (center), accepts the award from AsMAPresident Martindale (left) and Bob Laurent (right), repre-senting Environmental Tectonics Corp.

physiology and crew resource management to the first 10cadets in the new Iraqi Air Force. Brian has made a positiveimpact on every aspect of USAF Aerospace Physiology.

Lt. Col. Musselman is currently the Deputy Chief of theU.S. Air Force Human Factors Safety Division at the U.S. AirForce Safety Center, Kirtland AFB, NM. He has also servedas an Aircra Maintenance and Munitions Officer; an AirForce Reserve Officer Training Corps instructor; anAerospace Physiology flight commander; a human factorsspecialist and mishap investigator at the Air Force SafetyCenter; a Pentagon staff officer; Executive Officer to theUSAF Chief of Safety and Executive Secretary for a DODTask Force; and Air Mobility Command AerospacePhysiology Training Program Manager, and human perfor-mance consultant to the Operations Risk Assessment andManagement System. He was the 9th Physiological SupportSquadron Commander, where he was responsible for special-ized support and training for U-2S aviators, the USAF FullPressure Suit Depot, and mission-specific physiological train-ing for DoD and NASA. In 2007, he served as an advisor tothe Iraqi Air Force and established the new Iraqi Air ForceTechnical Training School. He served as air mobility com-mand aerospace physiologist and high-altitude airdrop mis-sion support (HAAMS) program manager and will lead tran-sition of HAAMS from Little Rock AFB to Charleston AFB asthe 628th Medical Group Commander.

Lt. Col. Musselman earned a B.S. in Biology in 1994 fromthe U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO, and anM.S. in Aerospace Sciences (Aviation Safety) from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL, in 2004.He completed Squadron Officers School in 1999 at MaxwellAFB, AL, and Air Command and Staff College in 2006 bycorrespondence. He earned a Certificate in AdvancedGraduate Studies (Industrial/Organizational Psychology) atNorthcentral University, Prescott, AZ, in 2010, and com-pleted Air War College by correspondence in 2012 and inresidence in 2016.

Lt. Col. Musselman’s awards and decorations include theDefense Meritorious Service Medal; the USAF MeritoriousService Medal with five oak leaf clusters; the USAFCommendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters; the USAFAchievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters; the Air ForceRecognition Ribbon; the National Defense Service Medal; the

Iraq Campaign Medal; the Global War on Terrorism Medal;the Humanitarian Service Medal; and the Nuclear DeterrenceOperations Service Medal. He has also been a recipient of theHarry G. Mosely Award in 2015, the Aerospace PhysiologySociety’s Paul Bert Award, and the Life Sciences andBiomedical Engineering Board Professional ExcellenceAward in 2014. He is a Fellow of the Aerospace MedicalAssociation, the Royal Aeronautical Society, and theAerospace Human Factors Association, a member of the U.S.Air Force Safety Human Factors Fellowship, and AFROTCCommandant of Cadets of the Year.

Established in memory of CAPT Walter L. Goldenrath, MSC,USN(Ret.), this award is presented for the most significant con-tribution in the field of aerospace physiology. It was created atthe bequest of CAPT Goldenrath and is funded by the Walterand Sylvia Goldenrath Endowed Fund.

Troy P. Faaborg, M.S., CAsP, FAsMA, received the 2018Walter and Sylvia Goldenrath Award for his impressive his-tory of contributions to aerospace physiology. He developed acontinuing education program for Air Force physiologists,the first of its kind to identify, evaluate, and certify AerospacePhysiology-specific continuing education opportunities. He isalso a subject matter expert instructor for the Air ForceMedical Incident Investigation training workshop, a ground-breaking patient safety process. He has also developedcounter-fatigue plans for 4,000 hours of long-duration B-2bomber missions. As the U.S. Air Force operational fatigueexpert, he traveled to Hungary in 2010 to brief the 12-nationHeavy Airli Wing on counter-fatigue strategies during sus-tained operations; he won over senior officials, resulting in24-hour operations saving $30 million annually. As the firstchief of an Air Force Major Command’s Human FactorsSafety division, he developed an evidence-based approach tomitigate 99% of physiological/human factors-related mishaps.Aggressive marketing of the program resulted in a reductionof $10 million in mishap-related losses in just 1 year.

Lt. Col. Faaborg earned a B.S. in Exercise Physiology atIowa State University in 1998 and then an M.S. in Aeronau-

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See ‘Faaborg,’ p. N33

Walter & Sylvia Goldenrath AwardTroy Faaborg, M.S., CAsP

Brian Musselman (center), accepts the award fromAsMA President Martindale (left) and Erich Roedig (right),representing AMST.

Troy Faaborg (center), accepts the award from AsMAPresident Martindale (left) and Genie Bopp (right), repre-senting the AsMA Foundation.

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tical Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Universityand an M.S. in Applied Human Factors Engineering fromthe University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, both in2003. He was board certified in Aerospace Physiology in2007. From 1988 to 1999, he was an Aerospace Physiologistat Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, and then transferred toVance AFB, OK, until 2001, when he started at the Air ForceInstitute of Technology at the University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign. From 2003 until 2006, he served asHuman Performance Training Flight Commander at AvianoAB, Italy, and then became Chief of Human PerformanceEnhancement at Whiteman AFB, MO. From 2008–2010, heserved as Aerospace Medicine Flight Commander atWhiteman AFB. He then took the position of Chief of theHuman Factors Division at HQ AFGSC Safety Directorate atBarksdale AFB, LA, from 2010 to 2014. From 2014 to 2015,he was Principal Deputy, Air Force Human SystemsIntegration Office, Washington, DC, and then became Chiefof Air Force Human System Integration. In 2016, he took hiscurrent position of Chief of the Aerospace and OperationalPhysiology Branch, Air Force Medical Support Agency, inFalls Church, VA.

Lt. Col. Faaborg’s awards and decorations include theMeritorious Service Medical with two oak leaf clusters, theAir Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster, the AirForce Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters, theNational Defense Service Medal, the Global War onTerrorism Service Medal, and the Military OutstandingVolunteer Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters. AnAsMA Fellow, he has previously served as the chair of theAssociation’s Aerospace Physiology Certification Board andas the President of the Aerospace Physiology Society, a con-stituent organization of AsMA.

Established and sponsored by the Korean Aerospace MedicalAssociation in honor of Won Chuel Kay, M.D., the formerSurgeon General of the Korean Air Force, founder and firstMedical Director of Korean Airlines and first President of theKorean Aerospace Medical Association. This Award is pre-sented annually to a member who has made outstandingcontributions to international aerospace medicine.Carlos Staff, M.D., FAsMA, is the 2018 winner of the WonChuel Kay Award for his contributions to the internationalaviation medicine community. He has been actively partici-pating in the world program of the International CivilAviation Organization (ICAO) known as the CollaborativeArrangement for the Prevention and Management of PublicHealth Events in Civil Aviation (CAPSCA). He supports thiseffort by evaluating airport medical operations, developingcore capacities, and providing guidance to States andTerritories. rough his outstanding support, CAPSCA con-tinues to succeed in ensuring public safety and establishingNational Aviation pandemic preparedness plans. He has beenparticipating in annual executive committee and other CAP-SCA meetings since 2009 in the United States, Mexico,Colombia, Singapore, Spain, Chile, Panama, and Barbados.He has also presented several lectures as an invited speakersupporting the goals of CAPSCA and is world recognized by

his peers and other associations such as the Spanish Airportsand the Spanish International Cooperation Agencies (ICAO-AENA and AECI). Originally from the Republic of Panama, where Dr. Staffcompleted his primary and secondary studies, he obtainedthe title of Medical Surgeon from the Faculty of Medicine ofthe National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in1970. In 1979, he specialized in orthopedics and traumatol-ogy at the Military School of Health Graduates, University ofthe Army and Mexican Air Force. In 1980, he specialized inhand surgery at the UNAM Division of Higher Studies. In1973, he completed the aviation medicine basic course at theInternational Civil Aviation Training Center (CIAAC) inMexico, under the auspices of ICAO and subsequently com-pleted continuing medical education courses in aeronauticalmedicine organized by ICAO and annually by the FederalAviation Administration’s (FAA) Civil Aerospace MedicalInstitute (CAMI). In the field of aeronautical medicine, he has been an advi-sor and head of the Department of Aviation Medicine of theCivil Aeronautics Authority (CAA) of Panama for 14 years,which he organized following international guidelines for itsoperation. He serves as Medical Advisor of COPA Airlines,Aeronautical Medicine Facilitator for ICAO seminars, andLecturer on the topics of physiology of flight offered in vari-ous aviation institutions and airlines to airmen, technicalcrews, cabin crews, and Aviation Medical Examiners (AMEs).He is also an instructor and researcher in human factors. Heearned a master’s degree in higher education from theUniversity of the Americas and the Open and DistanceLearning University of Panama (2008). Additionally, he is aSenior AME for the FAA, Transport Canada, and the CAA ofPanama. Dr. Staff is a Founding Member of the IberoamericanAssociation of Aerospace Medicine (IAAM), Fellow of theAerospace Medical Association, and member academician ofthe International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine.In March 2018, he participated as an invited guest of theAirport Roles in Reducing Transmission of CommunicableDiseases event organized by the Transport ResearchBoard/Airport Cooperative Research Program at the NationalAcademy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine inWashington, DC. He represents IAAM in the ICAO CAP-SCA program as Technical Advisor member of the Aviation

