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President’s PageAt our 2011 Annual Business meeting, we voted for a

change to our Bylaws regarding the qualifications forActive Emeritus Membership in the Association. The2011 change requires 25 years of previous membership,an age of at least 65 years even if not “retired”, and a$50/year dues payment to retain voting rights, hold of-fice, and have access to the journal online. Those desir-ing a hardcopy journal will pay $50 extra. Many of ourmembers who did not attend that meeting remain un-aware of this benefit and continue to pay the full mem-bership dues. I am hopeful that this benefit will be seenby most of our qualifying members as a worthwhile ben-efit and will become Active Emeritus members instead ofmerely leaving us. I am also hoping that those ActiveEmeritus Members (and Life Members) might considerjoining us after the San Diego meeting at a no-host lun-cheon at some TBD restaurant near the meeting site torenew long-time friendships and get some updates onwhose doing what now. I shall endeavor to provide moreinformation on that event in my April 2014 President’sPage. If you know of someone who was once close to theAssociation and is no longer a member, please reach outand let them know we’re still here and they may chooseto come to San Diego and meet that Friday.

My wife, Fran, and I are building our retirementhome. Doing so has some analogies with building a goodorganization. It needs to have a solid foundation just likeour 501(c)3 Aerospace Medical Association which isbased on a rich history and fantastic people. They bothshould be sustainable in terms of energy. That meanselectricity and water in the case of our home which willhopefully be very close to net zero in electrical energyand independent of delivered water, unless you countrainwater which we will capture in a cistern under ourporch. For our Association, the resource of people, ourmembers, and their participation in our committees, ac-tivities, and meetings provides a good basis for a sustain-able organization. Our Association is also becomingmore self-sufficient as we move thru this year due to theinitiatives started by Dr. Glenn Merchant, the ExecutiveCommittee, and Council this past year. We will be diver-sifying our financial base in case our Annual Meetingagain suffers from the fiscal restraint that restricts travelto such meetings.

I appreciate Maj. Troy Faaborg’s input on the Aero-space Physiology Society in the continuing effort to letyou know what our Constituent Organizations are allabout. In its original form, the Aerospace PhysiologistSociety (AsPS) actually began developing prior to 1966.Thanks to the charter members who hailed from the AirForce, Navy, academia and industry, the first serious for-mative meeting took place at the AsMA Annual ScientificMeeting in New York in 1965. This first organizationalmeeting was, to a great extent, due to the inspiration andpersuasive leadership of Capt. Giles W. Hall, USAF.

Thus, on April 28, 1965, a group of 13 physiologists helda dinner at the LaScalla Restaurant in New York City anddetermined that an official organization for aerospacephysiologists should be formed under the parent organi-zation.

The Society has grown and broadened its scope of ex-pertise; the interests and endeavors in the AsPS havetracked closely with advancements in human perfor-mance in aviation and space. Our members have sharedtheir expertise in multinational and multi-service work-ing groups for altitude effects, acceleration, spatial disori-entation, passenger and patient transport, and humanfactors. A good number of members are well establishedthrough research, publications, career leadership, and in-novation in the field of aviation physiology. Other activi-ties related to membership with AsPS include the oppor-tunity to take part in forums for the integration andutilization of experts in many diverse professional fields;this occurs both during the annual Scientific Meeting aswell as through independent projects outside of AsMA.

The Society’s Education and Training Day has beenone of the most widely attended sessions during the an-nual AsMA conference. Additionally, the AsPS recognizesscientific achievement in the field of aerospace physiol-ogy through three Society awards presented each year.The Paul Bert Award for Physiological Research is namedin honor of the famous French physiologist and “Fatherof Pressure Physiology.” The award is for outstandingresearch contributions in the field of aerospace physiol-ogy. The Fred A. Hitchcock Award for Excellence inAerospace Physiology is named in honor of the exem-plary physiolgist and co-translator of Paul Bert’s classicwork, Barometric Pressure. The award is for excellencein either operational physiology or physiological re-search. The Wiley Post Award for Operational Physiol-ogy is named in honor of the pioneer airman, Wiley Post,and represents all crewmembers that have benefittedfrom the efforts of operational aerospace physiologists.

Perhaps the most unique award sponsored by AsPS is

James T. Webb, Ph.D.

See PRESIDENT’S PAGE, p. 758.

the Partnership in Education Award. This special awardis dedicated to the top secondary school science teacherin the district where the annual Scientific Meeting isheld. The Society sends representatives to the nominee’sschool to present the award and provide an opportunityfor the students to see how science is applied in aviationand space; the teacher is also invited to the annual AsPSluncheon for a formal presentation.

At each annual scientific meeting, AsPS membersenjoy two key society events. The annual AsPS lun-cheon affords members and guests the opportunity toformally recognize recipients of all of the society’s an-nual awards, and to enjoy the Smith W. Ames memoriallecture - a contemporary snapshot of current trends inaerospace physiology. The AsPS social makes eachWednesday night of AsMA meetings a memorable one,as the society visits a local sporting event, restaurant, orwatering hole for a chance to catch up on all things unof-ficial. For many, the AsPS social is the reason they be-came involved with the group!

The AsPS website is hosted by AsMA and enablesmembers to keep up with the latest news and events

within the society through its dedicated news serviceand web links. Everything you need to know about theAsPS is available via the website, including comprehen-sive membership, careers and professional developmentinformation as well as a link to our Facebook blog forenhanced communication to our current member data-base as well as those interested in joining.

Above all, membership in the AsPS provides an out-standing network potential and the chance to gainknowledge from the field’s top minds. The AsPS organi-zational membership base is composed from aerospacephysiology disciplines including human factors, safety,aviation medicine, human performance, education andtraining, research, extra-vehicular activity, and flightequipment engineers to name a few. The AsPS careeradvisors provide guidance and leadership for those in-terested in professional careers in aerospace physiology.It is supported by the parent organization of theAerospace Medical Association.

Maj. Troy Faaborg is the current President of the AsPS.Please feel free to contact him through the AsPS websiteat http://aspsociety.org/ with any questions about theSociety.

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PRESIDENT’S PAGE, from p. 757.


Russell B. Rayman, M.D., former Executive Director ofthe Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA), was the 2013recipient of the Bauer Award for his over 50 years of ser-vice and dedication to the Aerospace Medicine commu-nity. He served for 27 years with the U.S. Air Force andlater served for 18 years as the Executive Director of theAerospace Medical Association. He continues to practiceclinical aerospace medicine today. During his career, hehas represented Aerospace Medicine in the United Statesat a national level as a delegate to the American MedicalAssociation and with federal agencies and Congress. Heserved on the FAA’s Age-60 rule committee and was a re-gent of the American Board of Preventive Medicine(ABPM).

A native of Toledo, OH, Dr. Rayman received hisM.D. in 1961 from the University of Michigan. He in-terned in Miami, FL, before joining the U.S. Air Force in1962. After serving for 8 years with various internationalassignments, he entered the Aerospace Medicine Resi-dency Program. After completing Phase I of his residencyat Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, where he re-ceived an M.P.H. in 1970, he went to Brooks AFB, TX, forPhase II and the Air Force Inspection and Safety Center,Norton AFB, CA, for Phase III. From 1972-1976, he wasassigned as Chief of Aeromedical Services at Clark AFB,the Philippines. Other assignments included 3 years asChief of the Aerospace Medicine Branch and Director ofthe Aerospace Medicine Residency Program at the USAFSchool of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks AFB, TX; being thefirst RAF/USAF exchange medical officer assigned asCommand Flight Surgeon to RAF Strike Command, HighWycombe, UK; Chief of the Medical Readiness Division;and Chief of the Aerospace Medical Division, Office ofthe Surgeon General, Bolling AFB, Washington, DC.

Dr. Rayman retired from the military in 1989 and be-came Manager, Medical Operations Department, Lock-heed Engineering and Sciences, in Washington, DC. Hethen became Executive Director of AsMA in 1992 and

served in that position until January 2010 when he re-tired. During that time, he worked with 18 different pres-idents, executive committees, and councils, and far toomany committee chairs to count. He also steered theAssociation through 7 Special Committee Reports, 27Resolutions, 15 Position papers, policies, and statements,39 official letters, and other projects too numerous tomention. He oversaw the Association’s CME accredita-tion, and ensured that AsMA’s specialty in the AMA wasrepresented. Under his leadership the annual meetingwas always a success, the home office remained openand available to our members and committees for meet-ings, and he kept our association moving forward.

Since retiring, Dr. Rayman has spent his time caringfor patients in two Free Clinics in Northern Virginia. Hestill remains active in aerospace medicine by consultingand attending various meetings. He also is Chair of theMayo Clinic Residency Advisory Committee (RAC) andserves as a member of the CAMA Board of Trustees.Finally, the 5th edition of Rayman’s “Clinical AviationMedicine” was available at AsMA’s 84th AnnualScientific Meeting in May 2013.

Dr. Rayman’s awards and honors include theHumanitarian Services Medal, the Vietnam ServiceMedal, the Outstanding Unit Award with V device andthree oak leaf clusters, Air Force Commendation Medalwith two oak leaf clusters, Meritorious Service Medalwith two oak leaf clusters, and the Legion of Merit withtwo oak leaf clusters. Within AsMA, he was the 2002 re-cipient of the Theodore C. Lyster Award. He holds hon-orary memberships in the Aerospace Medical Associationof the Philippines, the Argentine Society of AerospaceMedicine, the Aerospace Medical Association of Korea,the Airline Medical Directors Association, and the JapanSociety of Aerospace and Environmental Medicine. Hehas been a member of the Society of USAF FlightSurgeons, where he was Treasurer, a member of theBoard of Governors, and President. He has also been amember of the Air Force Association, a Fellow of theAmerican College of Preventive Medicine, a member ofthe American Academy of Family Physicians, theInternational Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine,the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States,the Society of NASA Flight Surgeons, the AerospaceHuman Factors Association, the Academy of Medicine ofWashington, DC, and the Civil Aviation MedicalAssociation.

Dr. Rayman is a Diplomate of the ABPM, certified inAerospace Medicine, and a member of the Royal Societyof Medicine and the Space Medicine Association. He is aFellow of the Aerospace Medical Association and hasserved on the AsMA External Relations, International

2013 Award Winners of the Aerospace Medical AssociationHonors Night Ceremonies of the 84th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Aerospace Medical Association were held

May 16, 2013, at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, Chicago, IL. Nineteen awards for outstanding contribu-tions in aviation and space medicine and related fields were presented, including the latest award--the Thomas J. andMargaret D. Tredici Award for achievement in Aerospace Vision. The presentations were made by P. GlennMerchant, M.D., President of the Aerospace Medical Association. The winners were recommended by the AwardsCommittee, chaired by Dr. Kris Belland, and approved by the Executive Committee of the Aerospace MedicalAssociation.

See RAYMAN, p. 760.

LOUIS H. BAUER FOUNDERSAWARDRussell B. Rayman, M.D.

This award was established to honor Louis H. Bauer, M.D., founder ofthe Aerospace Medical Association. It is given annually for the most sig-nificant contribution in aerospace medicine. It is sponsored by the MayoClinic.


Activities Education and Training, Membership, andAwards Committees, as Chair of the Scientific Programand of the Long Range Planning Committee, and as VicePresident of AsMA from 1991-1992, and has been amember of the Editorial Board of Aviation, Space, andEnvironmental Medicine.

Vicente R. Ciancio, M.D., was the 2013 recipient ofthe Aerospace Medical Association’s Boothby-EdwardsAward for his 39 years of service in the field of preven-tive medicine. He developed a cardiological screeningmethodology for aircrew which permits the detection ofmyocardial ischemia at its early clinical phase. He hasalso studied ionized radiation exposure of aircrews oper-ating on international routes and conducted seminal re-search on cytogenetic effects of that environment on air-crew and flight attendants. He is currently a Specialist inCardiology and Aerospace Medicine at La Plata NationalUniversity in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is alsoFounder and Director of the Aerospace Medicine Courseat the Medical Sciences Faculty of La Plata Universityand Director of the Civil Aeronautic Medical Institute,Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Dr. Ciancio is Founder and President of the ScientificCommittee of Aerospace Cardiology of the NationalFederation of Cardiology, Argentina, Consultant Memberof the Greek Association for the Studies ofCardiovascular Diseases, and a Medical Adviser of theHealth Section of the Argentinean AirnavegantAssociation. He is a member of the Argentinean MedicalAssociation and ex-President of the Argentine Society ofAerospace Medicine (1994-1996), ex-Secretary of theIberoamerican Association of Aerospace Medicine (1995 -1996), and an Honorary Member of the MexicanAssociation of Aviation Medicine (2005) and the BrazilianSociety of Aerospace Medicine (2006). He is also aMember of the Aerospace Human Factors Associationand an Emeritus Member of the Aerospace MedicalAssociation.

Dr. Ciancio was a Vice-President of the 6th Congressof the Iberoamerican Aerospace Medical Association,Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1996. He was Adviser inCardiology in the Medical Department of AerolíneasArgentinas and performed the first dosimetry study oninternational routes of Aerolineas Argentinas through anAgreement of Collaboration with the Real MilitaryCollege of Canada in 2000, with the National Institute of

Nuclear Physics of Torino, Italy, on an intercontinentalroute between Buenos Aires and Rome in 2002-2003, andwith the Space and Solar-Terrestrial Research Institute ofthe Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in 2010.

Dr. Ciancio has been an Invited Teacher of theDiplomado en Medicina Aeronautica de Cuba since 2009and Invited Medical Speaker in the Uruguay I+MAeronautic Meetings in 2008, 2009, and 2010. He has alsobeen an Invited Speaker at Turin University and Teacherand Staff Member of the Postgraduate Course ofAerospace Medicine in Padova University, Italy, since2011, and a Speaker of the Master in Medical Physics ofthe Balseiro Institute, Bariloche Atomic Center since 2011.He is an Associated Scientist of the FAA in the geneticstudy of international flight attendants of AerolíneasArgentinas, performed in collaboration with CAMI,Oklahoma City, OK. He is the first South AmericanMember of the European Radiation Dosimetry (EURA-DOS WG11) 2012. He has been Director of the NationalProject of Cosmic-Solar Radiation Dosimetry at Satellital,Aeronautic and Terrestrial level of LPNU, since 2010. Heis a Medical Scientist of the National Antarctic Instituteand participated in two summer campaigns in theAntarctic Marambio Base (2012 and 2013).

Dr. Ciancio was honored with the title ofDistinguished Citizen of La Plata City, Province ofBuenos Aires, Argentina, in 2011. He is an AssociateFellow of the Aerospace Medical Association.

Donald J. White, Col.(Ret.), USAF, FRAeS, was therecipient of the Aerospace Medical Association’s 2013John Ernsting Award for his outstanding operationalcareer that included leadership experience in acquisi-tion, research, development, test and evaluation, educa-tion, aircrew training, operational physiology, and op-erational safety. His groundbreaking ArmstrongLaboratory work in experimental aircrew life support,cockpit, and equipment integration made a significantoperational impact on safety. As Chief, EducationDivision, Aerospace Physiology, he evaluated educa-tional strategies, designed a human performance cur-riculum, and managed an education program thattrained over 3,500 students annually. His vision, inno-vation, and leadership forged the transformation of theAerospace Physiology program.

White earned an M.A. in applied physiology atKent State University, Kent, OH, and a B.S. in physical

RAYMAN, from p. 759..

JOHN ERNSTING AWARDDonald J. White, Col.(Ret.), USAF

Established and sponsored by Environmental Tectonics Corporation inmemory of Professor Ernsting. It is given for outstanding research in alti-tude physiology, and/or longstanding exceptional performance in the edu-cation, development, and administration of Aerospace Medicine and re-lated specialties.

BOOTHBY-EDWARDS AWARDVicente R. Ciancio, M.D.

Established in memory of Walter M. Boothby,M.D., pioneer aviation medicine researcher,and Howard K. Edwards, M.D., clinical practi-

tioner of aviation medicine, this award is presented annually for outstand-ing research and/or clinical practice directed at the promotion of healthand prevention of disease in professional airline pilots. (The separateBoothby and Edwards Awards were given annually 1961–73, and then alternately until 1985.) Sponsored by Harvey W. Watt and Company.

See WHITE, p. 761.


education at Frostburg State College, Frostburg, MD.From 1978 to 1984, he served as Clinical ProgramDirector, Cardiopulmonary Medicine Services, atSouthern Maryland Hospital Center. He then becameDeputy Chief of the Physiological Support Division atEdwards AFB, CA, until 1987, when he was made Chiefof the Aerospace Physiology Unit at Naval Air Station,Barbers Point, HI. In 1990, he took a position as theParachute Flight Commander, 94th AirmanshipTraining Squadron, at the U.S. Air Force Academy inColorado. From 1992 until 2000, he served as Chief,Experimental Aircrew Life Support Systems ResearchBranch, Crew Technology Division, ArmstrongLaboratory, Brooks City-Base, TX; Chief, EducationDivision, Department Aerospace Physiology, U.S. AirForce School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks City-Base,TX; HQ AFMC Standardization and EvaluationParachute Examiner; and Aerospace Medicine FlightCommander, Holloman AFB, NM.

In 2000, White became Director of Human FactorsInvestigation and Analysis at the HQ Air Force SafetyCenter, Kirtland AFB, NM, where he served until 2003,when he took a position as Investigator and TechnicalEditor, Columbia Accident Investigation Board, HQNASA, Washington, DC. Later in 2003, he becameChief, Air Force Human Factors and Operational Safety,HQ Air Force Safety, at the Pentagon in Washington,DC. In 2004, he transferred to a position as DeputyChief, Safety Issues Division, HQ Air Force Safety. Heleft that position in 2007, when he became MilitaryConsultant to the Surgeon General for Aerospace &Operational Physiology, Office of the Surgeon General,at Bolling AFB, Washington, DC. At the same time, healso served as Director, U.S. Air Force Aerospace andOperational Physiology Programs, Biomedical ScienceCorps, Associate Corps Chief – Aerospace Physiology.Until 2010, he also served as Chief, HumanPerformance Enhancement Division and, starting in2009, as Director of Research and Development at theOffice of Assistant General Modernization, in FallsChurch, VA. In November 2010, he took a position asAssistant for Aviation, Operational Safety, & HumanPerformance in the Office of the Deputy Undersecretaryof Defense Installations & Environment, EnvironmentalReadiness & Safety, in Washington, DC.

White’s awards and decorations include the USAFMeritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters,AFMC and ACC Aerospace Physiologist of the Year(1995 and 1996/1998), the Wiley Post Award forOperational Physiology from the Aerospace PhysiologySociety, the Harry G. Moseley Award from AsMA, theFred A. Hitchcock Award for Excellence in AerospacePhysiology from the Aerospace Physiology Society. Hewas inducted into the USAF Safety Hall of Fame in2012. He is Past President of the Aerospace PhysiologySociety, former Chair of the Associate Fellows Group ofthe Aerospace Medical Association, immediate PastPresident of the Aerospace Human Factors Association,and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. WithinAsMA, he has served on the on the Council, Chair ofthe Aerospace Human Factors Committee, and cur-rently serves on the Aviation Safety and ScientificProgram Committees.

