Jan Stepanek, M.D.

Scottsdale, Arizona

stepanek.jan@mayo.edu

Summary

Aerospace Medicine:

Terrestrial high-altitude exposure and associated illnesses such as acute mountain sickness (AMS), HACE (high altitude cerebral edema), HAPE(high altitude pulmonary edema) and their treatment, prevention and preparticipation evaluation.
Physiological effects of hypoxia, decompression, acceleration and risk mitigation measures.
Medical concerns arising in corporate aviation and new high altitude capable aircraft.
Civilian spaceflight and medical evaluation of prospective participants.
Aerospace physiology and novel avenues for training aircrew.

Executive Health:

MD Faculty of Medicine, Universitat Basel
Residency - Department of Pathology University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Residency Department of Internal Medicine
Residency - Chief Medical Resident Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine
Residency - Aerospace Medicine, UTMB/NASA University of Texas Medical Branch
MPH Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch