Austrian Aviation Medicine Institute AAMI

07/03/2025

Early days in 2019, post Covid meeting 2022 and the international AME meeting 2024 😘 The Salzburg Aerospace Medicine Meeting has grown, the fundamendals have stayed the same: current avi med topics presented by great speakers and super cool aviation insights presented by iconic aviators and wingmen 😎 2025 will include the winning team of the Gordon Bennet Cup🎈🏆 and an outlook on the plans of the aviation industry 🛩️ for the future. Our wingman’s dinner will be back at the newly renovated Kuglhof gasthaus 🍻 🥂
We are looking forward to seeing you again!
Tom, Phil, Christian, Ulli and Michaela!

12/01/2025

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo

David Bowie’s Space Odity - Maj. Tom - a truely unique cover performed on the ISS by Cmdr. Chris Hadfield on the eve of his departure from the station.

NEW YOUTUBE SERIES (Rare Earth): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPfak9ofGSn9sWgKrHrXrxQXXxwhCblaTRest in peace, Starman.A revised version of David Bo...

12/01/2025

2025 Austrian Avi Medicine Institute Training Courses in Salzburg and abroad.

🛩️ The second Austrian BASIC COURSE in AVIATION MEDICINE will be held in April/May 2025.
🚀 The first Austrian ADVANCED COURSE in AVIATION MEDICINE will be held in September/October 2025.
🪂 The fourth Salzburg Aerospace Medicine Seminar refresher training will be held on October 17th and 18th, 2025.
✈️ We are currently working on a refresher training course to be held in November 2025 in Riad, Saudi Arabia. This course aims for joint EASA, FAA, GACA and GCAA accreditation. The course will be held in conjunction with the international Sand & Fun Air Show and will highlight current topics of aviation medicine as well as areas of aerospace medicine associated with sports aviation, air show/display flying, air racing and complex flight operations.

General Information to Prospective Candidates:
Aviation medicine is a unique and rewarding medical specialty that combines aspects of preventive, occupational, environmental and clinical medicine with the physiology and psychology of aviators. It is concerned with the health and safety of those who fly, both crew and passengers, the health of air traffic control officers as well as the selection and performance of those who hold aviation licenses.
If you are interested in entering the field of aviation medicine, we shall be glad to support you in achieving your goals. Our training organization, the Austrian Aviation Medicine Institute, AAMI, a subsidiary of Aeromedical Center Salzburg provides the full spectrum of courses required to become an Aviation Medical Examiner, and to remain current as and AME.
Basic training qualifies candidates as Class 2 AMEs with certification privileges of private and sports pilots as well as cabin crew.
Advanced training extends privileges to the certification of commercial and airline transportation pilots as well as air traffic control officers.

Course language: English.

2025 Course dates:

Basic Course in Aviation Medicine:
Online: April 12th – 13th, 2025
Self-Study: April 14th - May 9th, 2025
Live/On-site: May 10th – 14th, 2025

Advanced Course in Aviation Medicine:
Online: September 7th and 21st, 2025
Self-Study: September 22nd - October 1st, 2025
Live/On-site: October 2nd – 7th, 2025

Aviation Medicine Refresher Training:
4th Salzburg Aerospace Medicine Seminar 2025
14 hours – two days. Accreditation will include training under supervision of the competent authority, Austro Control, as well as ATCO training content. Hybrid format.
Live on-site and online participation is possible (refresher training hours are credited for live and on-line participation).

Please feel free to contact us for further information. We look forward to hearing from you and to welcoming you in Salzburg or Saudi Arabia!

Phone: Office: +43-662-874487 or Cel.: +43-650-242-2363
Email: medical@amc-salzburg.at
Course registration will open on February 1st, 2025.
Preregistration by email is possible ✈️ 🚁🚀🪂👍

12/10/2024

V1, rotate 🛫!

12/10/2024

Almost a year in the making, we have accelerated past V1 and will rotate tomorrow @ 09:00 🛩️✅👍
Thank you to our incredibly dedicated staff at Aeromedical Center Salzburg! Arigato to our talented faculty, your lectures are fantastic! Dankeschön to our corporate and institutional sponsors , , , , , , , and others (you know who you are!)! Grazie Philipp Bitterman, your input and tech savy have saved me more times than I care to remember! Merci to my family for putting up with my long days and short nights! Hvala lepa , your input and constructive feedback was invaluable! I am/we are honored and humbled by your generous support. It is the sum your collective contributions that have made this possible. This is a project made possible by a true spirit of !
Doc Tom

Kommende Woche sind Fachleute für Luft- und Raumfahrtmedizin aus mehreren Erdteilen in Salzburg zu Gast – als Vortragende und Kongressteilnehmer. Es gibt auch einen neuen Lehrgang für Flugmedizin, dessen Absolventen von Behörden vieler Länder anerkannt werden.

30/09/2024

Welcome to AAMI and the field Aviation Medicine and ! We are proud to host your iconic aviation brand at our AAMI course, conference and Plenary meeting @ . Grazie for your Wingman Partnership! Nothing like promoting aviation safety in style 😎👍👍👍

27/09/2024

Today we received formal accreditation of our basic course in aviation medicine from the national aviation regulatory authority, Austro Control. A huge THANK YOU to our faculty and staff for contributing your expertise, knowledge and passion! Our lecture series kicks off tomorrow morning with 2 days of online lectures followed by five days of onsite course work in October. We are looking forward to welcoming our course participants to Salzburg!

11/06/2024

Looking for a friendly assist/some tech advice: what tools are available to bring our Avi Medicine Basic Course announcement to a target audience of young european physicians with an interest in aviation? The Venn diagram would overlay youg physicians, physicians practicing in Europe and physicians with an interest in aviation and or aviation medicine.

08/06/2024

Thank you to the greatest generation for all liberties we enjoy today. We are humbled by your service and sacrifice. The colored images are from my friend Gabe who jumped with his colleagues in commemoration of D-day.

07/06/2024

Cool to be cc‘d in this email that was sent to the aviation medicine sections of all European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) member states today. Thank you Austro Control for a longstanding constructive partnership! Thank you to my team, medical and aviation partners in Austria and around the world for going the extra mile with us. We would not be where we are without you!

06/06/2024

Registration and enrollment open as of today 👍

05/06/2024

In the past century man has taken to the skies, flown to space, landed on the moon, broken the sound barrier and achieved the ancient dream of flight. Cheers to aviators worldwide but also to the aircraft maintainers, air traffic controllers, crews, chiefs and all who make aviation possible, safe and fun!