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.

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.

Dr. Punita Masrani is the Founder & COO of V M Medical Centre - Mirra’s Aeromedical Centre in Mumbai.

She chose to specialise in Aerospace Medicine as a civilian doctor because of her passion for safety, wellbeing and holistic health.

25 years into it, she’s an experienced Class 1 Aviation Medical Examiner designated by Transport Canada, FAA, EASA, CASA, CAANZ, SACAA, UAE GCAA and DGCA India. She is a certified Medical Review Officer by AMROA Australia and AAMRO USA. She trained in HFACS at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and has done the ICAO USOAP CMA Training in Phase 1 and Phase 2 in Personnel Licensing and Training.

She is an Academician and serves on the Board of Directors of the International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine. She participates in various ICAO working groups; is an AsMA Fellow and regional Vice Chair of the G-LOC Committee. She on the Executive Committee of Aeronautical Society of India, and Fellow of the Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine.

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.