From ‘Faaborg,’ p. N32

Won Chuel Kay AwardCarlos Staff, M.D., FAsMA

Carlos Staff (center), accepts the award from AsMAPresident Martindale (left) and Dr. Young Hwan Kwon(right), representing the Korean Aerospace MedicalAssociation.

See ‘Staff,’ p. N34

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Medicine and Public Health Team (AMPH). He was the 2013recipient of AsMA’s John A. Tamisiea Award for his exem-plary service to aerospace medicine education.

Established and sponsored by KBRwyle in honor of Joseph P.Kerwin, the first physicain/astronaut. It is presented for advan-ces in the understanding of human physiology during space-flight and innovation in the practice of space medicine to sup-port optimal human health and performance in space.

Erik L. Antonsen, M.D., Ph.D., M.S., FAAEM, FACEP, isthe 2018 winner of the Joe Kerwin Award for his advances inthe understanding of human physiology during spaceflight.Since beginning his tenure as Element Scientist for theExploration Medical Capability at the NASA Johnson SpaceCenter in 2015, Dr. Antonsen has restructured NASA’s ap-proach to exploration medicine, creating an evidence- andrisk-based approach for developing the medical system anddata architecture that will enable NASA’s human Gateway,Lunar, and Mars Missions. He has reshaped the way thatmedical systems are designed and implemented for space ex-ploration, bridging the disciplines of engineering andmedicine to create an evolvable model optimized for risk andcapability. He built a multi-disciplinary, multi-center team ofclinicians, systems engineers, computer and data scientists,risk modelers, space pharmacists, and researchers and led thisteam to create a roadmap for designing and implementing anew model of medical care for exploration which allowsNASA to develop, select, and implement medical capabilitiesthat are most likely to preserve human health and perfor-mance on extended missions without return capability.

Dr. Antonsen received his B.S. in 1997, M.S. in 2001, andPh.D. in 2004 in Aerospace Engineering from the Universityof Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and later his M.D. in 2009from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He completed anEmergency Medicine Residency in 2013 at MassachusettsGeneral Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital inBoston and is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine.Clinically he works as an attending Emergency Physician atBen Taub General Hospital in Houston, TX. He has workedin a variety of fields as an engineer and doctor, including

spacecra electric rocket propulsion, plasma light sourcesand extreme ultraviolet lithography, HIV/AIDs research inZambia, and providing emergency medical support for theRed Bull Stratos and StratEx high altitude skydive missions.At NASA he is responsible for the vision and technical direc-tion for the Exploration Medical Capabilities Element. In ad-dition to being the Element Scientist for Exploration MedicalCapabilities at NASA Johnson Space Center, Dr. Antonsen isan Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine with a co-ap-pointment as an Assistant Professor of Space Medicine at theCenter for Space Medicine, both at Baylor College ofMedicine in Houston, TX.

Dr. Antonsen is a member of the American Institute ofAeronautics and Astronautics, the American College ofEmergency Physicians, the American Academy of EmergencyMedicine, the Society of NASA Flight Surgeons, and theAerospace Medical Association. His awards and honors in-clude an Early Career Achievement Medal from NASA in2017, a Special Commendation Award from the NASAHuman Research Program in 2017, an Outstanding MentorAward from the Aerospace Medicine Student and ResidentOrganization in 2016, a SURGE Fellowship from theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1997, anAerospace Illinois Fellowship from NASA in 2001, aUniversity Fellowship in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Medical Scholars Program in 2006, Excellencein Medicine at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s College of Medicine in 2008, Senior StudentClinical Research Award from University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign’s College of Medicine in 2009, and aSenior Resident Teaching Award from Harvard EmergencyMedicine Residency in 2013.

Established by the Flight Nurse Section in 1968, this award be-came an official AsMA award in 1972. In 1978 it was renamedin memory of Mary T. Klinker, who was killed in a C-5A crashwhile performing a humanitarian mission. The award is givenannually to recognize significant contributions to, or achieve-ments in, the field of aeromedical evacuation. Sponsored byZOLL Medical Corporation.

Tamara “AB” Averett-Brauer, MN, RN, Col., USAF (Ret.),has received the 2018 Mary T. Klinker Award. She was hon-ored for her efforts to meet emerging en-route care/aeromed-ical evacuation and expeditionary medicine challenges. AFlight Nurse Instructor/Examiner, she recovered survivors ofthe Khobar Towers bombing in 1996 as well as a subsequentterrorist attack in Pakistan. In 2001, she tasked aeromedicalevacuation crews/aircra for the post-9/11 response. She as-sisted in the deployment/laydown of aeromedical evacuationforces around the world for Operation Enduring Freedom in2003. She also briefed NATO’s aeromedical evacuation con-ference in Switzerland in 2010. She commanded the largestU.S. Central Command Aeromedical Evacuation squadron(124 personnel), melding aeromedical evacuation/patientstaging personnel into a cohesive team to deliver higher levelsof medical care in combat environments.

Ms. Averett-Brauer served 29 years in the U.S. Air Force asPacific Air Forces Command Nurse, Squadron Commander,Chief Nurse, Flight Nurse, and Tanker Airli Control Center

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Joe Kerwin AwardErik Antonsen, M.D., Ph.D.

Erik Antonsen (center), accepts the award from AsMAPresident Martindale (left) and Michelle Frieling (right),representing KBRwyle.

Mary T. Klinker AwardTamara Averett-Brauer, MN, RN

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Barrel Master. She is a Chief Flight Nurse with over 1200flight hours, including 96 combat hours. Her operational anddeployed experiences include two tours in Afghanistan sup-porting Operation Enduring Freedom, first as Chief Nurse,Craig Joint eater Hospital/JTF-MED, and then as 451stExpeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation SquadronCommander; additionally, she was the 775th ExpeditionaryAeromedical Evacuation Squadron Director of Operationsfor the standup of U.S. redistribution of patients fromOperation Iraqi Freedom. Her operational Flight Nursetours included 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (AES)& 86 AES Ramstein AB, Germany, where she was a FlightNurse Instructor and Flight Nurse Examiner, and then flewagain when she returned as the 86 AE SquadronCommander. She served as the Military Consultant to theAir Force Surgeon General for Aeromedical Evacuation andFlight Nursing 2010-2015.

Ms. Averett-Brauer completed a distinguished Air Forcecareer as senior nursing executive leader with extensiveAeromedical Evacuation, hospital, and regional health systemheadquarters expertise. Aer retiring from active duty, sheand her spouse, Gary E. Brauer, set out on an RV adventurefor 9 months. e call came to serve again as an Air Forcecivilian and led them to Dayton, OH, and her current posi-tion as the Core Research Competency (CRC) & Researchrust Area Leader at the USAF School of AerospaceMedicine (USAFSAM), 711th Human Performance Wing(HPW), Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-PattersonAFB, OH. She is a senior health scientist and thought leaderfor Defense Health Program and Air Force Medical Serviceresearch efforts addressing identified research gaps in en-route care/aeromedical evacuation and expeditionarymedicine. She guides research teams conducting over 80 ac-tive projects.

