Hear from Dr. Anil Menon live from the International Space Station at ACEP26 Keynote Session

Dr. Anil Menon is an actively practicing emergency medicine physician with fellowship training in wilderness and aerospace medicine. Dr. Menon was selected by NASA to join the 2021 Astronaut Candidate Class. He reported for duty in January 2022. Menon was SpaceX’s first flight surgeon, helping to launch its first humans to space during the Demo-2 mission and building a medical organization to support the human system during future missions. Prior, he served NASA as the crew flight surgeon for various expeditions on the International Space Station.

Menon maintains his clinical work by practicing regularly in local trauma centers, most recently University of Texas Emergency Department at Texas Medical Center, Memorial Hermann. His research efforts have led to the publication of over 20 scientific articles on emergency medicine and space medicine.

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