Cyd E. Courchesne

Captain(N) Cyd E. Courchesne, CD, BSc, MD, D Av Med, Medical Advisor to the Chief of Air Staff, Director Aerospace Medicine, Canadian Forces Colonel Jonathan Jaffin, Deputy Commander, US Army Medical Research and Material Command, United Stated Army Colonel Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH, Director, Proponency of Behavioural Health Office of The Surgeon General, United States Army

"This is exciting because every Air Force, including ourselves, used to select pilots based on aggregate data that was taken a long, long time ago," says Captain (N) Cyd Courchesne, CAS Senior Medical Advisor.
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Capt (N) Courchesne is particularly enthused about the speed and accuracy of the new standards, and the fact the process is fully automated.

Captain(N) Cyd E. Courchesne, CD, BSc, MD, D Av Med, Medical Advisor to the Chief of Air Staff, Director Aerospace Medicine, Canadian Forces

,This is exciting because every Air Force, including ourselves, used to select pilots based on aggregate data that was taken a long, long time ago,, says Captain (N) Cyd Courchesne, CAS Senior Medical Advisor. ,Now, under these new standards, we can determine if an individual is going to fit into a particular aircraft right off the bat.
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Capt (N) Courchesne is particularly enthused about the speed and accuracy of the new standards, and the fact the process is fully automated.

Cyd E CourchesneMed Advisor to the Chief of Staff/Dir Aerospace Me

Commander Cyd Elizabeth Courchesne received her flight surgeon training through the military.She joined the military while she was still in medical school as a way to help pay for her education.Then she was trained as a flight surgeon.After spending time in an airplane and learning about aviation and altitude physiology, she decided that this was the career for her.

"It's very, very exciting," says Courchesne.She says practicing aviation medicine is very similar to practicing regular clinical medicine.It's just that all of her work focuses entirely around aviation, which she loves.

Courchesne and Martin believe there's a demand for flight surgeons, both inside and outside of the military.
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"People forget that we have no overhead, and that we don't pay for our own supplies," says Courchesne.Military flight surgeons also get paid vacation time and sick leave.Plus, they have their continuing education paid for, and they don't have to worry about finding and paying for staff.

Although most flight surgeons receive their training in the military, there are a few other training options.You can go to civilian aerospace medicine programs.These are available at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, and the University of Texas in Galveston, Texas.