{"id":209656,"date":"2023-03-16T18:49:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T22:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=209656"},"modified":"2023-06-20T14:52:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T18:52:41","slug":"flight-surgeons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/esdmd\/hhp\/flight-surgeons\/","title":{"rendered":"Flight Surgeons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"padding-top-5 padding-bottom-3 width-full maxw-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-intro\"><div class=\"width-full maxw-full article-header\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2 width-full maxw-full\"><p class=\"label carbon-60 margin-0 margin-bottom-3 padding-0\">2 min read<\/p><h1 class=\"display-48 margin-bottom-2\">Flight Surgeons<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><div class=\"parallax-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-flight-surgeon-console-jsc2010e021379.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-flight-surgeon-console-jsc2010e021379.jpeg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Flight Surgeons on console\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 10% 12%; object-position: 10% 12%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-flight-surgeon-console-jsc2010e021379.jpeg 3655w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-flight-surgeon-console-jsc2010e021379.jpeg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-flight-surgeon-console-jsc2010e021379.jpeg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-flight-surgeon-console-jsc2010e021379.jpeg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-flight-surgeon-console-jsc2010e021379.jpeg?resize=1536,1152 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-flight-surgeon-console-jsc2010e021379.jpeg?resize=2048,1536 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-flight-surgeon-console-jsc2010e021379.jpeg?resize=400,300 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-flight-surgeon-console-jsc2010e021379.jpeg?resize=600,450 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-flight-surgeon-console-jsc2010e021379.jpeg?resize=900,675 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-flight-surgeon-console-jsc2010e021379.jpeg?resize=1200,900 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-flight-surgeon-console-jsc2010e021379.jpeg?resize=2000,1500 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Flight surgeons working on console. A Flight Surgeon is a physician that has specialized training and board certification in Aerospace Medicine. Most flight surgeons are also board certified in an additional specialty such as family medicine or neurology and maintain their certifications in both specialties. <\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Personal Doctors to the Astronauts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the significant investment in training and preparation for missions, it is critical that flight crew members are kept as healthy as possible. To that end, NASA assigns a special doctor called a ‘Flight Surgeon’ to each crew once they are assigned to a mission. Flight surgeons oversee the health care and medical training when they are preparing for their mission and also take care of any medical issues that arise before, during, or after spaceflight. During a mission, flight surgeons work the console in the NASA Mission Control Center (MCC) under the call sign ‘Surgeon’ and hold weekly private medical conferences with the astronauts. Flight surgeons do not report details of the conferences back to Mission Control, however, if they learn something that could affect the mission, they inform the flight director.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-flight-surgeon-201405140030hq.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-flight-surgeon-201405140030hq.jpeg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 28% 50%; object-position: 28% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-flight-surgeon-201405140030hq.jpeg 4250w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-flight-surgeon-201405140030hq.jpeg?resize=300,232 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-flight-surgeon-201405140030hq.jpeg?resize=768,593 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-flight-surgeon-201405140030hq.jpeg?resize=1024,790 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-flight-surgeon-201405140030hq.jpeg?resize=1536,1185 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-flight-surgeon-201405140030hq.jpeg?resize=2048,1581 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-flight-surgeon-201405140030hq.jpeg?resize=400,309 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-flight-surgeon-201405140030hq.jpeg?resize=600,463 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-flight-surgeon-201405140030hq.jpeg?resize=900,695 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-flight-surgeon-201405140030hq.jpeg?resize=1200,926 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-flight-surgeon-201405140030hq.jpeg?resize=2000,1544 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA Flight Surgeon Joseph Schmid waits for the Expedition 39 crew members to be extracted from the Soyuz TMA-11M spacecraft shortly after it landed with Expedition 39 Commander Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Soyuz Commander Mikhail Tyurin of Roscosmos, and Flight Engineer Rick Mastracchio of NASA near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, May 14, 2014. Wakata, Tyurin and Mastracchio returned to Earth after more than six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 38 and 39 crews. <\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Extensive and Ongoing Training<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A Flight Surgeon is a physician that has specialized training and board certification in Aerospace Medicine. Most flight surgeons are also board certified in an additional specialty such as family medicine or neurology and maintain their certifications in both specialties. This extensive academic requirement means that most flight surgeons will undergo an average of 12 to 14 years of undergraduate, medical, residency, and clinical training before earning the title. And the training doesn’t stop there. Flight surgeons must stay current on new technologies and advancements in telemedicine, pharmaceuticals, treatment protocols, and diagnostic techniques to address the challenges of medical care for the crew on-orbit.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/201309110005hq.