Ms. Averett-Brauer is a Board Member-at-Large of theAerospace Nursing and Allied Health Professions Society(ANAHPS), a Life Member of the Society of Federal HealthCare Professionals, and a member of the American NursesAssociation, the Nebraska Nurses Association, and the Airand Surface Transport Nurses Association. Within AsMA,she has served on the Scientific Program Committee. Herhonor and awards include the Legion of Merit, the BronzeStar, the Meritorious Service Medal with six oak leaf clusters,the Barbara C. Brannon Nursing Leadership Award from the

Pacific Air Forces, Aeromedical Evacuation Excellence inManagement Award from Mobility Air Forces, and FieldGrade Nurse of the Year from the 81st Medical Group atKeesler AFB, MS. She has presented at AsMA’s AnnualScientific Meeting as well as at meetings of the Asia PacificMilitary Nurse Exchange, the Society of Federal HealthProfessionals, and the Military Health System ResearchSymposium.

Established in memory of Sidney D. Leverett, Jr., Ph.D., thisEnvironmental Science Award is presented annually to an indi-vidual who has made a significant contribution in the field ofenvironmental medicine through a publication in AerospaceMedicine and Human Performance, or by activities conductedin support of aerospace systems operation. Sponsored byEnvironmental Tectonics Corporation.

Duane Pierson, Ph.D., is the recipient of the 2018 SidneyD. Leverett, Jr., Environmental Science Award. He was hon-

ored for significantly furthering thefield of environmental medicinethrough his work with latent viralreactivation in response to space-flight. His scientific research has ledto innovative advancements in thebiomonitoring of reduced immu-nity, both in spaceflight and onEarth. He is world renowned for hisexpertise in spaceflight microbiol-ogy at NASA Johnson Space Center(JSC). He and his team support

both biomedical research and spaceflight operations in thecontext of identifying and mitigating environmental chal-lenges. One particular area has been the study of latent herpesviruses in astronauts for over 20 years (Shuttle, Soyuz, Mir,and ISS) and in ground analogues (Antarctica, NASANEEMO undersea habitat, bed rest, and closed chambers).Dr. Pierson has published more than 10 peer-reviewed pa-pers on this topic alone and has given numerous invited pre-sentations at key scientific meetings. is innovative work isnow leading to the pursuit of spaceflight countermeasuresagainst these mission-threatening viral pathogens.

A Fellow in the American Academy of Microbiology, Dr.Pierson served as NASA’s Chief Microbiologist for humanspaceflight and expert on the many microbiological aspects ofspaceflight for more than 36 years. Aer graduation fromNWOSU with a B.S. in Chemistry and Biology, he earned hisPh.D. in Biochemistry from Oklahoma State University andwas on the faculty of the Microbiology and ImmunologyDepartment at Baylor College of Medicine for 10 years beforejoining NASA in 1980. He and his team were responsible forformulating, developing, and implementing NASA’s microbi-ology program for current and future human exploration ofspace. His focus was on identification of microbiologicalrisks of the spacecra environment to the crew and his goalwas to prevent or mitigate these risks to acceptable levels. Hecreated and chaired the NASA Biosafety Review Board andserved as the chairman of the Institutional Review Board forNASA’s Human Spaceflight Program. In addition to hisspaceflight operational responsibilities, he directed a highly

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Tamara Averett-Brauer (center), accepts the award fromAsMA President Martindale (left) and Dan Davis (right),representing ZOLL Medical Corp.

Sydney D. Leverett, Jr., Environmental Science AwardDuane Pierson, Ph.D.

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productive research program with strong collaborations withmany U.S. and international scientists.

Dr. Pierson has published approximately 200 manuscriptsin a wide variety of peer-reviewed journals. He also has 30book chapters, 34 NASA Technical Briefs, and 2 patents. Hisleadership in space microbiology has made him a well-recog-nized figure throughout NASA, the academic community,and the aerospace industry. He maintains academic appoint-ments at the University of Texas Medical Branch and theUniversity of Houston. NASA has recognized Dr. Pierson’saccomplishments through many awards such as: e Medalfor Exceptional Scientific Achievement, Exceptional ServiceMedal, the Certificate of Commendation, the InnovationAward, and the Director’s Achievement Award. e astro-nauts recognized his contributions in environmental healthwith the highly-coveted Silver Snoopy Award.

Dr. Pierson retired with more than 36 years of service onJuly 1, 2016; he now serves as Senior Microbiologist,Emeritus at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston andcontinues research. He is a member of the American Societyfor Microbiology, the National Academy of Microbiology, theSociety of Industrial Microbiology, the American Associationfor Biological Safety, and the Aerospace Medical Association.He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.

The Eric Liljencrantz award was established in memory of CDREric Liljencrantz, MC, USN, whose brilliant career in aviationmedicine was cut short by his death in an airplane accident in1942. It is given annually to honor excellence as an educator inaerospace medicine, or basic research into the problems of ac-celeration, altitude, or weightlessness. Sponsored byAerospace Medical PLC.

Tarah Castleberry, D.O., M.P.H., has been honored withthe 2018 Eric Liljencrantz Award. She was chosen for heroutstanding service as Program Director for the University ofTexas Medical Branch’s (UTMB’s) Aerospace MedicineResidency Program. During her years there, she has ex-panded opportunities for aerospace medicine residents, in-cluding rotations with the U.S. Antarctic Program, commer-

cial space companies, and the U.S. military. Under her leader-ship, UTMB aerospace medicine residents published 30 peer-reviewed studies in aerospace medicine, received 19 AsMAand other awards, and had a 100% American Board ofPreventive Medicine board pass rate.

Dr. Castleberry received a B.S. in Biology from GrandCanyon University in 1994 and then earned a D.O. fromKirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1998. Sheserved an internship in Family Medicine at the University ofAlabama at Birmingham from 1998 to 1999 and then earnedan M.P.H. at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of PublicHealth in 2000. She served a Residency in AerospaceMedicine from 2000 to 2002 at the Naval Aerospace MedicalInstitute and then a Residency in Family Medicine at theMayo Clinic in Scottsdale, AZ, from 2007 to 2009.

Dr. Castleberry has been the Flight Surgeon for VirginGalactic since August 2015. She is board certified inAerospace Medicine, Family Medicine, and GeneralPreventive Medicine. She served as a contracted NASA FlightSurgeon through the UTMB-Wyle Bioastronautics contractfrom 2009–2012, providing support for International SpaceStation missions as well as support of U.S. and InternationalPartner astronaut operations in Russia and Kazakhstan.Following her work at NASA, she became the program direc-tor for the UTMB-NASA/JSC Aerospace Medicine Residencyas well as the program director for the UTMB GeneralPreventive Medicine Residency, serving in that capacity until2017. She is an associate professor in the departments ofPreventive Medicine and Community Health and FamilyMedicine at UTMB and Senior Faculty at Baylor College ofMedicine Center for Space Medicine. Prior to her work atUTMB and NASA, she served as a flight surgeon andaerospace medicine specialist in the U.S. Navy for 7 years.She is currently Principal Investigator for a project funded bythe FAA Center of Excellence for Commercial SpaceTransportation studying physiological effects of accelerationin the suborbital space environment.

Dr. Castleberry is a member of the Society of U.S. NavalFlight Surgeons, the Society of NASA Flight Surgeons, theAmerican Academy of Family Practice, the Space MedicineAssociation, and the Aerospace Medical Association. Herhonors and awards include U.S. Navy Flight Surgeon of theYear Nominee, NASA Life Saver Award, NASA Space LifeSciences Division Director’s Commendation Award, anHonorary Doctor of Science in Osteopathy degree from

Judith Hayes (center), accepts the Leverett award forDuane Pierson, who could not be there, from AsMAPresident Martindale (left) and George K. Anderson(right), representing ETC.

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Tarah Castleberry (right), accepts the award from AsMAPresident Martindale (left).

Eric Liljencrantz AwardTarah Castleberry, D.O., M.P.H.

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Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, the AerospaceMedicine Student and Resident Organization Mentor Award,and being co-recipient of the Arnold D. Tuttle Award fromthe Aerospace Medical Association. She has 10 published pa-pers and 10 invited lectures to her name, as well as a patentsubmission.

Established to honor the memory of MAJ Raymond F.Longacre, MC, USA. It is given annually for outstanding ac-complishment in the psychological and psychiatric aspects ofaerospace medicine. Sponsored by the Aerospace HumanFactors Association.

Johené Vardiman-Ditmanson, MS, LCDC, SAP, is the2018 recipient of the Raymond F. Longacre Award. She washonored for her 20 years of outstanding service to pilots. Sheis well-known and highly-regarded in the HumanIntervention and Motivation Study (HIMS) program as acompassionate champion of pilots in recovery. She speaks atnational HIMS meetings and provides council to severalmajor airline HIMS programs. In addition, she has con-ducted research on the psychological aspects of commercialspaceflight, having co-authored two papers on the subject.