The Aerospace Medical Association presented theKent Gillingham Award to Royce Moser, Jr., M.D.,MPH, in recognition of his contributions to preventionof aircraft accidents due to spatial disorientation (SD).SD occurs when misleading inputs from the eyes, innerears, or body sensors convince the pilot the aircraft isflying safely when it is actually on a course to impactthe ground or water. Dr. Moser’s first assignment aftercompleting the U.S. Air Force residency in AerospaceMedicine was at Aerospace Defense Command. Heconducted an epidemiologic study of aircraft accidentsin that Command and found SD was a factor in 9% ofall accidents and in 26% percent of fatal accidents. Hepublished the results of his study in his first peer-re-viewed article in Aerospace Medicine (now Aviation ,Space, and Enironmental Medicine) in 1969.

Almost 40 years later, the Secretary of Defense au-thorized a study of SD accidents. In spite of multipleefforts involving training procedures, simulators, andother efforts, the rate of SD accidents approximatedthat which Dr. Moser documented decades earlier. As aresult, the Secretary directed installation of the Auto-matic Ground Collision Avoidance System which willhelp prevent SD accidents in Air Force aircraft. Dr.Moser was commended for his study that “will con-tribute to saving hundreds of lives and billions of dol-lars in equipment.”

Dr. Moser accomplished other efforts to help pre-vent SD accidents. As director of the Air Force Resi-dency in Aerospace Medicine in a later assignment heworked with Dr. Gillingham to develop SD trainingkits. The kits had a script, slides, and articles, and weredistributed to all Air Force flight surgeons’ officesworld-wide to be used by flight surgeons in flyingsafety meetings. He also made presentations and pub-lished additional articles on SD.

Dr. Moser is a graduate of Harvard College,Medical School, and School of Public Health. Heserved 23 years in the U.S. Air Force, with assignmentsas hospital commander; Chief, Aerospace Medicine,Office of the Command Surgeon, Aerospace DefenseCommand; Medical Officer, Special Weapons Defense,NORAD; Director, Base Medical Services, Phan Rang,Republic of Vietnam; and Chief, Clinical SciencesDivision and Education Division--both at the USAFSchool of Aerospace Medicine. His final Air Force as-signment was Commander, USAF School of AerospaceMedicine, at the time the School was a 900-member or-

KENT K. GILLINGHAM AWARD

This award was established and sponsored by the AMST Group ofCompanies in Austria and the United Kingdom to honor the memory ofKent K. Gillingham, M.D., Ph.D. The award is presented annually to anindividual who has made a significant contribution in the field of spatialdisorientation and situational awareness related to flight.

WHITE, from p. 760.

See MOSER, p. 762.


ganization with over 80% of its $60 million budget (ex-cluding military salaries) devoted to research and de-velopment.

On retirement from the Air Force, Dr. Moser be-came a Professor at the University of Utah School ofMedicine. In addition to serving as Deputy Director ofthe Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, heserved as Director of the Department’s Rocky MountainCenter for Occupational and Environmental Health.During his time at the University Dr. Moser also devel-oped graduate courses in health and safety manage-ment and in aerospace medicine. He authored the text-book, “Effective Management of Health and SafetyPrograms—A Practical Guide,” now in its 3rd edition.He continues to teach in the management and aero-space medicine courses, the latter for U.S. Air ForceResidents in Aerospace Medicine at the University as aProfessor Emeritus.

Dr. Moser has been a member of the AerospaceMedical Association (AsMA) since 1965, and served aspresident of AsMA, is immediate past president of theHarvard School of Public Health Alumni Association,was Selector of the International Academy of Aviationand Space Medicine, is past Vice President for MedicalAffairs of the American College of Occupational andEnvironmental Medicine (ACOEM), and was Regent ofthe American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM).He is a Fellow of AsMA, ACOEM, and ACPM. He hasnumerous awards from the Air Force, national and in-ternational aeromedical groups, and occupationalhealth organizations.

CDR Richard V. Folga, MSC, USN, was the recipientof the 2013 Walter and Sylvia Goldenrath Award fromthe Aerospace Medical Association during HonorsNight Ceremonies, May 16, 2013, at the Sheraton Hoteland Towers, Chicago, IL. He was recognized for the di-rect, positive impact his applied research has had oneducation and training in aerospace physiology world-wide. He led the U.S. Navy’s Reduced Oxygen Breath-ing Device (ROBD) Training Development Team andcreated, from scratch, the ROBD simulator training con-cept. His team also conducted empirical studies to exa-mine the impact of device modifications on ROBD trai-ning which resulted in evidence-based improvementsto that training. Those findings also yielded six Aero-space Medical Association (AsMA) presentations and

three journal articles. Two of those articles won theEllingson Award from the Associate Fellows Group.

CDR Folga was commissioned in 1997 and comple-ted Aerospace Physiology Training on June 26, 1998, inPensacola, FL. His follow-on tours included Intern andassistant department head at ASTC Miramar; Aeromed-ical Safety Officer at Marine Aircraft Group 16, MCASMiramar; Aeromedical Safety Officer and Night Imagingand Threat Evaluation Lab Program Manager, MarineAviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, MCASYuma, AZ; Director, Human Performance and TrainingTechnology, Naval Survival Training Institute inPensacola, FL; and Director, Aviation Survival TrainingCenter, Whidbey Island. His current assignment isDepartment Head, Acceleration and Sensory Sciences,Naval Medical Research Unit Dayton.

CDR Folga completed board certification in aero-space physiology in May 2006 and served as the Chairof the AsMA Exam committee for board certification inaerospace physiology. He is the President of the Societyof U.S. Naval Aerospace Physiologists, At-LargeMember of the AsMA Aerospace Physiology Society,and is an AsMA Fellow. He was the Naval AerospacePhysiology Program 2001 Aerospace Physiologist of theYear. In 2007, he was selected as the recipient of theAerospace Physiology Society’s Wiley Post Award forOperational Aerospace Physiology. In 2010, he waspart of the SAFE Team Achievement award, recognizedfor his work in introducing the ROBD to the fleet.

Prof. Dr. Hans A. Pongratz (Col. Ret., GAF, MC), re-ceived the 2013 Won Chuel Kay Award from theAerospace Medical Association for his expert and signifi-cant contributions to the field of spatial disorientationand situational awareness. He is renowned for his re-search into the physiological, aeromedical, and ergono-mic problems of the man-machine interface, human fac-tors, and human engineering. In addition, he is the linkbetween the German Society of Aviation and SpaceMedicine, the European Society of Aerospace Medicine(ESAM), and the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA).He has served for more than 30 years, striving for the im-provement of international cooperation in aerospace me-dicine.

A native of Munich, Germany, Prof. Dr. Pongratz ear-ned a Dipoma in Engineering from the Technical

See , PONGRATZ, p. 763.

MOSER, from p. 761.

WON CHUEL KAY AWARDProf. Dr. Hans A. Pongratz

Established by the Korean Aerospace Medical Association in honor ofWon Chuel Kay, M.D., the former Surgeon General of the Korean AirForce, founder and first Medical Director of Korean Airlines and firstPresident of the Korean Aerospace Medical Association. This award ispresented annually to a member who has made outstanding contribu-tions to international aerospace medicine. The award was establishedand is sponsored by the Korean Aerospace Medical Association.

WALTER AND SYLVIA GOLDENRATH AWARDRichard V. Folga, CDR, MSC, USN

Established in memory of CAPT Walter L. Goldenrath, MSC, USN(Ret.),this award is presented for the most significant contribution in the fieldof aerospace physiology. It was created at the bequest of CAPTGoldenrath and is funded by the Walter and Sylvia GoldenrathEndowed Fund.


University Munich in 1970 and an M.D. from Ludwig-Maxmilians University Munich in 1976. He also gained alicense to practice medicine in 1976 and took theAdvanced Primary Course at GEAF/IAM and FS GEAF.In 1980, he took the Advanced Aerospace Medical Coursefor Allied Medical Officers at the U.S. Air Force School ofAerospace Medicine, Brooks AFB, TX.

Prof. Dr. Pongratz’s military career began in 1976,when he served as Medical Officer, Weapon School 50,Fürstenfeldbruck AFB. He went on to serve as FlightSurgeon, Fighter Bomber Wing 32, Lechfeld AFB; MedicalOfficer, Division III Physiology, GEAF/IAM; andHospital Commander, Fighter Bomber Wing 34,Memmingen AFB. From 1986-1994, he was Head ofDivision IV – Ergonomics at GEAF/IAM, Manching. In1994, he transferred to the position of Head of DivisionIII, Research and Training in Flight Medicine,GEAF/IAM, Fürstenfeldbruck AFB. From 1997-2002, heserved as Head of Division III and Deputy Head of theGEAF/IAM. In 2002, he became Deputy Surgeon Generalof the German Air Force at the Air Force Office, FederalArmed Forces Aerospace Medicine/Flight SurgeonService Division, Siegburg/Bonn, a position he held until2006 when he retired from the GEAF.

Since his military retirement, Prof. Dr. Pongratz hasbeen a practicing AME Class 1 in occupational, diving,and aviation medicine. He also lectures in Aviation andSpace Medicine at the Technical University Munich andwas lecturing in Flight Physiology at the Ludwig-Maxmilians University Munich until 2011. Since 2011, hehas been Chairman of the scientific advisory group of theGEAF Surgeon General and the GEAF/IAM. He was amember of the Aerospace Medical Panel, AGARD/NATO, from 1993-1997 and a member of the workinggroup on acceleration physiology.

