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ACS Ophthalmology has sights on flying mission
Dino Tsuchiyama (left), Aeromedical Consultation Service Ophthalmology Branch electro-diagnostic technician, attaches electrodes to Lt. Col. Christopher Cannon in order to measure how well the retinas in Cannon’s eyes react to light. Ophthalmological electrophysiology studies the electrical activity of the eyes. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Harrington)
ACS Ophthalmology has sights on flying mission
Dino Tsuchiyama (left), Aeromedical Consultation Service Ophthalmology Branch electro-diagnostic technician, attaches electrodes to Lt. Col. Christopher Cannon in order to measure how well the retinas in Cannon’s eyes react to light. Ophthalmological electrophysiology studies the electrical activity of the eyes. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Harrington)
ACS Ophthalmology has sights on flying mission
Dino Tsuchiyama (left), Aeromedical Consultation Service Ophthalmology Branch electro-diagnostic technician, attaches electrodes from Lt. Col. Christopher Cannon to a multifocal electroretinogram machine. The machine measures electrical activity in the retina when the eye is exposed to a light source. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Harrington)
ACS Ophthalmology has sights on flying mission
Dino Tsuchiyama, Aeromedical Consultation Service Ophthalmology Branch electro-diagnostic technician, confirms settings on a multifocal electroretinogram machine before conducting a test on Lt. Col. Christopher Cannon (image on screen). The test helps determine the health of the retina, if there is damage to the optic nerve and the overall health of the eye. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Harrington)
ACS Ophthalmology has sights on flying mission
Lt. Col. Jonathan Ellis (center), Ophthalmology Branch manager of the Aeromedical Consultation Service, Dr. Steven Wright (right), optometrist and Scott Humphrey, cornea imaging technician, demonstrate their Pentacam cornea topography device used in pilot screenings and waiver recommendation cases. The device measures the entire cornea with precision, without contact in only a few seconds. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Harrington)
ACS Internal Medicine keeping pilots flying, improves research
Lt. Col. Dara D. Regn, Aeromedical Consultation Service Internal Medicine branch chief, discusses a waiver recommendation case with a flight surgeon in the Residency in Aerospace Medicine program at Wright-Patterson October 5. Regn’s branch is currently reformatting their database of more than 1.2 million cardiology studies in order to enable more efficient data mining in what is believed to be the world’s largest database of its kind. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Harrington)
ACS Internal Medicine keeping pilots flying, improves research
Staff Sgt. Jonathon Lee, pulmonary technician with the Aeromedical Consultation Service Internal Medicine Branch, conducts a demonstration of a pulmonary function test for forced vital capacity as Staff Sgt. Sean O’Neill sits in a pressurized cabin awaiting the command to exhale. The branch reviews around 700 requests for waiver recommendation cases annually concerning pilots, navigators and other aircrew, with 90 percent of them receiving waiver recommendations. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Harrington)
ACS: Neuropsychiatry helps aviators keep head in the game, stay in the fight
Lt. Col. Kevin Heacock, Neuropsychiatry Branch chief of the Aeromedical Consultation Service, leads discussion on a medical waiver recommendation request case during a branch case review conference October 17. The Neuropsychiatry Branch reviewed 463 cases in 2016 with 80 percent of cases receiving recommendations for medical waivers. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Harrington)
ACS: Neuropsychiatry helps aviators keep head in the game, stay in the fight
Lt. Col. Kevin Heacock, Neuropsychiatry Branch chief of the Aeromedical Consultation Service, leads discussion on a medical waiver recommendation request case during a branch case review conference October 17. The Neuropsychiatry Branch reviewed 463 cases in 2016 with 80 percent of cases receiving recommendations for medical waivers. (Parts of documents are blurred to protect privacy) (U.S. Air Force photo/John Harrington)
ACS: Neuropsychiatry helps aviators keep head in the game, stay in the fight
John Heaton (left), Neuropsychiatry Branch manager of the Aeromedical Consultation Service, and Lt. Col. Kevin Heacock, ACS Neuropsychiatry Branch chief, oversee a demonstration of a psychological test on Master Sgt.Walter Croft, the branches NCO in charge and mental health technician. The test is one of several that are administered to waiver candidates to evaluate cognitive functioning. (The test is not revealed here in order to not compromise its effectiveness in the future). (U.S. Air Force photo/John Harrington)
ACS: Neuropsychiatry helps aviators keep head in the game, stay in the fight
John Heaton, Neuropsychiatry Branch manager of the Aeromedical Consultation Service, briefs flight surgeon students on his branch as part of the Aerospace Medicine Primary Course. The Neuropsychiatry Branch reviews the cases of medically disqualified aviators and flight status Airmen to determine the risk involved with them returning to flight duty and whether or not to recommend a medical waiver to the waiver authority, usually a major command. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Harrington)
Aeromedical Consultation Service critical to “Fly, Fight, Win”
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Aeromedical Consultation Service Deputy Chief Dr. Daniel Van Syoc listens during one of four weekly case review sessions in order to determine whether or not a waiver should be recommended for an aviator’s disqualifying medical condition. The ACS reviews approximately 2,000 cases a year with an 88 percent determination of recommendation for waivers, keeping Air Force pilots safely flying. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Harrington)
Aeromedical Consultation Service critical to “Fly, Fight, Win”
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Aeromedical Consultation Service Deputy Chief Dr. Daniel Van Syoc (left in blue) oversees a case review session with flight surgeons and other medical professionals, some of which are the world experts in their fields. The ACS has screened new pilots and made waiver recommendations for existing air crews since the early 1950s. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Harrington)