Ms. Vardiman-Ditmanson is a graduate of the Universityof North Dakota with an undergraduate degree in AviationAdministration and Management and a graduate degree inAviation Safety, with additional graduate-level study in coun-seling psychology. She is a private, instrument, and commer-cially-rated pilot, and has worked for several companies inthe aviation industry. Prior to joining the team at UTMBAerospace Medicine, she worked as a Licensed ChemicalDependency Counselor treating pilots in an inpatient treat-ment setting. She is the business manager of the AerospaceMedicine Center and also serves as a Senior CounselingSpecialist and Substance Abuse Professional.

Currently, Ms. Vardiman-Ditmanson serves as the SeniorCounseling Specialist and Manager of the UTMB AerospaceMedical Clinic in Galveston, TX. She manages all aspects ofclinical operations and development of pilot certificationpackages while additionally serving as a licensed chemical de-pendency counselor and Department of Transportation sub-

stance abuse professional, providing screening, assessment,treatment planning, and follow-up monitoring of aviationprofessionals. Further, she serves as a co-investigator inUTMB’s ongoing investigation of layperson physiological andpsychological tolerance of acceleration forces in preparationfor suborbital spaceflight, research funded by the FAA’sCenter of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation.

Ms. Vardiman-Ditmanson’s awards and honors includethe Alfred L. and Constance C. Wolf Aviation Fund Grantfrom the University of North Dakota, the Donald I. SmithAerospace Young Scholar Endowment Award from theUniversity of North Dakota, and the AsMA’s Arnold D.Tuttle Award in 2015 as a co-author on the article “Toleranceof centrifuge-simulated suborbital spaceflight by medicalcondition” [Aviat Space Environ Med. 2014; 85(7):721-729].She is a member of the Association for Addiction Profes-sionals, the Aerospace Physiology Society, the Civil AviationMedical Association, and the Aerospace Medical Association.

This award was established to honor the memory of Brig. Gen.Theodore C. Lyster, the first Chief Surgeon, Aviation Section,U.S. Signal Corps. It is given annually for outstanding achieve-ment in the general field of aerospace medicine. Sponsored bythe Army Aviation Medical Association.

Hernando J. “Joe” Ortega, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., has been hon-ored with the 2018 eodore C. Lyster Award. He was cho-sen for his hard work developing and molding the future ofaerospace medicine. During his career as a flight surgeon, hewas one of a handful of vanguard physicians coping with anddeveloping the new and improved “lineup card” of humanfactors concerns associated with the newer, more powerfulcombat capable F-16 A/B/ C/D models. His in-flight mitiga-tion strategies, such as the “slap-shot” neck maneuver or the“slim-Jim” abdominal squeeze are still used today to limitneck or lower back strain and injuries in high-G high perfor-mance aircra. His outstanding work at Patrick AFB, FL,earned him selection as the Air Combat Command (ACC)Flight Surgeon of the Year. He was even by-name requestedto take a position at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Houston,TX. During his residency, he brought the USAF’s well-stud-ied concepts on fatigue and operations to the nation’s medi-

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Raymond F. Longacre AwardJohnené Vardiman-Ditmanson, M.S., LCDC

Johnené Vardiman-Ditmanson (center), accepts theaward from AsMA President Martindale (left) and PhilippeSouvestre (right), representing the Aerospace HumanFactors Association.

Theodore C. Lyster AwardHernando J. Ortega, Jr., M.D., M.P.H.

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Joe Ortega (center), accepts the award from AsMAPresident Martindale (left) and Mark Jacques (right), rep-resenting the Army Aviation Medical Association.

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cal residential 80 hour work week discussion. Now the leadAMA delegate for AsMA, he still brings the Air Forces’ andAerospace Medicine perspective and needs to the AmericanMedical Association (AMA) House of Medicine.

Dr. Ortega first earned a B.S. in Biology at the University ofGeorgia in Athens in 1981. He received his M.D. from theUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphisin 1986 and served an internship in General Surgery atWilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, TX, from 1986–1987, then a Residency in Aerospace and OccupationalMedicine from 1998–2001. He then earned an M.P.H. in1999 at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, MA.From 1987 to 1998 and 2001 to 2003, he had multiple assign-ments as a USAF and NASA Flight Surgeon. In 2003, he be-came Squadron Commander at the 473rd AerospaceMedicine Squadron at Yokota AB, Japan. In 2005, he becameDeputy Hospital Commander, 35th Medical Group, atMisawa AB, Japan. In 2006, he transferred to Kunsan AB,Korea, to serve as Commander of the 8th Medical Group. In2007, he was assigned as Command Surgeon of Air ForceIntelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Agency. Hetransferred in 2012 to become Chief of the AerospaceMedicine Division, Air Education and Training Command,which he held until 2016, when he retired as a full Colonel. In2012 he also became Vice Chair, Aerospace Medicine, withthe American Board of Preventive Medicine.

Dr. Ortega is the Founder and Managing Member of FlightDocs Unlimited, LLC, in San Antonio, where he is presentlyworking on two U.S. Air Force contracts, as well as Consult-ing Director of Operational Flight Medicine for NeurostatAnalytic Solutions. He is a member and Past President of theSociety of USAF Flight Surgeons and the American Society ofAerospace Medicine Specialists. He is also a member of theInternational Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine, theAssociation of Military Surgeons of the United States, theAmerican College of Occupational and Environmental Me-dicine, and the House of Delegates of the American MedicalAssociation. He is a Fellow, Vice President, and Treasurer ofthe Aerospace Medical Association.

Established and sponsored by the French Society of AerospaceMedicine in memory of Marie Marvingt (1875-1963), a pioneerFrench pilot and surgical nurse who, for more than 50 years,actively and untiringly involved herself in the conception anddevelopment of air ambulance services and in the educationof the general public regarding their use and benefits. Theaward is presented annually to honor excellence and innova-tion in aerospace medicine.Jeffery C. Chancellor, M.S., is the 2018 winner of the MarieMarvingt Award. He was honored for his research effortsconcerning space radiation and associated health risks to as-tronauts during long-duration spaceflight. His innovativework has directly addressed this complex problem to help ex-pand our understanding of the space radiation environmentand to better translate radiation risks to astronaut health. Hehas highlighted new areas of clinical concern, identified gapsin radiation understanding, and provided a path towards bet-ter emulating the space environment for terrestrial research.

His new work presents a novel terrestrial research approachto emulating space radiation complexity and the intravehicu-lar environment. is approach could allow more accurateanalog recreation of the space radiation environment by al-lowing for continuous generation of ionizing radiation thatmore closely matches the ion distribution, energy spectrum,and dose-rate of galactic cosmic radiation than traditionalstudy designs. His research has the potential to greatly im-prove upon our understanding of space radiation risk tohealth, providing the opportunity to prevent or mitigate fu-ture threats to astronaut crews. Mr. Chancellor joined the U.S. Coast Guard in 1989 andbecame a Flight Mechanic. He served until 1996. He becamean Operations and Quality Assurance Manager at Morton’sInc., in 1997. He attended the University of Houston in 1999and earned a B.S. in Physics in 2003. He then earned an M.S.,also in Physics, in 2005, also at the University of Houston. Hethen took a position as Senior Research Engineer at LockheedMartin Space Operations, NASA Johnson Space Center,Space Radiation Analysis Group (SRAG). As part of SRAG,he served as a Flight Controller on the Radiation Console inMission Control and as the Radiation Lead on the MissionManagement team for Space Shuttle mission STS-118, STS-120, STS-122, and STS-125 (Hubble repair mission). In 2010,he became Radiation Effects Program Manager at theNational Space Biomedical Research Institute until 2014 andheld an academic appointment at the Center for SpaceMedicine at Baylor College of Medicine. In 2012, he alsoserved as Radiation Health Officer and Space WeatherAdvisor to the Red Bull Stratos Medical Team. From 2013–2015, he served as Radiation Team Lead Scientist atInspiration Mars Mission. In 2015, he began a Ph.D. inApplied Physics, which he is currently working on, and tookhis current position of Research Scientist at theComputational Physics Group, Department of Physics andAstronomy, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. Mr. Chancellor has also attended the 15th course,“Astrophysics at Ultra-High Energies” at the InternationalSchool of Cosmic Ray Astrophysics, Italy, and the NSF SpaceWeather Summer School at the Center for Integrated Space

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Jeffery Chancellor (center), accepts the award fromAsMA President Martindale (left) and Henri Marotte(right), representing the French Aerospace MedicalAssociation.

