Time
Duration
07:00-08:15
08:15-08:30
75
15
08:30-08:45
08:45-09:15
09:15-09:30
15
30
15
09:30-10:00
30
10:00-10:30
30
10:30-11:00
30
11:00-11:30
30
11:30-13:00
90
30
Ramstein Aerospace Medicine Summit 2015
“Aerospace Medicine at the Extremes”
Ramstein AB, Germany
Monday
Topic
Coffee & Refreshments; Registration
Welcome and Comments; HQ
USAFE/AFAFRICA/CV
Opening Remarks; HQ USAFE/SG
Keynote Address
Welcome from the Co-Chairs
Single exposure to hypobaria and/or hypoxia trial:
Initial results
Repeated nonhypoxic hypobaric exposure is
associated with structural change on MRI
Hypobaric exposure in a Sus acrofa domestica
model
Lunch
Dr Stephen McGuire
Col (ret) John Crowley
14:00-14:30
14:30-15:00
30
15:00-15:30
30
GLOC / FC and G-suit advances
15:30-16:00
30
16:00-17:00
1830
60
30
13:30-14:00
30
TBD
Col Cunningham and
Col Frischmuth
Break
Vibrotactile Cues in Helicopter Degraded Visual
Environment (DVE) Operations
A Doppler-based Noise-Immune Stethoscope for
Auscultation in High Noise Environments
Operationally Based visual assessment laboratory,
F-35 vision problems with the DAS helmet and
night vision goggles
Break
13:00-13:30
Speaker
Col Paul Sherman
Dr Stephen McGuire
Col John Smyrski
Col (ret) Steven Hadley
Col Kathryn "FOG"
Hughes
Bridging the gap between aviation safety and
patient safety
M Shawnee Williams
KeyNote: Was the Red Baron Fit to Fly?
Dr. Henning Allmers
Icebreaker Social at Ramstein Officer’s Club
(Business Casual)
Time
Duration
07:00-08:00
08:00-08:30
60
30
Tuesday
Topic
Coffee & Refreshments; Registration
Psychological Attributes Critical to Performance
and Aeromedical Sustainment of USAF Pararescue
(PJ) Special Duty Operators
Human Factors to the Extreme: F-16 Mishap
discussion
Neurochemical Basis of Fatigue
Break
Speaker
Wayne Chappelle
08:30-09:00
30
09:00-09:30
09:30-10:00
30
30
10:00-10:30
30
10:30-11:00
30
11:00-11:30
11:30-13:00
30
90
13:00-13:30
30
Prev Med in the Austure Environment: Current
Research in Cerebral Malaria
Dr. Dan Milner
13:30-14:00
30
Ebola – Jungle to the Streets
LtCol (DVM) Kirk
Winger
14:00-14:30
30
14:30-15:00
15:00-15:30
15:30-16:30
30
30
60
Aerospace Medical Considerations in Tropical
Medicine
Break
US DoD Transportation Isolation system
Prev Med in the Austure Environment: Ebola
Viral Disease
I Know You Can Get The Job, But Can You Do
The Job?
Aeromedical Evaluation of EVD: The UK
Experience
Operation TOMADACHI: A Ground-Up
Perspective
Lunch
Capt (Dr) Mari Metzler
Denise Martin Zona
Lawrence Steinkraus
LTC Ian Mollan
LtCol David Hardy
Col (ret) Jim Fike
Col (Dr) David O'Brien
Dr Dan Milner
Time
Duration
07:00-08:00
08:00-08:30
08:30-09:15
60
30
45
09:15-10:00
10:00-10:30
45
30
10:30-11:00
30
11:00-11:30
30
11:30-13:00
90
Wednesday
Topic
Speaker
Coffee & Refreshments; Registration
Healthcare and Health for the Telewarrior
Neuroprosthetics for the Central Nervous System
Neuroprosthetics for the Peripheral Nervous
System
Break
Human systems integration
TAKING AEROSPACE CONSULTATION TO
THE EXTREMES – How the USAF does
Aerospace Cardiology
Predicting cardiovascular disease in aircrew - The
USAF story
Col Paul Young
Dr. Justin Sanchez
Dr. Doug Weber
Col Kathryn "FOG"
Hughes
LtCol Eddie Davenport
LtCol Eddie Davenport
Lunch
NATO Science and Technology Organization
HFM-244
“Aerospace Medicine at the Extremes”
Time
Duration
13:30-13:45
13:45-14:00
15
15
14:00-15:00
15:00-15:30
15:30-16:00
60
30
30
16:00-16:30
30
16:30-17:00
1830
30
Wednesday
Topic
Speaker
Introduction going to extremes
Col Dr. Jörg Frischmuth
Projects in NATO STO
Lt Col Frank Wessels
How did Icarus really die? Analysis of the first
accident in aviation history