Prof.Dr. Pongratz was also a member of the Interna-tional Academy of Astronautics and is currently a mem-ber of the International Academy of Aviation and SpaceMedicine. He has been an honorary member of theSlovenian Aerospace Medical Association since 2003. Heis a Fellow of both the AsMA and Human FactorsEngineering, and was Chair of AsMA’s InternationalActivities Committee from 2000-2003. He served from2006-2008 on ESAM’s Executive Committee, and hasbeen liaison officer to AsMA since 2008.

Prof. Dr. Pongratz’s honors include becomingGerman Air Force Chief Flight Surgeon in 1987, theDistinguished Award of the German Medical Corps inGold in 1990, being made USAF Chief Flight Surgeon in1990, winning the Ehrenkreuz der Bundeswehr in silverin 1986 and in gold in 2001, the Truppendienst Silber in2001, and the Kent Gillingham Award in 2002 fromAsMA.

Chiaki Mukai, M.D., Ph.D., was the recipient of theAerospace Medical Association’s 2013 Joe KerwinAward for her prominent leadership in space medicineand human research not only for research in her nativeJapan, but also for Spacelabs, Spacehubs, and Interna-tional Space Station (ISS) missions. With notable dedi-cation, along with her experience as a cardiovascularsurgeon, two-time Space Shuttle crewmember, andInternational Space University professor, she continuesto lead ISS life science research at the Japanese SpaceAgency (JAXA). She has completed numerous micro-gravity medical experiments, was the first Asianwoman to fly in space, contributed to ground prepara-tion and real-time support of Space Shuttle Neurolabexperiments, and coordinated and integrated medicalscience Spacehub payloads at NASA Johnson SpaceCenter.

Currently, Dr. Mukai directs space biomedical re-search at JAXA and became the first head of the newlyorganized JAXA Center of Applied Space Medicine andHuman Research in 2012, is the principal investigatorof three ISS experiments, and was appointed by theWorld Meteorological Organization to be a member of ahigh-level task force on the global framework for cli-mate service from 2010-2011.

Dr. Mukai was born in Tatebayashi, Gunma Prefec-ture, Japan. She decided she wanted to become a doctorwhile still a child. As a doctor in Japan, she has workedon the medical staffs of the Keio University Hospital,Shimizu General Hospital, Saiseikai Kanagawa Hospital,and Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital. In the United States,she served in the Division of Cardiovascular Physiologyat NASA’s Space Biomedical Research Institute. She wasaffiliated with the Baylor College of Medicine’s Depart-ment of Surgery. She worked as a professor at theInternational Space University (ISU) in Strasbourg,France. She is currently a visiting professor in theDepartment of Surgery at Keio University School ofMedicine in Tokyo.

A veteran of two Space Shuttle flights, Dr. Mukaihas spent more than 566 hours in space. In addition tobeing the first Japanese woman to fly in space, she isalso the first Japanese astronaut to fly twice in space. Infact, she had more spaceflight time than any otherJapanese astronaut during the 20th century. Her SpaceShuttle flights include NASA’s second InternationalMicrogravity Laboratory flight. During this extendedduration orbital mission, Dr. Mukai conducted a vast

PONGRATZ from p. 762.

JOE KERWIN AWARDChiaki Mukai, M.D., Ph.D.

Established and sponsored by Wyle in honor ofJoseph P. Kerwin, the first physicain/astronaut. It is presented for advancesin the understanding of human pysiology during spaceflight and innova-tion in the practice of space medicine to support optimal human healthand performance in space.

See MUKAI, p. 764.

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array of medical experiments focusing on the cardio-vascular system, the autonomic nerve system, and boneand muscle metabolism. Particularly historic, her nextmission paired her with pioneering astronaut JohnGlenn, the first American to orbit the Earth. Relyingupon her medical expertise, she worked with the 77-year-old Senator Glenn to study spaceflight and its rela-tionship to the aging process.

Dr. Mukai’s honors and awards include the PrimeMinister’s Special Citation, the Minister of State forScience and Technology’s Commendation, GunmaPrefecture’s Honored Citizen Award, Honorary Citizenof Tatebayashi City, National Space DevelopmentAgency of Japan’s “Outstanding Service Award,” theSpace Flight Medal for STS-65, Honorary Doctor ofScience from the University of Maryland, SpecialCongressional Recognition from the U.S. Congress,Prime Minister’s Special Citation for Contributions toGender Equality, The Federation AeronautiqueInternationale “De La Vaux Medal,” Space Flight Medalfor STS-95, Special Space Flight Achievement Awardfrom the NASA Life Science Directorate, and a Citationof the Foreign Minister on the 50th Anniversary of theU.S.-Japanese Relationship from the Ministry of ForeignAffairs of Japan. She is a member of the JapaneseSociety of Biological Science in Space, the Japan Societyof Aerospace and Environmental Medicine, the JapanSurgical Society, the Japanese Association for ThoracicSurgery, the Japanese Telemedicine and TelecareAssocation, and AsMA.

Lt. Col. Kimberly L. Barber, USAF, NC, received the2013 Mary T. Klinker Award from the AerospaceMedical Association for her demonstrated training abil-ities and dedication to the execution of flawless patientcare while she coordinated and flew patient validationfor U.S. Transportation Command (USTC). She success-fully coordinated the movement of thousands of pa-tients from all the Joint Services and has extended hernursing experience with research at Wyle Labs. Her ca-reer highlights her as a flight instructor, squadronscheduler, flight clinical coordinator, and senior trainerfor aeromedical evacuation (AE). She outshines herpeers in providing direction and oversight to AE teamsand exercise support staff.

Lt. Col. Barber is a Senior Patient Movement ClinicalCoordinator in the 954th Reserve Support Squadron,USTC, Scott AFB, IL. Since her assignment there in2003, she has served on the Joint Patient MovementTeam in many capacities including Deputy Director,Joint Patient Movement Requirements Center-CENT-COM from May through December 2003, and as a jointeducational trainer teaching trauma and combattrauma classes in support of deploying warriors. LtCol Barber strives for documented best practices as evi-denced by authoring the concept of operations for thesecured patient movement application (CONOPS/TRAC2ES). Kim was sole reviser of the Joint Opera-tions Medical Management Course student handbookfor Defense Medical Readiness Training Institute.

Lt. Col. Barber was born in Birmingham, AL, andcompleted her Bachelor of Science in Nursing atAuburn University and University of Alabama,Birmingham. She worked as a civilian in the ICU andoperating room until she was directly commissionedinto the Air Force in April 1991. She proceeded to herfirst assignment at Travis AFB, CA, where she workedas surgical nurse manager in a 12-bed operating room.In 1995, then Captain Henderson married and transi-tioned from active duty to Reserves, joining the 349thAeromedical Evacuation Squadron (AES) at Travis,where she first realized her dream of becoming a flightnurse in the Air Force. In 1998 she moved to Dayton,OH, and joined the 445th AES. There she flew as anInstructor Flight Nurse and was Officer in Charge ofUpgrade Training responsible for initial and upgradetraining supporting the unit’s 52 aeromedical evacua-tion crews. In 2003, then Maj. Barber moved into thejoint services environment at U.S. TransportationCommand, 954th Reserve Support Squadron, ScottAFB, where she currently serves. In 2008, she com-pleted a double Masters in nursing and business ad-ministration. She was selected for promotion to Colonelin December and was promoted in June 2013.

In her civilian life, Lt. Col. Barber works as a NurseScientist for Wyle Corporation, U.S. Air Force School ofAerospace Medicine (USAFSAM), Wright-PattersonAFB, OH. Kim leads aeromedical evacuation researchsupporting enroute patient care at USAFSAM, which isconsidered the premier institute for research, education,and worldwide operational consultation in AerospaceMedicine. She is a life member of the AerospaceMedical Association, the Reserve Officer’s Association,and is past president of the Aerospace Nursing Society.Within AsMA, she is active on the Council and theRegistration Committee.

MUKAI from p. 763.

MARY T. KLINKER AWARDKimberly L. Barber, Lt. Col., USAF,NC

Established by the Flight Nurse Section in 1968, this award became an of-ficial AsMA award in 1972. In 1978 it was renamed in memory of MaryT. Klinker, who was killed in a C-5A crash while performing a humanitar-ian mission. The award is given annually to recognize significant contri-butions to, or achievements in, the field of aeromedical evacuation.Sponsored by Impact Instrumentation.

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Prof. Ola Eiken, M.D., Ph.D., was the 2013 recipient ofthe Aerospace Medical Association’s Sidney D. LeverettEnvironmental Science Award. He was honored for hissubstantial contributions to environmental physiologyand for his 30 years of work in that field. He is one of thefew who regularly publish scientific papers on practicaland basic high G, simulated microgravity, and spatial di-sorientation problems. He developed techniques to mani-pulate blood flow in the leg muscles of exercising hu-mans by applying lower body negative and leg positivepressure during cycle ergometry. This was subsequentlyadopted and developed as a countermeasure against de-conditioning in microgravity. He also, along with Prof.Mekjavic, initiated a research program, which is still ac-tive, concerning how non-thermal factors impinge onhuman thermoregulation. He developed and was thehead of the Swedish Acceleration Physiology researchprogram, a task that was expanded to include the deve-lopment of a research program for spatial disorientationin aviation. In 2001, with Prof. Mekjavic, he started a re-search program on physiological deconditioning respon-ses to prolonged bed rest (simulated weightlessness).This program now includes a multinational Europeanteam investigating the combined effects of hypoxia andunloading/inactivity.