Marie Marvingt AwardJeffery C. Chancellor, M.S.

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Established in memory of Col. Harry G. Moseley, USAF, MC, inrecognition of his material contributions to flight safety. It isgiven annually for the most outstanding contribution to flightsafety. Sponsored by the International Association of MilitaryFlight Surgeon Pilots.

Francisco Rios Tejada, M.D., Ph.D., was the 2018 winner ofthe Harry G. Moseley Award for enhancing aviation safety asa researcher, educator, flight surgeon, manager, and accidentinvestigator in the civilian and military sector both in Spainand in the international communities. His achievements in-clude conducting research and instruction in the field offlight safety. He was a pioneer in the establishment of poly-merase chain reaction assays for the identification of aircrewfatalities. His contributions to aircra accident investigationand aeromedical related areas such hyper-/hypobaria, spatialdisorientation, night vision, acceleration, and human factorsare represented in over 135 publications and specifically 3books devoted to Flight Safety and Aircra AccidentInvestigation.

For 11 years, Dr. Rios Tejada has been a board member ofthe Military Aircra Investigation Board of the SpanishMOD. He has been member of the NATO AGARD/RTOHuman Factors and Medicine Panel for 25 years, where heaccomplished a number of activities such as lecture series andworkshops related to the field of aircra accident analysis andrelated research. For 15 years, he coordinated a specific semi-nar as a part of the Flight Surgeon Course fully devoted toAircra Accident Investigation, including not only the mili-tary approach, but also the civilian aspects of the civil investi-gation board. Nowadays in his position as Chief MedicalOfficer of the Spanish Civil Aviation Authority, he also par-

ticipates in and reviews all the requests coming from theCivilian Investigation Board related to medical aspects, issues,and consequence of an accident.

Dr. Rios Tejada is a native of Malaga, Spain. He studiedmedicine at the medical school of the ComplutenseUniversity of Madrid and joined the Spanish Air Force in1979. From 1982 until his retirement he was stationed at theSPAF Aeromedical Center in Madrid, where he was Head ofEducation, Head of the Department of Aerospace Medicine,and Commander of the Center. Upon retirement, he becameChief Medical Officer and Head of the Medical Division atthe Spanish Civil Aviation Authority. He is a Fellow of theAerospace Medical Association, Academician of IAASM, andpast president of both the Iberoamerican Association ofAerospace Medicine and the Spanish Society of AerospaceMedicine.

Dr. Rios Tejada has been an Aviation Medical Examinerfor the Federal Aviation Administration, Organización deAviación Civil Internacional, the Joint Aviation Authorities,and the European Aviation Safety Agency. He is on theEditorial Board of Military Medicine. His awards include theMeritorious Cross (three times, Aeronautical, Distinctive,White), the Royal and Military Cross, Commendation, andPlaque of the Order of San Hermenegildo, an Award ofExcellence from the Iberoamerican Association of AerospaceMedicine, the Baleares Academy of Medicine Award, theFlight Safety Award from the Flight Armed Forces for bestpublication, and the Won Chuel Kay Award from theAerospace Medical Association.

This award was established and sponsored by EnvironmentalTectonics Corporation to honor Col. John Paul Stapp,USAF(Ret.). The award is given annually to recognize out-standing contributions in the field of aerospace biomechanicsand to promote progress in protection from injury resultingfrom ejection, vibration, or impact.Phillip Whitley, Ph.D., received the 2018 John Paul StappAward for his 35 years of experience primarily in developingrequirements and protective means for humans in the ex-treme environments of sustained acceleration, pilot ejection,helicopter crashes, and aircra vibration, including the as-sessment of injury risk and severity. His development of ad-vanced manikins, comprehensive biodynamic models, andspine and neck injury criteria have helped predict and miti-gate injuries during aircra operations. Dr. Whitley was born and raised in North Carolina, at-tended North Carolina State University, where he earned hisbachelor’s and master’s degrees in Biochemistry, and then re-ceived his Ph.D. in Bioengineering (Electrical and ComputerEngineering minor) from Clemson University in 1983. From1983 to 1995, he worked at the Naval Air Warfare CenterAircra Division in Warminster, PA, in a variety of positions.In 1990, he became Adjunct Faculty, Aerospace Physiologyand Psychology Course, at Embry-Riddle AeronauticalUniversity, McGuire AFB, NJ. From 1984 to 1999, he wasalso Adjunct Assistant Professor, Biomedical and ElectricalComputer Engineering Departments, at Drexel University inPhiladelphia, PA. From 1995–1996, he was AssociateProfessor of the Bioengineering Division, Department of

Francisco Rios Tejada (center), accepts the award fromAsMA President Martindale (left) and Kathy Hughes(right), representing the International Association ofMilitary Flight Surgeon Pilots.

Harry G. Moseley AwardFrancisco Rios Tejada, M.D., Ph.D.

John Paul Stapp AwardPhillip Whitley, Ph.D.

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Weather Modeling. His awards include the NASA PeerAward and the Hubble 25th Anniversary Commendation.His publications include 1 book chapter, 2 commissionedspecial reports, and 10 papers. He has given over 35 invitedtalks at conferences, seminars, colloquia, and special lectures.He is a member of the Institute of Physics, the Center forSpace Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, the AmericanPhysical Society, and the Aerospace Medical Association.

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Neurosurgery, at the Medical College of Pennsylvania andHahnemann University in Philadelphia. From 1996 to 1999,he served as Senior Research Consultant and PrincipalInvestigator a M. Technologies, Inc., Huntingdon Valley, PA.He then became Managing Engineer at Exponent – FailureAnalysis Associates in Miami, FL, from 1999 to 2001. In2002, he founded Criterion Analysis Inc. in Miami and in2009 became Manager of Soldier Protection Programs,CFDRC Computational Medicine and Biology Division, CFDResearch Corp., Huntsville, AL, a position he still holds. A Fellow of AsMA, Dr. Whitley is a Past President of theLife Science and Biomedical Engineering Branch (LSBEB)and a recipient of both the Professional Excellence Award in2008 and the A. Howard Hasbrook Award for safety, surviv-ability, and crashworthiness. He is a Senior Member of theIEEE. He has published several peer-review articles, bookchapters and made dozens of presentations including manyat AsMA meetings.

This award was established and sponsored by the Civil Avia-tion Medical Association in memory of John A. Tamisiea, M.D.The award is given annually to an aviation medical examineror other individual who has made an outstanding contribu-tion to the art and science of aviation medicine in its applica-tion to the general aviation field.

Paulo Magalhães Alves, M.D., M.Sc., FAsMA, receivedthe 2018 John A. Tamisiea Award for his active involve-ment in aerospace medicine for more than three decades.His experience as medical director of the biggest commer-cial airline in Brazil gave him an operational aspect of avia-tion medicine that concerned crew and passenger health,including flight crew immunization, cosmic radiation, in-flight medical emergencies, crew fatigue management, air-cra disinfection, bioterrorism, deep vein thrombosis,SARS, and pandemics. He has been actively involved in theaerospace medical scientific community as a member of theAerospace Medical Association since 1993, where he hasbeen distinguished as a Fellow and is currently the Chair of

the Air Transport Medicine Committee. Currently, Dr.Alves is the Global Medical Director of Aviation HealthMedAire Inc. He is responsible for providing technicalguidance and analysis for MedAire’s medical advisory ser-vice. He also monitors trends in medicine and technologyand authors papers, articles, and presentations on topics af-fecting remote medicine.

A native of Natal, Brazil, Dr. Alves graduated from theFederal University of Rio de Janeiro’s School of Medicinein 1979 with an M.D., and then served a Residency inCardiology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro’sUniversity Hospital. He earned an M.Sc. in Cardiology in1988. From 1984–1987, he served as a Professor inCardiology at Fluminense Federal University and then be-came a Cardiologist at Varig Brazilian Airlines from 1983–1989. In 1989, he became Head of Medical Informatics andlater Vice Director at the Division of Medical and SocialAssistance at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.From 1992–1993, he was the Head of the Division ofResearch and Technology at Laranjeiras CardiologyHospital; in 1993, he became Director of Human Resourcesthere. In 1994, he became Regional Medical Manager atVarig Brazilian Airlines. From 1996-2006, he was theMedical Director at the Ruen Berta Foundation, VarigBrazilian Airlines. During that time, he was also anAviation Medical Examiner for Transport Canada until2007, a Basic Life Support Instructor Trainer, and aCardiologist for the Intermediate Care Unit of LaranjeirasCardiology Hospital and at the Coronary Care Unit of theFederal University of Rio de Janeiro’s University Hospital,both until 2007. He began working for MedAire in 2007and, since then, has researched and presented on manyaeromedical topics impacting the commercial and businessaviation industries.

