Aviation Medicine

Specialized Care for Pilots by Pilots

More than 9,000 licensed pilots are based in Connecticut, southern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. And the Aviation Medicine Center at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center is here to serve them. The Aviation Medicine Center is the only one of its kind in the Northeast. It offers a full range of medical services to pilots, from medical certificate renewals to specialized treatment for aviation-related illnesses.

Aviation Medicine Services

The Aviation Medicine Center offers a full range of services for private and commercial pilots:

• Authorization of medical certifications, Classes I, II and III
• Physical exams for new pilots and consultation prior to flight training
• Help for pilots with medical deferments who wish to regain certification
• Expert consultation advice on special issues such as flying with heart conditions and diabetes
• Aviation accident investigation: physicians are available to work with the Northeast Division of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
• Referral and access to specialists in areas related to aviation medicine: cardiology, ophthalmology, otology, psychiatry, substance abuse and endocrinology
• Advice and counseling in aviation medicine issues and illnesses, such as vertigo, hypoxia, aero otitis and aero sinusitis.

Aviation Medicine Staff

The staff of the Aviation Medicine Center includes a physician with extensive knowledge of aviation issues. The center¹s medical director, Michael Teiger, M.D., F.C.C.P., is a private pilot, flight instructor and a senior aviation medical examiner certified by the FAA. He has many years of experience in aviation medicine. Dr. Teiger has close working relationships in the aviation community and with the Flight Standards District Office at Bradley International Airport, in Windsor Locks.

Contact the center at 860 278-3812.