18/07/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 18/07/2024 23:32
July 18, 2024 •11:15 a.m.
Members of the UTMB Aerospace Medicine program were honored by the Aerospace Medicine Association (AsMA) at its 94th annual Scientific Meeting, which took place recently in Chicago.
The following honorees, consisting of UTMB Aerospace Medicine residents, faculty and alumni, were recognized for their contributions to the field of Aerospace Medicine:
UTMB Residents in Aerospace Medicine (RAMs):
FACULTY:
ALUMNI:
"I am incredibly proud of the team and how hard everyone worked to represent UTMB Aerospace Medicine at this high-visibility event," said Dr. Ronak V. Shah, director, Aerospace Medicine, Department of Global Health and Emerging Diseases in the School of Public and Population Health at UTMB. "We are so proud of our RAMs, faculty and alumni for all their contributions to the field of Aerospace Medicine."
The AsMA membership also voted overwhelmingly to approve a resolution affirming the importance of ACGME-accredited, standardized training and board certification in Aerospace Medicine as the highest standard of comprehensive physician training for human health, performance and safety in human spaceflight.
The ACGME is the body responsible for accrediting all graduate medical training programs for physicians in the United States.