Dr. Alves has served as Secretary-General and is a PastPresident of the Brazilian Society of Aerospace Medicine,Past President of the Airlines Medical DirectorsAssociation, a member of the IATA Medical AdvisoryGroup, the International Academy of Aerospace Medicine,and the Ibero-American Society of Aerospace Medicine, a

From ‘Whitley,’ p. N38

Paulo Alves (center), accepts the award from AsMAPresident Martindale (left) and Warren Silberman (right),representing the Civil Aviation Medical Association.

John A. Tamisiea AwardPaulo Magalhães Alves, M.D., M.Sc.

Phillip Whitley (center), accepts the award from AsMAPresident Martindale (left) and Dick Leland (right), repre-senting ETC.

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This award was established by Thomas J. Tredici and spon-sored by an endowment fund managed by the AerospaceMedical Association Foundation. It is given for the most signifi-cant contribution to aerospace ophthalmology and vision sci-ence.

Lt. Col. Christopher M. Putnam, USAF, received the 2018omas J. and Margaret D. Tredici Award for his contribu-tions to vision standards, and flyer protection and perfor-mance. While serving as Chief of the Tri-Service ResearchLaboratory bioeffects and vision science section, he guided anaircrew laser eye protection program that mitigated emergingthreats to over 628K US/UK civilian and military pilots. Healso conducted a NASA laser protection effort for astronautsafety during orbital docking and extra-vehicular activities.Additionally, he directed an evaluation of an Army laser eyeprotection prototype in collaboration with Natick SoldierSystems Center, verifying protection performance and as-sessed operational impact. He supported development of adirected energy lesion database of retinal injury imaging datarelevant for DoD personnel, FAA personnel, clinicians, inter-national partners and researchers. He provided a comprehen-sive review of USAF and ROKAF aircrew vision examinationand standards with emphasis on waiver management.

Lt. Col. Putnam is Commander, Detachment 5, 711thHuman Performance Wing and Deputy Chief, BioeffectsDivision, Airman Systems Directorate, 711th HumanPerformance Wing, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at

Joint Base San Antonio, TX. He leads the military for theBioeffects Division and oversees readiness, discipline, andtraining in addition to ensuring standards and comprehen-sion of the AFRL mission for 250 military, civilian, and con-tractors, and serves as the sole vision scientist on eTechnical Cooperation Program (TTCP) international intelli-gence working group and was recently appointed as a re-gional chair of the American Academy of OptometryAdmittance Committee.

Lt. Col. Putnam earned a Bachelor of Science degree inChemistry from South Dakota State University in 2001 and aDoctorate in Optometry from Pacific University in 2005. Hewas commissioned in March 2004 as part of the HealthProfessions Scholarship Program and entered active duty as aCaptain in 2005 aer graduation. He served as the BasicMilitary Training Element Chief at Lackland AFB, TX, until2008 when he was selected for the USAF OptometryResidency program and was board certification in 2009. Heserved as a staff optometrist at Scott AFB until 2011 when hewas selected to the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT)Civilian Institution Program to pursue a Ph.D. in PhysiologicOptics. He completed the accelerated Ph.D. program in 3years, winning an unprecedented three Graduate ResearchFellowship awards and two consecutive top abstract awardsfrom the Heart of America Primary Care Congress. He wasselected by the Optometry Consultant to the USAF SurgeonGeneral to chair the AFIT Ph.D./Residency Committeewithin the USAF Optometry Corporate Board.

Lt. Col. Putnam’s awards and honors include the GlobalWar on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal (2006); the Air ForceOutstanding Unit Award (2006, 2008, 2010); CompanyGrade Global Health Officer of the Year (2007); the Air ForceCommendation Medal (2008); the Small Arms ExpertMarksmanship Ribbon (2008); the Military OutstandingVolunteer Service Medal (2010); the Air Force MeritoriousService Medal (2011, 2015); the Korean Defense ServiceMedal (2014); the Humanitarian Service Medal (2015); theNuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal (2016); and theAir Force Achievement Medal (2017). He is a member of theAmerican Optometric Association, the Armed ForcesOptometric Society, and the Aerospace Medical Association.He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry.He has 9 publications, 10 posters, and 7 invited lectures to hisname.

Established in memory of Col. Arnold D. Tuttle, USAF, MC.Awarded annually for original research that has made themost significant contribution toward the solution of a chal-lenging problem in aerospace medicine and which was pub-lished in Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance.Sponsored by Wyle Laboratories.

Douglas Boyd, Ph.D., was the 2018 recipient of the ArnoldD. Tuttle Award for his role as author of “In-flight decision-making by general aviation pilots operating in areas of ex-treme thunderstorms” [Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2017;88(12):1066–1072]. In this article, he examines pilot decision-making regarding avoidance of thunderstorms. In his analy-sis he found that from 1996-2014, the thunderstorm accident

Thomas J. and Margaret D. Tredici AwardLt. Col. Christopher Putnam, USAF

Christopher Putnam (center), accepts the award fromAsMA President Martindale (left) and Genie Bopp (secondfrom right), representing the AsMA Foundation, andDouglas Ivan (far right), representing the Tredicis.

Arnold D. Tuttle AwardDouglas Boyd, Ph.D.

See ‘Boyd,’ p. N41

From ‘Alves,’ p. N39

Fellow of the Civil Aviation Medical Association and theAerospace Medical Association (AsMA), and a member ofthe American Telemedicine Association. His awards in-clude the George Kidera Award from the Airlines MedicalDirectors Association, the MedAire CEO Award, theBoothby-Edwards Award and the Harry G. Moseley Awardfrom AsMA, and the Annual Scientific Award for his role asa co-author on the paper “Pediatric fatalities at 30,000 feet:characterizing pediatric deaths on commercial air flights”from the Society of Critical Care Medicine.

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rate was undiminished. and that a majority of flights violatethe FAA-recommended separation distance from thunder-storms and are more likely to do so for landings rather thanen route operations. He recommends additional emphasis onthunderstorm hazards and safe practices, during pilot train-ing.

Dr. Boyd earned a B.Sc., in Pharmacology at LeedsUniversity, Leeds, UK, in 1982 and then his Ph.D. atEdinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1985. He wasAssistant Professor at the University of Texas in Houstonfrom 1991 to 1996, then became Associate Professor. In 2001,he was made a full Professor, which is his current position.He has reviewed for 30+ journals, including AerospaceMedicine and Human Performance, and several fundingagencies, including the NIH. He has mentored 29 graduatestudents/fellows, including a resident in aerospace medicine.He serves on both the Aerospace Medical Association’s SafetyCommittee as a member, the Resolution Committee as Chair,and on the Scientific Program Committee as a member. He isalso a FAA Safety Team representative co-organizing (andpresenting) safety seminars for Houston-area general aviationpilots.

Dr. Boyd is a member of the University AviationAssociation and the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA).His honors and awards include Outstanding Educator fromthe University of Texas, an Award of Appreciation forMentoring of Resident in Aerospace Medicine from theUSAF School of Aerospace Medicine, and the Joseph L.Haley Writing Award from the U.S. Army Aviation MedicalAssociation. He has published numerous articles, both inpeer-reviewed journals and non-peer-reviewed aviation mag-azines, and presented at many conferences and symposia.

Established and sponsored by the Society of U.S. Air ForceFlight Surgeons in memory of its first member to lose his life inan aircraft accident, and to honor all flight surgeons whoselives are lost in the pursuit of flying activities related to thepractice of aerospace medicine. The award is given annuallyfor superior performance and/or outstanding achievement inthe art and science of aerospace medicine during residencytraining.

