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About Aerospace Medicine Aerospace Medicine Residency The UTMB Aerospace Medicine Residency Program combines the facilities, faculty, and expertise of two great institutions and several partners to provide aerospace medicine training focused on space to the flight surgeons and researchers of tomorrow. Principles of Aviation & Space Medicine A foundation of our program, this course focuses on several areas, including the history of aviation, spaceflight and the specialty of aerospace medicine, human physiology in aviation and spaceflight among others. Human Health & Performance UTMB’s Aerospace Medicine team provides contract support and services to KBR Integrated Science and Engineering Group, the prime contractor for the Human Health and Performance Contract (HHPC) at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. A Bold Mission. Realized.  Our mission is to provide the best Aerospace Medicine training in the world. Watch to learn about the people fulfilling this mission and making it a reality. Learn More Aerospace News Welcome, Aerospace Medicine Residency Class of 2028 January 28, 2026 • 12:31 p.m. by Aerospace Medicine Residency Team Meet the University of Texas Medical Branch Aerospace Medicine Residency Class of 2028. Five residents join the program, including new categorical trainees and advancing combined EM and Aerospace Medicine residents, bringing diverse clinical and aviation experience to UTMB. Computable Workflows for Aerospace Dentistry January 21, 2026 • 8:59 a.m. by Harrison Chao A UTMB–UTHealth collaboration mapped spaceflight dental emergencies with BPMN and converted them into OWL2 knowledge graphs. Learn how computable workflows for abscess, extraction, trauma, and lost restorations could support decision aids during remote missions. Flight Surgeon at NASA and UTMB MPH Alumnus Publishes Research on Behavioral Health Emergencies in Spaceflight July 3, 2025 • 10:04 a.m. by Harrison Chao Dr. Craig Kutz, a UTMB MPH graduate and flight surgeon at NASA, co-authored new research on ketamine’s potential use in psychiatric emergencies during long-duration space missions. Meet the Aerospace Team Ronak V. Shah, DO, MBA, MPH Ronak V. Shah, DO, MBA, MPHAssistant ProfessorDirector, Aerospace Medicine Board Certification:Internal MedicinePreventive Medicine — Aerospace Medicine Amy Kreykes, MD, MPH Amy Kreykes, MD, MPHAssistant ProfessorInterim Program DirectorAerospace Medicine ResidencyBoard Certification:Family MedicineSports MedicinePreventive Medicine – Aerospace Medicine Natacha Chough, MD, MPH Natacha Chough, MD, MPHPhysicianClinical Assistant ProfessorFlight SurgeonBoard Certification:Emergency MedicinePreventive Medicine – Aerospace Medicine Tarah Castleberry, DO, MPH Tarah Castleberry, DO, MPHPhysicianClinical Assistant ProfessorFlight SurgeonBoard Certification:Family MedicinePreventive Medicine – Aerospace Medicine R. Yvette Schulz, MBA R. Yvette Schulz, MBAProgram ManagerAerospace Medicine Kimberly Covert Kimberly Covert, BSAdministrative CoordinatorAerospace Medicine A Token of Thanks to All Our Affiliate Faculty Current Job OpeningsThe following represent the current job openings within the UTMB Aerospace Medicine Program Associate Professor Clinical Practice (Assoc Prog Director), Aerospace Medicine Associate Professor of Research, Aerospace Medicine Have a Question? Contact Us
