DLR Aviation Physician Days

DLR Aviation Physician Days focus on clinical aerospace medicine, with its diverse interdisciplinary issues and practical implications.

Programme:

9:00–10:00: Registration and welcome

10:00–12:00
First session: ‘Clinical aviation medicine’

The challenge of atrial fibrillation
Dr Franz. H. Hauer

Eyesight requirements for aviation personnel
Dr Claudia Stern

Flying after paranasal sinus operations
Wolfgang Hanschke

Flying with ADHD
Dr Udo Wortelboer

12:00–13:00 Lunch

13:00–15:00
Second session: ‘Environmental conditions’

Pressures faced by cabin crew and criteria for suitability testing
Dr Jörg Hedtmann

Radiation exposure in aviation
Dr Matthias M. Meier

Fatigue and the cognitive performance of pilots – a comparison of various shift patterns
Dr Eva-Maria Elmenhorst

Questions and answers with the German Federal Aviation Office
Birgit Tourneur

15:00–15:15 coffee break

15:15–16:15
Third session: ‘Practical aviation medicine’

Would you fly with this pilot?
Dr Indra Chaudhuri-Hahn
Dr Martin Trammer

Panel debate
Your questions to the German Federal Aviation Office and other experts

16:15–17:00
Fourth session: ‘The female astronaut’
Dr Claudia Stern
Dr Insa Thiele-Eich

17:00–18:00 Tour of the medical research facility, :envihab

Approximately 18:00 End of the event.