Rahul Suresh, M.D., M.S., M.P.H., was the 2018 winner ofthe Julian E. Ward Memorial Award for his work with timezone changes and their effect on diabetic pilots. e result ofhis study will help flight crew operations maintain the safetyand efficiency of crewmembers. His work has gained the at-tention of academicians as well as biomedical monitoringequipment manufacturers. He has already participated in apress conference regarding this work and publications havebeen submitted. He has distinguished himself as a leader inall areas and has continued to receive the highest ratings inhis aerospace medicine clinical rotations. He was appointedChief Resident of the University of Texas Medical Branch’s(UTMB’s) Aerospace Medicine Residency Program due tohis organizational skills, his broad knowledge base, and hisability to inspire others.

Dr. Suresh is in his last year of the aerospace medicine resi-dency at UTMB in Galveston, TX. He received his B.A. fromRice University in Biochemistry and Cell Biology in 2008, fol-lowing which he was an Indicorps service-leadership Fellowin rural India. In 2014, he received his M.D. and M.S. degreesfrom Mayo Medical School and Mayo Graduate School inRochester, MN, and in 2017, his M.P.H. from UTMB. Duringhis training, he had the opportunity to gain space medicineoperational experiences at NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC)and served as a physician at McMurdo Station in Antarctica.He completed the U.S. Air Force aerospace medicine primaryand Federal Aviation Administration Aviation MedicalExaminer courses.

Dr. Suresh has presented lectures for UTMB’s course,“Principles in Aviation and Space Medicine” on the subject ofdiabetes and air travel. His volunteer work includes theUTMB Quality Care Committee; medical support for the

Douglas Boyd (center), accepts the award from AsMAPresident Martindale (left) and Michelle Frieling (right),representing KBRwyle.

Rahul Suresh (center), accepts the award from AsMAPresident Martindale (left) and Patricia McSparran, repre-senting the Society of USAF Flight Surgeons.

From ‘Boyd,’ p. N40 Julian E. Ward Memorial AwardRahul Suresh, M.D., M.P.H.

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“Wings Over Houston” airshow; and working at St. Vincent’sHouse, a free clinic run by residents in Galveston. At AsMA2017, he gave three high-quality presentations. He also pre-sented at the IAC in Mexico in 2016. He was first author onthe paper, “Sustained Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm ina Centrifuge-Simulated Suborbital Spaceflight,” published inAerospace Medicine and Human Performance in August2017. He also authored the chapter on “Visual ImpairmentIntracranial Pressure in Spaceflight” for the “Handbook ofAerospace and Operational Physiology” by AsMA membersA.D. Woodard and J. T. Webb. He has published nearly adozen peer-reviewed articles and has been an invited speakerfor many meetings and events.

Dr. Suresh’s honors and awards include Second PlaceResearch Poster Winner at Texas Regional ACP in Galveston,Internal Medicine Quality Forum First Place Oral Presen-tation Winner at UTMB, Internal Medicine Resident of theMonth at UTMB, the 2016 Stanley R. Mohler, M.D., Aero-space Medicine Endowed Scholarship from the AerospaceMedical Association (AsMA), the Wyle Scholarship in honorof Robert Ellis from the Space Medicine Association, theAnita Mantri Memorial Travel Scholarship from AsMA, andsecond place for the AsMA Fellows Scholarship. He is amember of the Aerospace Medical Student and ResidentOrganization, the Space Medicine Association, and AsMA.

LTC(P) Mark Jacques is the new President of the ArmyAviation Medical Association (AAMA). He is currently the

U.S. Army Aviation Center ofExcellence (USAACE) CommandSurgeon. USAACE trains, educates,and develops Army Aviation pro-fessionals and integrates indispens-able aviation capabilities acrosswarfighting functions in support ofcommanders and soldiers on theground. LTC(P) Jacques serves asadvisor on all operational medicineand aviation medicine issues to theCommanding General of US-

AACE, who is also the U.S. Army Aviation Branch Chief. LTC(P) Jacques was born in Staten Island, NY, and raisedin Troy, NY. He received a B.S. in Biology from RensselaerPolytechnic Institute in 1995, his M.D. from the StateUniversity of New York at Stony Brook in 1999, and hisM.P.H. from the University of Texas Medical Branch in 2008.He is board certified in Aerospace Medicine, OccupationalMedicine and Pediatrics. He is a Fellow of both the AmericanAcademy of Pediatrics and the Aerospace MedicalAssociation. LTC(P) Jacques was commissioned in the U.S. Army in2004. Upon entering service, he was assigned as a BattalionFlight Surgeon to 3-4 Aviation Regiment, 4th ID(M), wherehe served for almost 3 years, including 1 year deployed toIraq. He then completed residency training in AerospaceMedicine from 2007–2009 at the Naval Aerospace Medical

Future AsMA Annual Scientific MeetingsMay 5-9, 2019: Rio All Suites Hotel; Las Vegas, NVMay 17-21, 2020; Hyatt Regency Atlanta; Atlanta, GA

Past meetings are listed in the List of Past and FutureMeetings, found on the future meetings page.

Fellows Class of 2018

Jacques Is New President of AAMA

Dr. Nomy Ahmed, Col. Patrick T. Birchfield, Col. David E. Blocker, Dr. Tarah L. Castleberry, CAPT Frank A. Chapman, Col.Charles D. Clinton, John Darwood, Dr. Matthew F. Dumstorf, Dr. Cesario F. Ferrer, Jr., Dr. Chris M. Front, Dr. AlejandroGarbino, Lt. Col. Jaime R. Harvey, Col. Alden D. Hilton, Sr., LTC Matthew H. Hoefer, Dr. Ewan J. Hutchison, LTC Mark L.Jacques, Dr. Ben Johnston, BG Christopher J. Knapp, Col. (Dr.) Christopher Kleinsmith, LTC Carla Ledderhos, Prof. Henri C.Marotte, Maj. Mari M. Metzler., Dr. Pierre J. Morissette, Col. Mark A. Nassir, Dr. Sean K. Roden, Dr. Keith J. Ruskin, Dr. CarlosSalicrup, Dr. Nereyda L. Sevilla, Col. Daniel Shoor, Col. Chaz A. Shurlow, CAPT Theron C. Toole, COL Lewis A. Van Osdel, Dr.Sharmila D. Watkins, Col. Johann S. Westphall, Dr. Elizabeth S. Wilkinson, BG Brett A. Wyrick. Those present at the HonorsNight Ceremony, May 10, at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, TX, are pictured here along with the Fellows Chair, Dr.Warren Silberman (standing far right).

See ‘Jacques,’ p. N43

From ‘Suresh,’ p. N41

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Institute in Pensacola, FL. Mark’s follow-on assignment waswith the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment(Airborne), serving with them from 2009–2014. While withthe 160th, he deployed several times to both Iraq andAfghanistan and became deeply involved in en route criticalcare, helping to pioneer the initiative to ensure that all of the160th flight medics were paramedic and critical care certified. From 2014–2016, LTC(P) Jacques served with the Officeof Military Support before his current assignment as the US-AACE Command Surgeon. He currently serves in a variety ofadditional roles, including Medical Director of the U.S. ArmyAir Ambulance Detachment at Fort Rucker, faculty for theArmy’s Aerospace Medicine and Occupational MedicineResidencies, an inspector for the U.S. FORSCOM ARMSInspection Team, and a voting member on the Joint TraumaSystem’s Committee on En Route Combat Casualty Care. Hismilitary awards include the Bronze Star Medal, MeritoriousService Medal, Air Medal, Army Commendation Medal,Army Achievement Medal, Presidential Unit Citation Award,Meritorious Unit Citation, Afghanistan Campaign Medal,Iraq Campaign Medal, NATO Medal, Combat Action Badge,Expert Field Medical Badge, and Senior Flight SurgeonBadge.

David Powell, a Fellow of the Aerospace MedicalAssociation, became Medical Advisor to IATA in May. Hecontinues as a part-time medical specialist for VirginAustralia Airlines.

e Association welcomes 12 new members in July:

Anash, Gregory; Monroe Township, NJ, United States•Ayers, Sarah; Roy, WA, United States•Bharatkumar, A. G.; Waukesha, WI, United States•Dodderer, Joshua; El Paso, TX, United States•Fedor, Preston; West Linn, OR, United States•Hirzallah, Mohammad; Pittsburgh, PA, United States•Kiriokos, Nickolas; Edwards, CA, United States•Moore, Hillary; Villa Park, CA, United States•Nicotra, Alanb; Norfolk, VA, United States•Sawyer, Aenor; San Francisco, CA, United States•Tarnawsky, Stefan; Indianapolis, IN, United States•Whiteman, Avram; Toronto, Ontario, Canada•

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New Members

News of MembersFrom ‘Jacques,’ p. N39

Associate Professor David Newman and the Aviation Medi-cine Unit recently completed the first of three AustralianCertificate of Civil Aviation Medicine (ACCAM) courses in2018. Students visited the Ansett Aviation Training facility inTullamarine as a part of the 2-week training course and got toexperience the 737 and the BAe-146 flight simulators. A visitto the control tower and the operations room at Air ServicesAustralia at Tullamarine was also included in the program. Afinal exam produced an excellent overall score for the group,with Patricia Beresford achieving the highest mark and receiv-ing the Dux award. —Please visit https://www.monash.edu/medicine/sphpm/depts-centres-units/avmed/news to read more.