WgCdr Gus Cabre
Break and group photo shot
Human performance / UAV automation
M (res) Dirk Farsch
10th EAG AvMed: Fatigue risk management and
the flight surgeon: Emerging and future roles
Cdr Cathy Slaunwhite
10th EAG AvMed: Forward Medevac; a
comparison of multinational capabilities and
SqnLdr Sentiri
experience
Baladurai
Conference Dinner at Haus De Burgers
(Business Casual)
Time
Duration
07:30-08:00
30
08:00-08:10
08:10-08:35
10
25
08:35-09:00
25
09:00-09:25
25
09:25-09:50
09:25-09:50
10:20-10:40
25
30
20
10:40-11:00
20
11:00-11:20
20
11:20-11:40
20
11:40-12:00
20
12:00-13:30
90
13:40-1400
20
14:00-14:20
20
14:20-1440
20
14:40-15:10
15:10-15:40
30
30
15:40-16:00
20
16:00-16:20
16:20-16:40
20
20
16:40-17:00
20
Thursday
Topic
Speaker
Coffee and bagels
"The Danish Invasion"
Introduction to the Danish invasion
Physician-staffed SAR helicopters in the RDAF
Lucas 2 in the Danish SAR helicopters: A two year
follow up
Aeromedical evacuation in Africa. A plan to
improve ”the bronze day” to at least ”the silver
hours”.
Flying Ebola patients, because we can!
Break
The Danish AE SQN 690: The flexible AE
Intensive care module: The past, present and future
The Danish hypothermia team (ECMO) and the
cooperation with the RDAF
Arctic…..A medevac challenge?
Exercise training as treatment of neck pain among
military helicopter pilots and crew members
Risk estimation for inflight incapacitation in pilots
with isolated events of non-inflight neurological
symptoms
Lunch
"The German answer"
Frequency and patterns of injury in case of escape
with an ejection seat on Military Aircraft Bw
Waivering in extreme psychiatric and neurologic
conditions
Together they are invincible: non invasive cardiac
MRI and low dose cardiac CT
Would you grant a waiver to an airman with
recurrent severe neurocardiogenic syncope?
Break
Flying aircraft with ejection seat after closure of an
atrial septal defect (ASD) with an Amplatzer
occluder device
Inflight oxygen measuring during the mountain
wave project in Nepal
Laser attacks to military aircraft
Visual impairment and intracranial pressure
syndrome in astronauts
LtCdr René Christian
Bleeg
Cpt Bjarne Kjaer
1.Lt Kasper Winther
M Claus Lie
M Jean Michel Ferrieux
Maj Jean Michel
Ferrieux
1.Lt Carsten Simonsen
LtCdr René Christian
Bleeg
Mike Murray
M Michael Nielsen
Col Dr. Torsten Pippig
Col Friedrisch Lüling
LtCol Dr. Hans Jürgen
Noblé
Col Dr. Christoph
Wonhas
LtCol Dr. Andreas
Werner
LtCol Dr. Carla
Ledderhos
LtCol Dr. Frank Jakobs
Claudia Stern
Time
Duration
08:00-08:20
20
08:20-08:40
08:40-09:00
20
20
09:00-09:20
09:20-09:40
09:40-10:10
20
20
30
10:10-10:30
20
10:30-10:50
20
10:50-11:10
20
11:10-11:30
20
11:30-11:50
20
11:50-12:00
10
Friday
Topic
Cardiovascular pathology in the UK military
aircrew
Advanced cardiovascular imaging in the UK
military aircrew
PFO in Italian military pilots
Medical advising in Italian foreign missions:
Cardiology training in Shindand Air Base, AFG
Panel discussion cardiology
Break
Developing a realistic simulator for testing touch
screens in aeronautical turbulent conditions
Perception on the moon: distance estimation in a
modelled lunar environment
Dynamic Flight simulation: the next generation of
flight training
Fw MEDEVAC and extreme temperatures
Periodic breathing of altitude: sleeping at the
extremes
Wash up “Aerospace medicine Going to extremes”
and coming “Back to the ground”
Speaker
WgCdr Ed Nicol
WgCdr Joanna d´Arcy
LtCol Fabrizio Palumbo
LtCol Fabrizio Palumbo
Sylvain Hourlier
LtCol (res) Oliver
Daum
BG (ret) Jean Michel
Clère
Jean Paul Freiermuth
Joshua Sill
Col Dr. Frischmuth /
LtCol Toan Tran