Prof. Eiken earned an M.D. at the University ofLund, Sweden, in 1983 and a Ph.D. at KarolinskaInstitute, Stockholm, Sweden, in 1987. From 1982-1983,he was a physician at Karlstad Central Hospital inSweden. He then spent another year as a physician atthe Swedish Marine Diving Centre. In 1983, he took aposition as a Researcher in the Department of AviationMedicine and Baromedicine at the Karolinska Institute.Then, in 1989, he became a Research Associate at theSchool of Kinesiology at Simon Fraser University inCanada. In 1990, he served as a physician again at theSödertälje and Huddinge Hospitals in Sweden. In 1996,he took a position as a Senior Research Officer inAcceleration Physiology at the Swedish DefenceResearch Agency, which he held until 2002, when hebecame Director of Research in EnvironmentalPhysiology. In 2009, he took his present position asHead of the Department of Environmental Physiologyand Head of the Swedish Aerospace Physiology Centreat the School of Technology and Health, Royal Instituteof Technology, in Stockholm, Sweden, and in 2012, healso became Medical Supervisor for the FlightPhysiology Centre at the Swedish Defence Materiel

Administration and QinetiQ in the UK.Prof. Eiken has been a reviewer/referee for 10 in-

ternational periodicals and an invited keynote speakerat eight international science conferences. He was anAdjunct Professor at Simon Fraser University from1990-1996 and has been a senior or co-supervisor for 15graduate students as well as being an external exami-ner/member of the examining committee at 16 Ph.D./M.Sc. dissertations. He served as Science Secretary atthe Regional Human Ethics Committee at KarolinskaInstitute from 1994-2000. He was a member of theOrganizing Committee and co-editor of the procee-dings of the 23rd Scientific Meeting, and ScienceSecretary at the 24th Scientific Meeting of the EuropeanUnderwater and Baromedical Society. From 2005-2009,he was Medical Supervisor for the Flight PhysiologyCenter at the Swedish Defence Materiel Adminstrationin Malmslätt. He is a member of the European SpaceAgency Steering Committee for Bed-Rest Studies, wasan adjunct member of the Swedish Accident Investiga-tion Board and Adjunct Director of Research at theSwedish Defence Research Agency, and was a reviewerfor the European Space Agency announcement forResearch Opportunity on three occasions. He has publi-shed 100 articles in international peer-reviewed jour-nals and has written 60 book chapters, international re-ports, and conference papers.

Col. David B. Rhodes, USAF, MC, was the recipientof the Aerospace Medical Association’s 2013 EricLiljencrantz Award for his significant contributions toaerospace medicine education during his 23 years of ac-tive service in the U.S. Air Force. Col. Rhodes has playeda vital role as Director of the U.S. Air Force AerospaceMedicine Residency and Aerospace Medicine PrimaryCourse. His innovative efforts made the training of mili-tary flight surgeons of the highest quality, enhancing theirperformance of military duties. He was responsible forupdating curricula and has organized resident panels forthe AsMA’s Annual Scientific Meeting. As an AssistantEditor of Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, hehas encouraged and shepherded the publication of 40 ar-ticles by residents. He has also contributed by teachingthe Aerospace Medicine Primary Course for 8 years andorganized the active duty component of the AMSUSmeeting. He has served as an excellent role model andhis interest and enthusiasm for aerospace medicine has

SIDNEY D. LEVERETT, JR.ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCEAWARDProf. Ola Eiken, M.D., Ph.D.

Established in memory of Sidney D. Leverett, Jr., Ph.D., this EnvironmentalScience Award is presented annually to an individual who has made asignificant contribution in the field of environmental medicine through apublication in Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine, or by activi-ties conducted in support of aerospace systems operation. Sponsored byEnvironmental Tectonics Corporation.

ERIC LILJENCRANTZ AWARDDavid B. Rhodes, Col., USAF, MC

The Eric Liljencrantz award was established in memory of CDR EricLiljencrantz, MC, USN, whose brilliant career in aviation medicine wascut short by his death in an airplane accident in 1942. It is given annuallyto honor excellence as an educator in aerospace medicine, or basic re-search into the problems of acceleration, altitude, or weightlessness.Sponsored by the Aerospace Medical, PLC.

See RHODES, p. 766.


provided a perfect atmosphere for learning. Col. Rhodes is a residency trained aerospace medi-

cine physician and has just recently retired from theUSAF School of Aerospace Medicine, where he servedfor 4 years as the Program Director for the USAFResidency in Aerospace Medicine, also known as the“RAM Daddy.” He entered the Air Force in 1988 after 5years as a private practice family physician in Louisi-ana. After completing the Aerospace Medicine PrimaryCourse at Brooks AFB, TX, he went to Little Rock AFBas a Squadron Medical Element flight surgeon with aC-130 squadron. Shortly thereafter, he deployed withhis squadron to Operation Desert Shield/Storm for 8months as the director of base medical services. He wasthen accepted to the Residency in Aerospace Medicine,which he completed in 1994. As part of this program hecompleted a master’s degree in public health and tropi-cal medicine at Tulane University, where he graduatedat the top of the class. He spent the next 4 years as-signed to the Aeromedical Consultation Service teach-ing both RAMs and Aerospace Medicine Primaryphysicians. He then went to Misawa Air Base, Japan,for 3 years as the Chief of Flight Medicine. FromMisawa, he was handpicked to go to Bolling AFB,Washington, DC, as Deputy Chief of PhysicalStandards. He later became Chief of Physical Standardsand served in that capacity until he departed Bolling in2004 to become the AMDS Commander at Keesler AFB.In 2006 he was selected as the Medical Group Com-mander at Hurlburt Field, where he served until hemoved to his current position. As a flight surgeon, hehas deployed to the Middle East on multiple occasions,including a deployment to Iraq where he served ascommander of an AF Expeditionary Medical SupportUnit (EMEDS).

In his current position as RAM Daddy, Col. Rhodeshas shepherded four classes of RAMs through the resi-dency and served during an unprecedented series ofdramatic changes to the Residency in AerospaceMedicine. These changes included a BRAC-directedmove of the residency from Brooks AFB in San Antonioto its new location at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton,OH. In addition to this change, the Accrediting Councilfor Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) madesweeping changes in the structure of the residency thatnecessitated revamping the 1-year practicum to 2 years.He ensured that the new faculty and administrativestaff members supporting the residency were well qual-ified to carry out this change in the face of multiple per-sonnel changes. All of this was done without losing anyresidency time.

Col. Rhodes’ awards include the Air ForceAchievement Medal, the Joint Service AchievementMedal, the Aerial Achievement Medal with one oak leafcluster, the Air Medal with one oak leaf cluster, the AirForce Meritorious Service Medal with five oak leaf clus-ters, and the Legion of Merit Medal. He is rated as aChief Flight Surgeon with over 1400 hours flying timein various aircraft. He is board certified in three special-ties including Family Practice, Aerospace Medicine, andOccupational Medicine. He is a Fellow in the AerospaceMedical Association (AsMA) and has served on theCouncil and on the Education and Training Committee.

He is a member of the American Society of AerospaceMedicine Specialists and currently serves on theAwards and Scientific Program Committees.

Christopher F. Flynn, M.D., was the 2013 recipient ofthe Aerospace Medical Association’s Raymond F.Longacre Award. He was honored for his significant andinstrumental leadership in establishing the BehavioralHealth and Performance Group at NASA Johnson SpaceCenter, including behavioral health care for astronautsand their families, and formalizing in-flight monitoring ofbehavioral health for astronauts onboard the Interna-tional Space Station (ISS). He was Chair of the SpaceflightHuman Behavior and Performance Working Group,which resulted in the framework for operations for all ISSpartners. He made significant contributions toward iden-tifying work-rest scheduling and fatigue management ascritically important issues needing mitigation for ISS as-tronauts. He also was a leader in implementing the pri-vate psychological conference, which today remains oneof the most important activities for monitoring the behav-ioral health of crewmembers and teams on board the ISS.Additionally, he was the driving force behind develop-ment of the Spaceflight Cognitive Assessment Tool forWindows, which is used to monitor the cognitive healthof ISS crews.

In October 2011, Dr. Flynn joined the Menninger Clinicas Director, Assessment Service, serving a proud traditionof providing psychiatric diagnostic evaluations to thoseseeking a brief, thoughtful, multidisciplinary review.From July 2010-2011, he was Director, Mental HealthServices, for the U.S. Department of State, where he ad-vised senior Department officials on the mental healthneeds of 37,000 foreign service officers and their families.He also served overseas, caring for those officers andfamilies when he was deployed in the Middle East andWest Africa from 2005-2008 before assisting as DeputyDirector from 2008-2010. Prior to joining the Departmentof State, he was the Chief, Psychiatry, and a NASA flightsurgeon at the Johnson Space Center (1996-2005). Therehe helped develop NASA’s operational behavioral healthprogram for long-duration spaceflight, cared for astro-nauts (and families), and was Crew Surgeon for twospace station missions (NASA-MIR 6 and ISS Expedition4.) While at NASA, he led a collaborative team that de-veloped and implemented the Spaceflight CognitiveAssessment Tool (Win-SCAT), a neurocognitive self-as-sessment tool that continues to fly on long-duration spacemissions for U.S. astronauts.

See FLYNN, p. 767.

RAYMOND F. LONGACRE AWARDChristophe F. Flynn, M.D.

Established to honor the memory of MAJ Raymond F. Longacre, MC, USA.It is given annually for outstanding accomplishment in the psychologicaland psychiatric aspects of aerospace medicine. Sponsored by GenevolveVision Diagnostics.

RHODES, from p. 765.