Luxaviation, one of the largest private aircra operatorsworldwide, announced it has selected MedAire’s operationalsecurity solution to ensure best-in-class safety and risk man-agement services for its fleet of 270 aircra. Luxaviation se-lected MedAire aer appraising the market with an extensivetender using a 20-point criteria matrix. MedAire will providetravel security information, analysis, and assessment as well as24/7 global assistance as part of a comprehensive security so-lution. e agreement provides real-time travel security re-porting about destinations, regions, airspace, and airports thatis thoroughly vetted and analyzed by aviation experts. —Please see http://medaire.com/about/news/2018/05/30/lux-aviation-partners-with-medaire-for-best-in-class-operational-security-solutions for more about this.

Mayo Clinic research into stem cells for lung transplants andother types of transplants are increasing the odds of survival.While lung transplantation is a lifesaving option for thousandsof people every year, it’s not perfect. erefore, doctors inthe Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine are tryingto solve the most lethal imperfection of lung transplantation, asyndrome called chronic organ rejection. To solve that chal-lenge, doctors are using stem cells and regenerative medicine.A team of Mayo Clinic’s doctors launched a study to evaluatesafety and dose considerations of stem cell use in lung trans-plant patients who have chronic organ rejection. Researchersalso gathered data on whether the treatment may have poten-tial for improving lung function or slowing the progressive de-cline in function that occurs with chronic organ rejection. eteam is now preparing for a larger clinical study that will bebased on the initial study results. —Please visit https://www.mayoclinic.org/giving-to-mayo-clinic/philanthropy-in-action/features-stories/increasing-the-odds to read more.

KBR, Inc., announced that its global government servicesbusiness, KBRwyle, has secured a seat on an indefinite-deliv-ery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide rapid solu-tions to fix problems identified through the Department ofDefense’s Joint Test and Evaluation (JT&E) Program. e U.S.Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Research andDevelopment Center selected KBRwyle as one of the six primecontractors on this 10-year, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.

NEWS OF CORPORATE MEMBERS

Monash’s Aviation Medicine Unit Completes First ACCAM

MedAire Partners with Luxaviation

Mayo Clinic Research Increasing Survival Odds for Lung Transplants

KBRwyle Awarded DoD Continuing Support Contract

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KBRwyle won a seat on the previous JT&E Program contractin 2007. KBRwyle will assist the program in finding new waysfor U.S. warfighters to accomplish their missions with today’sequipment and processes. Under the multi-award contract,KBRwyle will have the opportunity to bid on task orders is-sued by the JT&E Program Offices to address and resolvecritical warfighter issues. e company’s support will includetest and evaluation, specialized engineering, cybersecurity,and intelligence. —Please see https://kbr.com/about/newsroom/press-releases/2018/06/18/dod-awards-kbrwyle-seat-on-900-million-contract-to-continue-supporting-jt-and-e-program for more on this.

e National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health(NIOSH) partnered with the National Safety Council thisyear in observing National Safety Month in June. Messagesfocused on emergency preparedness, wellness, fall preven-tion, and safe driving. National Safety Month is more perti-nent than ever as unintentional injuries continue to affectworkers and their families. To reverse that trend, this year’sNational Safety Month theme, “No 1 Gets Hurt,” encourageseveryone to take at least one step to improve safety in his orher life and the lives of those they love. NIOSH recognizesNational Safety Month by calling attention to the many re-sources and recommendations available to workers and em-ployers. Disasters do not plan ahead, so emergency prepared-ness is paramount and responders should be qualified,trained, and properly equipped when deployed. Overall well-being for those who work long hours or are on shi work, in-cluding getting enough sleep, are important for optimal func-tioning, safety, and health. —Please visit https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/updates/upd-06-21-18.html to read more.

From ‘Corporates,’ p. N43

NIOSH Joins National Safety Council in Observing National Safety Month

Corporate News BitesSAA: South African Airways (SAA) has added flights tothe Eastern Cape for business travelers between EastLondon and Johannesburg, increasing from 24 to 30 flightsper week. ese additional flights have been scheduled tocater specifically to the business traveler wanting to travelin time for meetings and who require additional flexibilityfor return flights. Please visit https://www.flysaa.com/about-us/leading-carrier/media-center/media-releases/newsroom# for more on this.

Konan Medical: Konan Medical’s Nexy Robotic RetinalImaging System has been cleared by the FDA for the U.S.market. It is a retinal camera with fully robotic operationresulting in remarkably clear and detailed retinal images. Itis designed for use in ophthalmology, optometry, hospitals,clinics, and many other point-of-service locations, as wellas health screening environments. To read more, please seewww.prweb.com/releases/2018/06/prweb15554831.htm.

David Clark: David Clark Co.’s Series 9900 WirelessCommunication System was written up in Ground SupportWorldwide magazine. e article was about how the sys-tem is used in daily airline push-back operations and in-cludes the author’s overview of the environment and appli-cation. Please visit http://www.davidclarkcompany.com/news.php?newsid=99 for more on this.

AOPA: CEO of West Michigan Aviation Academy andChairman of the Aircra Owners and Pilots Association(AOPA) You Can Fly High School Steering CommitteePat Cwayna was named the 2018 Michigan Association ofPublic School Academies’ Administrator of the Year onMay 7. Cwayna has logged nearly 45 years as an educatorin Michigan and is credited for helping to build the schoolfrom the ground up. Please see https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2018/may/31/michigan-charter-school-administrator-of-the-year.

MEETINGS CALENDARJuly 5-7, 2018; Immunology 2018; Vienna, Austria.

Visit http://immunology. euroscicon.com/ for more info.Sept. 20-23, 2018; 6th European Congress of

Aerospace Medicine; Prague, Czech Republic. For more,please visit https://www.asma.org/scientific-meetings/prague-czech-republic-6th-european-congress-of-aer.

24-28 Sept. 2018; 33rd International EAAPConference on Aviation Psychology and Human Factorsin Aviation; Hotel Dubrovnik Palace, Dubrovnik, Croatia.For more, please visit conference.eaap.net/submit.html.

25-26 Sept. 2018; Aviation Health Conference;Holiday Inn Kensington Forum, South Kensington,London. Visit https://www.quaynote.com/conference/aviation-health-conference-2018/ for more info.

Oct. 17-18, 2018; 9th International Conference onEpidemiology and Public Health; Las Vegas, NV. For moreinfo, please visit https://epidemiology-publichealth.conferenceseries.com/.

Nov. 7-9, 2018; Australian Aviation PsychologyAssociation (AAvPA) 2018 Symposium; Crowne PlazaHotel, Coogee, Sydney, Australia. For more, please visithttp://www.aavpa.org/read/2254/2018-aavpa-sympo-sium-november-2018-sydney.html.

SAVE THE DATES!Sept. 27-29, 2018; Civil Aviation Medical Association

(CAMA) Annual Scientific Meeting; Captain Hook Hotel,Anchorage, AK. Contact CAMA at civilavmed@aol.com; bytelephone at 770-487-0100; or see the Schedule of Events.

Nov. 11-15, 2018; ICASM 2018; Millennium HiltonBangkok, Bangkok, Thailand. For more info or to register,please visit http://icasm2018.com/.

Upcoming FAA AME SeminarsDates Location Seminar TypeAug. 10-12, 2018 Washington, DC RefresherSept. 27-29, 2018 Anchorage, AK CAMASept. TBD Denver, CO ReferesherOct. 22-26. 2018 Oklahoma City, OK Basic

PLEASE NOTE: The only FAA seminar AsMA takes regis-trations for is the one held in conjunction with our annualmeeting in May. For all others, please contact the FAA.For more, visit: http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_

industry/designees_delegations/designee_types/ame/seminar_schedule/.