Did you know that publishing an article in Contact, the official journal of the Society of U.S. Naval Flight Surgeons, counts as one point toward publication for your application for a military medical residency? Publish twice in Contact, and you've got the maximum two points for publication! Additionally, even though Contact is not technically a peer-reviewed journal, the Contact Editorial Board, composed of wing-wearing medical specialists, will review your submission and make suggestions for corrections and clarifications, ensuring that your submission represents the high standards of the aviation medicine professional community. Submissions can be made via e-mail in unformatted plain text, complete with your full name, rank, position and current assignment, and contact information, to the Contact Chief Editor, Capt. Nick Davenport, at nicholas.davenport@navy.mil. Submission of accompanying photos and figures are highly encouraged, and should be in jpeg or pdf format. For more information on publication guidance, see the latest issue of Contact.
As a Naval Flight Surgeon, our first job is to keep our aviators safe! Certainly, clinical medicine plays a very important role, but our mission is the safety in flight of those in our care. Do you have a safety program in your squadron that you developed or perfected, and would like to share? Or maybe some lessons learned from an incident or mishap? Or perhaps a close call from which others can learn? The SUSNFS official journal Contact is always in need of publications in aviation safety, and the section Zero to Mach Two is dedicated to this type of article. You can make an impact on the entire Navy, or even the military! Submissions can be made via e-mail in unformatted plain text, complete with your full name, rank, position and current assignment, and contact information, to the Contact Chief Editor, Capt. Nick Davenport, at nicholas.davenport@navy.mil. Submission of accompanying photos and figures are highly encouraged, and should be in jpeg or pdf format. For more information on publication guidance, see the latest issue of Contact.
The recipient of the Ashton Graybiel Award (for outstanding research) is Lieut. Trina Gates who is a flight surgeon for the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute in Pensacola; the recipient of the Sonny Carter Award (for teamwork in promoting aviation medicine) is Cmdr. Dillon Schmurl, MSC; and the recipient of the Robert E. Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award is Capt. (ret) Robert Hain who is the Director for the Mitchell Center at the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute in Pensacola. These awards were presented at the annual Navy Luncheon at the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA) conference in May. They are given annually, selected from nominations submitted by the fleet. For more information on these awards, as well as a list of past recipients, see the Awards page.
The following individuals were elected by you to represent the society, and announced at the annual SUSNFS Business Meeting at the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA) conference in May. Ramping up to the following positions from the respective assistants are President Capt. Richard Beane, Secretary Lieut. Amanda Hagen, and remaining for another term (due to operational commitments) as Treasurer, Lieut. Trina Gates. Newly elected officers are Vice President Capt. Lee Mandel, Assistant Secretary Lt. Cmdr. Lynn Rice, and Assistant Treasurer Lieut. Kristina Duffy. Three new members of the Board of Governors were also elected: Capt. (ret) James Fraser (Emeritus Member), Cmdr. Walter Dalitsch (Senior Member), and Lieut. Luke McDonald (Junior Member). Staying on as the Ex-President Member is Capt. Frank Chapman. For a complete list of society officers, both elected and those designated by the SUSNFS President, as well as contact information, see the Officers page.