Dr. Flynn is currently serving in his 26th year of mili-tary service as a Senior Flight Surgeon and LieutenantColonel in the USAF Reserves, having experience work-ing with aircrew in five different military aircraft (C-5, C-130, C-26, F-16, T-38). He served as Commander, 147thMedical Group, Texas Air National Guard (2003-04);Chief, Neuropsychiatry Branch of the USAF AeromedicalConsultation Service (1993-95); and deployed as Chief,Mental Health, at a forward operating base in OperationDesert Shield. He is a Board Certified Psychiatrist, aFellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and anAssociate Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association,where he serves on the Scientific Program Committee. InFebruary 2013, he received the high honor of being in-vited to be a member of the American College ofPsychiatrists.

Modesto M. Garay, M.D., was the recipient of theAerospace Medical Association’s 2013 Theodore C. LysterAward. He was recognized for his 52 years of service tothe aerospace medical community. He is a founder of thepractice of aviation medicine in Guatemala and his con-tributions have been essential to aviation safety in hiscountry and in the Iberoamerican community at large.His dedication to the practice of aviation medicine andeducation is notable for its altruism, professionalism, andservice. He has led the Iberoamerican Association ofAerospace Medicine (AIMA) and, as President, realizedits goals. He continuously shares his knowledge and ex-perience with residents and aeromedical colleagues andcan always be counted on. His support in realizing avia-tion safety goals and his outstanding achievements inaviation medicine make him an international leader inaerospace medicine.

Dr. Garay earned a medical degree at the Universityof San Carlos in Guatemala in 1959 and took the PrimaryCourse in Aviation Medicine at the U.S. Air Force Schoolof Aerospace Medicine (USAFSAM) at Brooks AFB, TX,in 1960. In 1962, he furthered his education by taking theAdvanced Course in Aerospace Medicine, also at USAF-SAM. He became the Chief of Medical Services in theGuatemalan Air Force in 1963 and served in that positionuntil 1988. He is a Senior Aviation Medical Examiner ofthe FAA and was the founder and is Chief of the CivilAviation Medicine Department in the Civil AviationAuthority of Guatemala.

Dr. Garay has been a member of the AerospaceMedical Association since 1960 and was made a Fellow in

2006. He has been a member of AIMA since 1974 and wasits Vice President from 1996-1998 and then President from1998-2000. He is also a member of the InternationalAcademy of Aviation and Space Medicine.

Harriet Lester, M.D., was the 2013 recipient of theAerospace Medical Association’s Marie Marvingt Awardfor her contributions to a number of significant aerospacemedicine programs and initiatives that have improvedsafety and promoted organizational excellence. She haspioneered new approaches and programs, and her expe-riences have led her to use creative approaches to a vari-ety of aerospace medicine safety challenges with signifi-cant positive impact. International peers and aviatorsacross many agencies, sectors, and internally within theFederal Aviation Administration (FAA) rely on her forsolid guidance in aerospace medicine, including ophthal-mology. She has a track record of making safe decisionsthat permit pilots to fly and air traffic controllers to workwhenever possible. Noting that nearly half of FAAAviation Medical Examiners (AMEs) are pilots, she cre-ated new collaborations between Aerospace Medicineand the Flight Standards general aviation safety team(FAASTeam). To increase the reach, efficiency, and costeffectiveness of designee site visits, Harriet "piloted" anew "virtual" site visit initiative in her region. She alsobrings the industrial discipline of being a certified ISO9001 lead auditor to her work.

Dr. Lester attended Cornell University for her under-graduate degree and went on to New York UniversitySchool of Medicine, receiving her Doctor of Medicine de-gree in 1984. She did her residency training at St. Lukes-Roosevelt/Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, forGeneral Surgery, and New York University MedicalCenter for her Ophthalmology residency. She had aFellowship with Montefiore Medicine Center,Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. Sheis a Diplomate of both the American Board ofOphthalmology and the National Board of MedicalExaminers.

Dr. Lester is the Eastern Region Flight Surgeon (RFS)for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office ofAerospace Medicine, part of the Aviation Safety (AVS)line of business. As such, she is responsible for approxi-mately 66,000 pilots, 370 Aviation Medical Examiner de-

FLYNN, from p. 766.

THEODORE C. LYSTER AWARDModesto M. Garay, M.D.

This award was established to honor the memory of Brig. Gen. TheodoreC. Lyster, the first Chief Surgeon, Aviation Section, United States SignalCorps. It is given annually for outstanding achievement in the general fieldof aerospace medicine. Sponsored by Eagle Applied Sciences.

See LESTER, p. 768.

MARIE MARVINGT AWARDHarriet Lester, M.D.

Established and sponsored by the French Aerospace Medical Associationin memory of Marie Marvingt (1875-1963), a pioneer French pilot andsurgical nurse who, for more than 50 years, actively and untiringly in-volved herself in the conception and development of air ambulance ser-vices and in the education of the general public regarding their use andbenefits. The award is presented annually to honor excellence and inno-vation in aerospace medicine.


signees, and 2700 FAA Air Traffic Controllers in the FAAEastern Region, which is comprised of 7 states and theDistrict of Columbia. She is a member of the FAARegional Management Team and has served as theEastern RFS since 2001. Six months after being hired, the9/11 attacks occurred, and one of her first major taskingswas to help coordinate the early phases of the FederalMarshall ramp up.

Prior to working for the FAA, she developed andmanaged departments in the academic and private sec-tors, with a range of research and publications, includingVernier hyperacuity. She has an abiding interest in earlyaviation which started with trying to determine whathappened to Dr. John Jeffries' dog on his 1784 balloonflight. This has led her to investigate how the contempo-raneous Laki volcanic emissions might have impactedthe early balloonists.

Dr. Lester has received many FAA and FederalExecutive Board awards, including several for manage-ment, innovation, and safety. She has received the FAASpecial Achievement Award every year since 2003. Andshe received Innovator of the Year as well as Office of theYear, Office of Aerospace Medicine awards in 2011.

A Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association(AsMA), she is also a member of the Space MedicineAssociation, a Fellow of the American Academy ofOphthalmology, and recently completed a 2-year term asFAA OSHA Regional Committee Chair. Dr. Lester serveson the Wings Club History and Education Committee,the AsMA Scientific Program Committee, is an AssociateMember of the Federal Executive Institute AlumniAssociation (FEIAA), and a member of the CivilAerospace Medical Association (CAMA).

Nicholas L. Webster, M.D., M.P.H., was the recipientof the Aerospace Medical Association’s 2013 Harry G.Moseley Award for his work with the Federal AviationAdministration (FAA). He co-founded and currentlymanages the FAA’s Aircraft Accident Medical CaseReview and Hazard Analysis Program in conjunctionwith the Medical Research and Autopsy Program Teams,and evaluates all civil aviation fatal accidents and high-profile incidents that occur in the United States foraeromedical hazards. He also provides ongoing aero-space medical support to the FAA, the National TrafficSafety Board (NTSB), and the General Aviation JointSteering Committee Safety Analysis Team. He works to

develop interventions to mitigate common hazards iden-tified in general aviation accidents and he has mademultiple contributions to aviation safety.

Though born in Canberra, Australia, Dr. Webster con-siders Memphis, TN, to be his hometown. He became anaturalized U.S. citizen at the age of 18. He received aBachelor of Arts degree in Microbiology from theUniversity of Tennessee at Knoxville in 1981; a Doctoratein Medicine from the University of Tennessee Center forthe Health Sciences at Memphis in 1985; and a Mastersof Public Health from Johns Hopkins University, Schoolof Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD, in 1996.He attended medical school on a Navy scholarship from1981 to 1985. He then underwent postgraduate medicaleducation in Family Practice from 1985-1986 at NavalHospital Charleston, SC. He completed 6 months ofaeromedical training at the Naval Aerospace MedicalInstitute in Pensacola, FL, and became a Naval FlightSurgeon in 1987. He was stationed at NAS Lemoore, CA,then NAS Fallon, NV, with the Pacific Fleet AdvisorySquadron VFA-127 from 1987-1990. He then becameFlight Surgeon for Helicopter Mine Counter MeasuresSquadron 15 in NAS Alameda, CA, from 1990-1992.Following that tour, he was transferred to Naval AirWarfare Center, Aircraft Division in Patuxent River, MD,where he served as Strike Aircraft Test Squadron FlightSurgeon then senior Flight Surgeon for Test WingAtlantic from 1992-1995.

After obtaining his M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins in1996, he was stationed at the Naval OperationalMedicine Institute in Pensacola, FL, where he completedthe Navy's Aerospace Medicine Residency in 1998. Hereported aboard the PCU Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in1998 as Senior Medical Officer and was a member of thecommissioning crew. Following completion of his tour,he transferred to the U.S. Naval Safety Center inNorfolk, VA, where he served as Assistant CommandSurgeon from 2000 to 2003. He became the Command

HARRY G. MOSELEY AWARDNicholas L. Webster, M.D., M.P.H.

Established in memory of Col. Harry G. Moseley, USAF, MC, in recogni-tion of his material contributions to flight safety. It is given annually forthe most outstanding contribution to flight safety. Sponsored byLockheed-Martin Corporation.

LESTER, from p. 767.

Meetings CalendarSeptember 11-4, 2013; XXVI National Congress of AIMAS, held

jointly with the European Low Gravity Research Association's(ELGRA's) biennial symposium; Vatican City, Italy. For moreinformation, please contact Maj. Paola Verde or visithttp://www.aimas.it or www.elgra.org.

September 19-22, 2013; Flying Physicians Association NortheastChapter meeting; Radisson Hotel, Corning, NY. Please visithttp://www.fpadrs.org for details and registration information.

October 6-10, 2013; 61st International Congress of Aviation andSpace Medicine (ICASM); Jerusalem, Israel. For more informa-tion, please visit http://www.icasm2013.org/.

October 10-13, 2013; Flying Physicians Association Great LakesChapter Fall Meeting; Morris Inn, University of Notre Dame,South Bend, IN. Please visit http://www.fpadrs.org for detailsand registration information.

