Dr Elizabeth Wilkinson is an accredited Specialist in Occupational Medicine and General Practice in the UK and has worked in Aviation Medicine for almost 30 years.

She enjoyed the world of full-time aviation medicine with British Airways plc for 22 years, where she was Head of the Health Services department, and CMO. Her role involved managing her team of 45 health professionals, overseeing the delivery of occupation and aviation medicine, and business risk mitigation with emerging health issues. During these years she regularly taught on the Diploma in Aviation Medicine course at King’s College, London.

On retiring from airline medicine, she co-edited the 6th edition of Ernsting’s Textbook of Aviation and Space Medicine, which was published in 2025.

She is President of The Association of Aviation Medical Examiners (UK), a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA), former member of IATA Medical Advisory Group, and past-Chair of the AsMA’s Air Transport Medicine Committee. As past President of the International Airline Medical Association (IAMA,) she remains active on the committee running the scholarship award.

Colonel (Ret) Susan Fondy graduated from the State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine in 1994. After working for several years as a civilian physician, she was commissioned in the US Army where she attended the flight surgeon course and found her home in aerospace medicine. She completed aerospace medicine residency in 2012. Her varied military career included four deployments, two with aviation units and hundreds of hours of combat medical evacuation flights. She later served in the senior leadership of the US Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory and as the Chief Surgeon for the US Army National Guard.

Dr. Fondy is board certified in Aerospace Medicine, Occupational Medicine, and Pediatrics and is a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA) where she has also served as a Vice President and chair of several committees. She was selected as an IAASM Academician in 2023. 

Since retiring from the US Army, Dr. Fondy has been working full time on earning a Ph.D. in Defense and Strategic Studies from Missouri State University, with an expected graduation in 2028 or 2029. She also holds a fourth degree black belt in taekwondo and a first degree black belt in hapkido. When not studying or breaking boards, she is most likely to be found birding.

MBBS, DAvMed, MBA, PhD, HonFRAeS, FAsMA, FACAsM, FAICD, FRSM

Professor David Newman AM is Visiting Professor of Aerospace Medicine at King’s College London, and an internationally-recognised aviation medicine specialist. He served 13 years in the Royal Australian Air Force, which included 3 years in support of tactical fighter operations, an exchange posting to the RAF and 2 years as the Chief Instructor at the RAAF Institute of Aviation Medicine. He is an authority on the effects of G force in pilots, having published extensive research on G-related issues, including his two textbooks: “Flying Fast Jets” and “High G Flight.”

He has also been an expert consultant to 27 accident investigations in 4 countries involving a range of aircraft types from light aircraft through to commercial jet airliners, and in 2020 he was a member of the expert review panel for a UK inquiry into G-related cognitive impairment. He is a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association, and the Editor-in-Chief of the Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance journal.

In recognition of his extensive contributions to aerospace medicine, Professor Newman was admitted to Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 2020, and in 2023 was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to aerospace medicine.

LtCol Erik Frijters MD MSc DAvMed is a Senior Flight Surgeon and Aerospace Physiologist in the Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force. He works at the Center for Man and Aviation in Soesterberg, where he leads the Department for Operational Training and Readiness and oversees Human Factors research.

He is an active contributor to NATO/STO multinational research efforts and is engaged in innovations in physiological monitoring and aeromedical science. LtCol Frijters also serves as Chairman of the Dutch Society for Aerospace Medicine (NVvLG) and is a frequent presenter at international aeromedical conferences.

Over the course of his career, he has deployed three times: once as Senior Medical Officer to Afghanistan and twice to Mali in support of Aeromedical Evacuation operations. He is a PhD candidate, working on the Screening for Coronary Artery Disease USing Primary Evaluation with Coronary CTA in Aviation Medicine (SUSPECT) study.

CD, MD, MSc, DAvMed, DABFM, CCFP, FAsMA, FAAFP

Adam Sirek is a physician and Flight Surgeon specializing in aerospace medicine. Based in London, Ontario, he serves as Deputy Base Surgeon for 32 Canadian Forces Health Services Centre, overseeing care for the Canadian Armed Forces population of Southwestern Ontario. A faculty member at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and the Institute for Earth and Space Exploration at Western University, he teaches medical learners and conducts aerospace research.

A member of the Canadian Armed Forces since 2005, he has held roles as a pilot, officer, and medical officer. He is also a Transport Canada Civil Aviation Medical Examiner, Deputy Chair of the Aerospace Medical Association’s Scientific Committee, and an Academician of the International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine, contributing to the advancement of human performance and safety in flight and space environments.

Dr Fong graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1984 and served in the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) from 1985 to 2007.  He was sent for the Royal Air Force Diploma in Aviation Medicine Course in 1988, returning with the Dip Av Med(UK) and the Harrison Trophy for Achievement in Aviation Medicine.  He subsequently attended the Wright State University Aerospace Medicine Residency Programme in 1991 and became the first RSAF doctor to obtain an MSc in Aerospace Medicine in 1992. 

Dr Fong held various appointments in the military, including the head of the RSAF Aeromedical Centre, the Senior Medical Officer (Health Care) of the Medical Corps and the Commander of the Singapore Armed Forces Military Medical Institute.  He developed the Aviation Physiology and the High G Training programmes for the RSAF, the new Aeromedical Centre building, the commercialisation of selected medical services for the RSAF, and the establishment of the Human Science Research Office for the SAF.

After retirement from military service in 2007, Dr Fong joined ST Medical Services looking after the outsourced Aviation Physiology Training at the Singapore Aeromedical Centre until 2023, when this function was taken over by the Changi General Hospital (CGH) Group, where he still continues in this role.

Prof. Dr. Erik Hohmann is a German Board-Certified and German-Trained Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with over 30 years of international clinical and academic experience in Sports Orthopaedics & Traumatology. Prior to joining Adam Vital Hospital, Prof. Dr. Hohmann served at reputed hospitals across the UAE and internationally, having successfully performed over 15,000 Shoulder, Knee, and Ankle Surgeries.

Prof. Dr. Hohmann is also a UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA)-licensed Aeromedical Specialist and Specialist Aeromedical Examiner, with unparalleled expertise in Aviation and Space Medicine. In recognition of his distinguished contributions to the field, he was awarded Honorary Membership of the International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine in 2023.

In addition to his clinical practice, Prof. Dr. Hohmann possesses a distinguished academic and research background. He has held senior academic appointments as Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Division of Surgery, University of Queensland Medical School, Australia, and as Professor at the School of Medical and Applied Sciences, CQ University Australia. He currently serves as Extraordinary Professor at the School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa.