Flight Surgeon @ NASA-JSC. Dual-boarded in Aerospace & Emergency Med. Returned Peace Corps Volunteer. Adventurer, PNWer, skier, foodie. Tweets are my own.
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Special thanks to @utmbhealth marketing team & @NPR’s @Chandelis Duster for reaching out on this, and striving to provide accurate reporting!
Welcome home, Butch, Suni, and Crew-9! What does the post-flight recovery look like for astronauts? Natacha Chough, MD, MPH helps explain for @NPR.
npr.org/2025/03/19/nx-s1-532…
#aerospacemedicine #spacemedicine @utmb_spph 🚀✈️🩺 @natachac
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A statement regarding the results of tonight's game between Michigan and Western Michigan.
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Miki’s era continues.
Welcome to the Audi FIS Ski World Cup Season 2025/2026. ✨⛷️
With love, #TeamMiki ❤️
@MikaelaShiffrin
We are hiring! With program expansion comes team expansion- come join us to work on the future of #AerospaceMedicine! 🚀✈️🩺
#spacemedicine #aerospace #space #medicine
UTMB Aerospace Medicine is hiring a Coordinator II for our ACGME-accredited residency (partial remote). Manage operations and compliance, support residents, coordinate NASA/FAA rotations, run recruitment, and plan key events. Apply: utmb.us/eir
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Reminder: Residency applications close Oct 1.
EM/AM: ResidencyCAS → residencycas.com/ | ACGME 7974800001
IM/AM & AM: ERAS → myeras.aamc.org/myeras-web/#… | ACGME 7574844009 / 3834866118
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As Crew-10 prepares to return tomorrow, a look back at Crew-11’s launch prep with UTMB-trained flight surgeons Drs. Joseph Dervay & Craig Kutz. Proud to support human spaceflight every step of the way.
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We are saddened by the passing of Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13 and a four-time spaceflight veteran.
Lovell's life and work inspired millions. His courage under pressure helped forge our path to the Moon and beyond—a journey that continues today. go.nasa.gov/41tbrpq
ALT Astronaut Jim Lovell, wearing a white spacesuit with no helmet, stands outside with a tall rocket and launch tower behind his left shoulder. Lovell is pictured from the chest up; he is looking at the camera and smiling. Credit: NASA
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PASM Workshop = a week inside NASA 🌌
Students trained in:
🧠 Clinical aerospace med
🌊 Neutral Buoyancy Lab
⬆️ Altitude chamber
⬇️ Hyperbaric dive
🛰️ ISS mockups & Mission Control
🧑🚀 Q&A w/ astronauts Barratt & Auñón-Chancellor
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** Evidence You Might Be In A Cult **
You follow one charismatic Leader
In your Leader’s mind your Leader can do no wrong
In your mind your Leader can do no wrong
Your Leader demonizes outsiders
Loyalty's the ultimate measure of your devotion
You don't know you're in a Cult
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📢 We have FIVE open aerospace-related job postings! 4 physician positions and 1 admin, all full-time. Now is your chance- come work with us at #NASA’s NBL, overseas, or here at the ranch! 🤠🚀✈️🩺
applyjobs.utmb.edu/jobs/sear…
#AerospaceMedicine #spacemedicine @utmb_spph
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Congratulations to our 1st yr RAMs, Drs. Mavratsas & Rodriguez, on their recent publication: "Physiologic Changes, Injuries, and Forensic Considerations Associated with Human Spaceflight"! ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/2025…
#spacemedicine @utmb_spph 🚀✈️🩺
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OK, this is kind of out there and caters to your inner Uber-Geek. Nadir view of Transient Luminous Events (TLE ) or upper atmospheric lightning. This clip real time is about 6 seconds over the Amazon basin and shows a number of TLE displays from Sprites to blue jets from a downward looking view.
Signs u might be an #AerospaceMedicine nerd, part 7 🤓: you know what a hypergol is, what the symptoms of exposure to them are, and how to treat exposure. 🚀💥
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As a follow-up to our article on @NPR, we've shared additional content about #AerospaceMedicine in the spaceflight environment: utmb.us/dsa
@Chandelis
#spacemedicine @utmb_spph 🚀✈️🩺
Signs u might be an #AerospaceMedicine nerd, part 6 🤓: you fly, work, travel, & shoot with earplugs, always, bc you were trained about the importance of occupational hearing protection & conservation.👂🏼
Signs u might be an #AerospaceMedicine nerd, part 5 🤓: when flying commercial, you peek in the cockpit to lay eyes on the pilots, & know that they are held to FAA medical standards that require them to see an Aviation Medical Examiner every 6 months (if over age 40).
Signs u might be an #AerospaceMedicine nerd, part 4 🤓: when flying, you always travel with Afrin, just in case you or someone you know has a sinus or ear block.