October 14-16, 2013; SAFE Association 51st Annual Symposium;Grand Sierra REsort and Casino, Reno, NV. Info:http://www.safeassociation.com; Email: [email protected]

October 17-20, 2013; Flying Physicians Associaton Dixie ChapterFall Meeting; Perdido Beach Hotel, Orange Beach, AL. Pleasevisit http://www.fpadrs.org for details and registration informa-tion.

October 31 - November 3, 2013; Flying Physicians AssociationWestern/Southwest Chapters Joint Fall Meeting (tentative);Fort Worth, TX. Please visit http://www.fpadrs.org for detailsand registration information.

See WEBSTER, p. 769.


Surgeon at the Naval Safety Center in August 2003. Hewas appointed as head of the Human Factors workingGroup under the Defense Safety Oversight Council,Aviation Safety Improvement Task Force, in October2003. He retired from the Navy after 20 years of servicein 2005.

Dr. Webster is a member of the American MedicalAssociation, the Society of U.S. Naval Flight Surgeons(Life Member), and the Aerospace Medical Association(AsMA). He was elected a member of Delta Omega,Alpha Chapter, Honorary Public Health Society, in May1996; was awarded two Meritorious Service Medals; twoNavy Commendation Medals; two Navy AchievementMedals; the National Defense Medal; the South WestAsia Service Medal; and the Navy Expert Pistol Medal.He was given the FAA Office of Aviation Safety – SafetyInnovation Award and the FAA Office of AerospaceMedicine Outstanding Team Award in 2010. He wasnamed FAA Flight Surgeon of the Year and received theFAA Oustanding Customer Service Award in 2012.

Robert Billings, B.S., M.A., was the recipient of theAerospace Medical Association’s 2013 John Paul StappAward. He was recognized for his 33 years of significantcontributions to promoting pilot protection from injuryresulting from ejection from aircraft. He has promotedthe use of modern ejection seats in 25 countries and 5000aircraft worldwide, saving the lives of over 600 pilots.He has developed a reputation throughout his career asa steadfast defender of pilot safety and an internationalexpert in crew escape systems. He was responsible forthe development of survival kits, including the ACES II,along with other survival equipment and provisions. Hehas provided overall technical direction to over 40 differ-ent programs for developing equipment to protect andsustain aircrew lives. The corrective actions and designchanges implemented by him have saved millions ofdollars and continue to save aircrew lives today.

Mr. Billings was born in Portland, ME, and attendedthe U.S. Air Force Academy, where he received a B.S. inEngineering Mechanics in June 1971. In 1978, he re-ceived an M.A. in Industrial Management from CentralMichigan University. After graduating from the AirForce Academy, he began his career with an active dutyassignment at Eglin Air Force Base, FL, as a project engi-neer. In November 1974, he was assigned to WrightPatterson AFB, OH, as a project engineer in the Life

Support System Program Office (SPO). In June 1978, heleft active duty and joined the Air Force Reserves whilehe continued his career within the USAF civil service. Inrecognition of his leadership abilities, he was assigned asthe lead project engineer for the ACES II ejection seat asit first entered service and production. In June 1982, hecontinued his work in the crew escape area as a CrewSystems Engineer in the F-16 SPO, responsible for allareas involving the aircraft crew escape system and air-crew personal equipment. He was then assigned as agroup leader for the Crew Station and Escape Branchwithin the Engineering Directorate, and later as the leadCrew Systems Engineer in the Aeronautical EquipmentSPO. In August 1985, he was promoted to ChiefSystems Engineer in the Life Support SPO. He thenmoved to the Advanced Tactical Fighter (now F-22) SPOin June 1987, as the Chief Support Systems Engineer re-sponsible for the entire cockpit design and equipment, aswell as maintenance and training systems. In February1988, he moved back to the Engineering Directorate, firstas the Crew Station and Escape Branch TechnicalSpecialist, and then later as the Crew Systems BranchTechnical Advisor and Branch Chief.

Following the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, Mr.Billings was selected to participate on a PresidentialCommission to assess crew escape system options. Mr.Billings helped negotiate a first ever $50M cooperativemilitary development program with the Japanese AirForce for an ACES II ejection seat modification program.He retired from USAF civil service in 2004 and formed aconsulting company that provides services to UnitedTechnologies Aerospace Systems (UTAS), Gentex Corp.,and Cobham/Conax Corp.

Mr. Billings’ tenacity, expertise, and accomplishmentsin aircrew safety earned him an Exceptional CivilianService award in 1998, as well as an Exemplary CivilianService Award in 2000. He has also received numerousawards from the SAFE Association recognizing his work.He was the SAFE Association President in 2009.

Carlos Staff, M.D., was the 2013 recipient of theAerospace Medical Association’s John A. TamisieaAward. Dr. Staff was recognized for his exemplary ser-vice to aerospace medicine education, particularly inhuman factors, aircrew and cabin crew training, physiol-ogy, and accident investigation. He has been recognizedfor his indefatigable efforts by the University of the

See STAFF, p. 770.

WEBSTER, from p. 768.

JOHN PAUL STAPP AWARDRobert Billings, M.A.

This award was established and sponsored by Environmental TectonicsCorporation to honor Col. John Paul Stapp, USAF(Ret.). The award isgiven annually to recognize outstanding contributions in the field ofaerospace biomechanics and to promote progress in protection from in-jury resulting from ejection, vibration, or impact.

JOHN A. TAMISIEA AWARDCarlos Staff, M.D.

This award was established and sponsored bythe Civil Aviation Medical Association in memory of John A. Tamisiea,M.D. The award is given annually to an aviation medical examiner orother individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the artand science of aviation medicine in its application to the general aviationfield.


Americas in Panama as Professor of Superior Studies.He continuously shares his knowledge and is a source ofinspiration to students, residents, and aeromedical ex-perts alike—he is often invited to formulate training cur-ricula and speak at aeromedical symposia throughoutLatin-America. His volunteerism is unequaled, con-stantly offering to help on whatever is needed to ad-vance the goals of numerous aeromedical associations.He is one of three founders of the IberoamericanAssociation of Aerospace Medicine (AIMA) and stillguides that association with his experience and passionto excel. His numerous contributions to world aviationsafety during the last 40 years have made him an inter-national leader in aviation medicine.

Dr. Staff is a native of Panama City, Republic ofPanama, and earned his Surgeon-Medical title from theUniversidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM).He completed the Basic Aviation Medicine Course at theCivil Aviation International Center of the Secretary ofCommunications and Transportation in Mexico City. Hethen earned a specialist title in Orthopedics Surgery andTraumatology from the Mexican Army and Air ForceUniversity Graduate School of Military Health and latergained a degree in Hand Surgery from the Departmentof Advanced Studies of UNAM. He then became a med-ical officer at the Social Security Institution of theRepublic of Panama, where he established an Ortho-pedics Specialty practice. He has continued to advancehis education with advanced courses in aviation medi-cine and is a delegate medical examiner of the CivilAviation Authority of Panama, the U.S. Federal AviationAdministration, and Transport Canada.

Dr. Staff was the Chief of the Aviation Medicine andHuman Factors Unit of the Civil Aviation Authority ofPanama for 15 years and conducted a Human FactorsInvestigation course for physicians at the Center forAviation Accident Investigation of the Brazilian AirForce in Brasilia. He holds a Masters in HigherEducation from the University of the Americas inPanama and is a consultant in aeronautical medical as-pects at the Compania Panamena de Aviacion (COPAAirlines). He is currently an ICAO Technical Advisor forthe implementation and development of the CAPSCAprogram in the Americas. He is a founding member ofAIMA, where he was also President, a founding partnerof the Panamanian Society of Aviation Medicine, a mem-ber of the College and Mexican Society of AviationMedicine and Space, an Academicain of the InternationalAcademy of Aeronautics and Space Medicine, and aFellow of AsMA.

CAPT Matthew Rings, MC, USN, was the first recip-ient of the Aerospace Medical Association’s newestaward, the Thomas J. & Margaret D. Tredici Award.CAPT Rings was recognized for his leadership in thestudy of operational color vision testing and qualifica-tions for U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aviation. He hasbeen the lead agent in research comparing and validat-ing various computerized color vision testing programsfor screening and testing aviation applicants and desig-nated personnel. The computerized color vision testingthat was validated by CAPT Rings for Navy andMarine Corps screening allows both detection of subtlecolor vision deficits of all three photoreceptor types(red, green and blue), and also quantifies the degree ofthe deficit (mild, moderate, or severe). Increased accu-racy of color vision status in aviation applicants willensure the highest level of safety and performance withmodern aircraft visual systems. CAPT Rings’ researchin computerized color vision testing has led theDepartment of the Navy toward the requirement forobjective, computerized color vision testing, ensuringaccurate diagnoses of color vision deficiencies.

CAPT Rings earned a B.A. in Chemistry at theUniversity of Nebraska in 1985. From 1986-1989, heconducted Gastroenterology Biochemistry Lab researchat the University of Nebraska Medical Center, wherehe earned an M.D. in 1993. He served a SurgicalInternship at the Naval Medical Center, San Diego,from 1993-1994. He was assigned to the USS Shreveportas Flight Surgeon, Operations Deny Flight, ProvidePromise, and Joint/ Decisive Endeavor. He also servedas Flight Surgeon, MCAS New River, and FlightSurgeon, NAS Oceana, during that time. In 2001, hebecame an Opthalmology Residency at the NavalMedical Center, San Diego, and then served as Head ofthe Ophthalmology Department at Naval Hospital,Pensacola, FL. While he was there, he also served asChair of the Medical Records and Medical EthicsCommittees, and as a member of the Informatics andCredentials Committees, and the Executive Committeeof the Medical Staff.