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1659\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/201309110005hq.jpeg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Chris Cassidy of NASA is carried to the medical tent\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 44% 18%; object-position: 44% 18%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/201309110005hq.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/201309110005hq.jpeg?resize=300,243 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/201309110005hq.jpeg?resize=768,622 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/201309110005hq.jpeg?resize=1024,830 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/201309110005hq.jpeg?resize=1536,1244 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/201309110005hq.jpeg?resize=400,324 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/201309110005hq.jpeg?resize=600,486 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/201309110005hq.jpeg?resize=900,729 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/201309110005hq.jpeg?resize=1200,972 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/201309110005hq.jpeg?resize=2000,1620 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Chris Cassidy of NASA is carried to the medical tent shortly after he and Commander Pavel Vinogradov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), and Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos landed in their Soyuz TMA-08M capsule in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Sept. 11, 2013.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Travel Means More than Just House Calls<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to performing regular physicals to ensure astronauts are healthy enough to fly, flight surgeons also provide medical services for the astronaut’s family. Utilizing the Flight Medicine Clinic at Johnson Space Center, these doctors form a close, personal bond with their patients which leads to a better, overall picture of their health\u2014even if it requires a phone call in the middle of the night or a house call. In fact, the flight surgeon is usually one of the first faces a crew member sees after landing. Flight surgeons must frequently travel to launch and landing sites, even the remote fields of Kazakhstan for recovery of the crew after a Soyuz landing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Points of Contact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Gary Beven<br>Nancy L. 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transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-sts135-eyeexam-01-600x399-1.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-sts135-eyeexam-01-600x399-1.jpeg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-sts135-eyeexam-01-600x399-1.jpeg?resize=400,266 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-right-0 desktop:padding-right-10\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"subheading margin-bottom-1\">2 min read<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1\"><h3 class=\"related-article-title\">Medical and Clinical<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-flex flex-align-center label related-article-label margin-bottom-1 color-carbon-60\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"display-flex flex-align-center margin-right-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" class=\"square-2 margin-right-1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"16px\" height=\"16px\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 16 16;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><g><g><path d=\"M8,0C3.5,0-0.1,3.7,0,8.2C0.1,12.5,3.6,16,8,16c4.4,0,8-3.6,8-8C16,3.5,12.4,0,8,0z M8,15.2 C4,15.2,0.8,12,0.8,8C0.8,4,4,0.8,8,0.8c3.9,0,7.2,3.2,7.2,7.1C15.2,11.9,12,15.2,8,15.2z\"\/><path d=\"M5.6,12c0.8-0.8,1.6-1.6,2.4-2.4c0.8,0.8,1.6,1.6,2.4,2.4c0-2.7,0-5.3,0-8C8.8,4,7.2,4,5.6,4 C5.6,6.7,5.6,9.3,5.6,12z\"\/><\/g><\/g><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1 year ago\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0 desktop:padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/esdmd\/hhp\/neuroscience\/\" class=\"color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black minh-mobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-neuroscience-helicopter.jpeg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-neuroscience-helicopter.jpeg 796w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-neuroscience-helicopter.jpeg?resize=300,194 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-neuroscience-helicopter.jpeg?resize=768,497 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-neuroscience-helicopter.jpeg?resize=400,259 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/hhp-neuroscience-helicopter.jpeg?resize=600,388 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-right-0 desktop:padding-right-10\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"subheading margin-bottom-1\">4 min read<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1\"><h3 class=\"related-article-title\">Neuroscience<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"display-flex flex-align-center label related-article-label margin-bottom-1 color-carbon-60\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"display-flex flex-align-center margin-right-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" class=\"square-2 margin-right-1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"16px\" height=\"16px\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 16 16;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><g><g><path d=\"M8,0C3.5,0-0.1,3.7,0,8.2C0.1,12.5,3.6,16,8,16c4.4,0,8-3.6,8-8C16,3.5,12.4,0,8,0z M8,15.2 C4,15.2,0.8,12,0.8,8C0.8,4,4,0.8,8,0.8c3.9,0,7.2,3.2,7.2,7.1C15.2,11.9,12,15.2,8,15.2z\"\/><path d=\"M5.6,12c0.8-0.8,1.6-1.6,2.4-2.4c0.8,0.8,1.6,1.6,2.4,2.4c0-2.7,0-5.3,0-8C8.8,4,7.2,4,5.6,4 C5.6,6.7,5.6,9.3,5.6,12z\"\/><\/g><\/g><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1 year ago\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"no-dead-ends\" class=\"hds-topic-cards nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-topic-cards\">\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block-lg padding-x-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label color-carbon-60 margin-bottom-2\">Keep Exploring<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-36 line-height-sm\">Discover More Topics From NASA<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2 hds-topic-cards-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Humans In Space<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"368\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/topic-humans-in-space.jpg?w=368\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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