In 2009, CAPT Rings became Department Head atNaval Hospital Okinawa, where he also served as Chairof the Medical Staff Quality Committee and as a mem-ber of the Executive Committee of the Medical Staff. In2011, he took the position he currently holds as ColorVision Research Director at the Naval AerospaceMedical Institute, where he is also a Flight Surgeon anda Lecturer for Residents, Flight Surgeon classes, andAviation Technicians. Additionally, he is an ECOMS.

STAFF, from p. 769.

THOMAS J. AND MARGARET D.TREDICI AWARDMatthew Rings, CAPT, MC, USN

This award was established by Thomas J. Tredici and sponsored by an en-dowment fund managed by the Aerospace Medical AssociationFoundation. It is given for the most significat contribution to aerospaceophthalmology and vision science.

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Michael J. Cevette, Ph.D., was the 2013 recipient ofthe Aerospace Medical Association’s Arnold D. TuttleAward. He was recognized for his role as lead authorof “Oculo-vestibular recoupling using galvanic vestibu-lar stimulation to mitigate simulator sickness” (AviatSpace Environ Med 2012; 83:549–555). The article ex-plored using galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) tosynchronize the vestibular system with a moving visualfield in order to lessen the mismatch of sensory inputsthat is thought to result in simulator sickness. DrCevette and co-authors (J. Stepanek, D. Cocco, A. M.Galea, G. N. Pradhan, L. S. Wagner, S. R. Oakley, B. E.Smith, D. A. Zapala, and K. H. Brookler) used a multi-site array of electrodes to deliver optimal combinationsof GVS. An algorithm based on that data was then usedin a flight simulator to synchronize visual and GVS-in-duced vestibular sensations. The authors found thatwhen virtual head signals produced by GVS are syn-chronized to the speed and direction of a moving visualfield, manifestations of induced simulator sickness in acockpit flight simulator are significantly reduced.

Dr. Cevette and his colleagues have been instrumentalin quantifying vestibular perception as well as modifyingand inducing sensations of movement using galvanicvestibular stimulation (GVS). The outcome of severalyears of work in this area has led to a GVS algorithm thatcan produce virtual head movements in pitch, yaw, androll and when synchronized with a moving visual field iseffective in reducing the effects of simulator sickness. Thetechnical applications stemming from flight simulationcan be transferred to interventions combating the debili-tating effects of vertigo and imbalance. A modification ofthe GVS technology is now being investigated as an in-tervention to mitigate motion sickness. Beyond spatialdisorientation, AMVRL has several active protocolsgeared toward rapid assessment and intervention of cog-nitive impairments due to acute states of hypoxia. Thesestudies span from the laboratory at Mayo Clinic Arizonato the highest peak in Arizona, Mt. Humphreys (over12,000 ft). In addition these efforts, Dr. Cevette and the re-search team of AMVRL have worked extensively at usingmeasures of central vascular pressure as an index of aneffective M-1 anti-G straining maneuver.

Dr. Cevette received his Bachelor’s degree in Psy-chology at the University of Nevada in 1972, hisMaster’s degree in Audiology from Utah StateUniversity in 1976, and his Doctor of Philosophy de-gree in Speech-Language pathology and Audiologyfrom the University of Utah in 1987.

Dr. Cevette is currently Head of Audiology and Co-Director of the Aerospace Medicine and VestibularResearch Laboratory (AMVRL) for Mayo Clinic Arizona.He is a Distinguished Mayo Educator (2006) and a Fellowof the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.Prior to joining Mayo Clinic Arizona, he was, for 8 years,Director of Audiology at Primary Children’s MedicalCenter in Salt Lake City, UT. During his Salt Lake yearshe also held adjunct instructor positions at the Universityof Utah, Utah State University, and Brigham YoungUniversity. His current academic ranks include: AssociateProfessor, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; AdjunctProfessor, Arizona State University; Adjunct AssociateProfessor, University of Arizona; Affiliate Professor,University of Northern Colorado; and Adjunct Faculty,University of Texas at Dallas.

James C. McEachen II, M.D., M.P.H., was the recipientof the Aerospace Medical Association’s 2013 Julian E.Ward Memorial Award, for his superlative academicwork and his unique accomplishments. As Mayo Clinic’sinaugural aerospace medicine resident, he went aboveand beyond leading the first ever F-22 pilot physiologicmonitoring flight test study which directly supported itsreturn-to-flight status. He expertly directed the multi-faceted test team, whose results were lauded by the F-22Safety Investigation and Safety Advisory Boards, USAFleadership, and Lockheed-Martin. He has authored or co-authored peer-reviewed publications and national/inter-national aeromedical conference presentations, andachieved a 4.0 GPA during his M.P.H. studies. HisDeployment Availability Working Group was cited by theU.S. Air Force Health Service inspectors as a “model forthe Air National Guard” and was rated ‘outstanding’during a recent inspection.

Dr. McEachen is a board-certified physician with spe-cialized training in interventional radiology and infor-matics. He completed medical school at the University ofIllinois, where he was selected as a James Scholar. He un-derwent residency training at the Yale School of Medicinewith subsequent fellowship training at the Mayo Clinic.He is also a flight test engineer and graduate of the U.S.Air Force Test Pilot School. He has more than 20 years ofcombined experience in the areas of developmental flighttest, program management, and national security. He hasdirected developmental flight test efforts in over 30 dif-ferent military and civilian airframes.


ARNOLD D. TUTTLE AWARDMichael J. Cevette, Ph.D.

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 challenging prob-lem in aerospace medicine and which was published in Aviation, Space,and Environmental Medicine. Sponsored by Wyle.

JULIAN E. WARD AWARDJames C. McEachen III, M.D., M.P.H.

Established and sponsored by the Society ofU.S. Air Force Flight Surgeons in memory of its first member to lose hislife in an aircraft accident, and to honor all flight surgeons whose livesare lost in the pursuit of flying activities relating to the practice of aero-space medicine. The award is given annually for superior performanceand/or outstanding achievement in the art and science of aerospacemedicine during residency training.

See McEachen, p. 772.

Dr. McEachen completed his undergraduate educationin electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame.He holds additional graduate degrees in electrical engi-neering and public health from the University of Virginiaand the University of Minnesota, respectively. He has au-thored or co-authored 30 peer-reviewed publications/presentations in the fields of engineering, developmentalflight test, medical imaging and aerospace medicine. In2011, he led a select team of physicians and physiologistsconducting the first-ever in-flight physiologic monitoringof F-22 pilot health during high performance flight aspart of a SECAF-directed root cause analysis effort.Currently, he serves as the Chief of Aerospace Medicineflying F-16s with the 132nd Fighter Wing (Iowa AirNational Guard).


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McEACHEN, from p. 771.

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New MembersAbdullah, Ghada, Dr., Dhahran, Saudi ArabiaAleardo, Del Torso, Dr. med., Faido, SwitzerlandAndrews, Russell J., M.D., Los Gatos, CABaidya, Nishanta B., M.D., Columbus, OHBallard, Peter K., 2Lt., USAFR, Washington, DCBuratynski, Theresa J., Dr., Kailua, HICampbell, Jr., Charles W., M.D., Marietta, GACann, Rachel J., Dr., M.B., B.S., Caulfield North, Victoria, AustraliaChumbley, Eric, Maj., USAF, Klamath Falls, ORCocco, Daniela, M.D., Scottsdale, AZCook, Tara, Maj., USAF, JBER, AKDashevsky, David, B.S., Cleveland, OHFu, Zhaoju, Beijing, ChinaKanerman, Ian J., M.D., Calala, New South Wales, AustraliaKwon, Young Hwan, M.D., Seoul, South KoreaLo, Michael C. K., M.D., Lantau, SAR, Hong KongMa, Honglei, Royal Oak, MIMathew, Tripthi M., M.D., West Orange, NJMiller, Andrew H., Bedford, TXPetrassi, Frank A., MAJ, USA, Enterprise, ALPradhan, Gaurav N., Dr., Fountain Hills, AZRouvier, Nicolas, Montebello, CAWylie, Robert D. S., SURG CDR, Royal Navy, Helston Cornwall, UK

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Senate Passes CAP Congressional Gold Medal Bill

A bill to honor Civil Air Patrol’s (CAP's) World War II veteranswith a Congressional Gold Medal passed the U.S. Senate May 20under unanimous consent after gaining the necessary co-sponsorsneeded for consideration.

The bill, S. 309, recognizes the contributions of CAP’s pilots andother members who served during the war. Predating the U.S. AirForce, CAP’s services included flying combat and humanitarian mis-sions under hazardous conditions. Maj. Gen. Chuck Carr, CAP’s na-tional commander, credited members' and other supporters' hardwork and expressed his thanks not only to leaders throughout theorganization but also to the 82 senators -- 15 more than the minimumneeded -- who have signed on as co-sponsors for S. 309. Carr reportsto the CAP Board of Governors, which consists of 11 members repre-senting the organization, the U.S. Air Force and private industry. Anidentical bill, H.R. 755, is under consideration in the U.S. House,where it now has 159 co-sponsors. The measure needs a total of 290to be acted on in the House Financial Services Committee, where ithas been assigned. CAP hopes to gain the additional co-sponsorsover the next several months.

Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is anonprofit organization with 61,000 members nationwide, operating afleet of 550 aircraft. Visit www.gocivilairpatrol.com or www.capvol-unteernow.com for more information. For more information on thisstory, please see the press release athttp://www.capvolunteernow.com/todays-features/?senate_ap-proves_cap_congressional_gold_medal_bill&show=news&newsID=16616.

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