We will be performing FAA First, Second and Third class medicals through November 21 2024.
A note from Dr. Dillon:
After 41 years, I will be retiring from medical practice. My last day will be November 21, 2024. The office will be open until that date.
Robbyn and I will be available by phone or email. We will make every effort to accommodate anyone who needs to be seen within that time. Call the office during working hours to set an appointment.
Once the office is closed, the phone line, email and web site will remain active for at least six months. We will, for the most part, not answer the phone, but we will return voicemail messages and emails from our patients.
Your FAA medical file is available upon written request to the FAA. This file includes all FAA medicals performed and all notes with respect to HIMS assessments, as well as consultant reports and any documentation previously submitted to the FAA in support of medical certification. If you require access to the few items that are not routinely sent to the FAA, such as actual drug screen results or SoberLink reports, contact Robbyn directly and she will provide those.
For those in the HIMS program, you will need to send to the FAA a request to change HIMS AMEs. The FAA will expect an acknowledgement from the former AME and your new AME. The latter can be done at your first visit with the new AME. When an AME retires, the FAA does not object to your changing AMEs, it is simply an administrative action. You will have to have a copy of your FAA medical file released directly to the receiving HIMS AME; ideally, this should be done before the first visit with your new AME. Note also that this does not apply to those who have reached the maintenance level of monitoring as the only requirement in that phase is that medicals are completed by a HIMS AME.
To find an AME or HIMS AME, go to the FAA AME Locator
All the best for the future,
Dr. Jade E. Dillon
Trocáire Medical, LLC
Senior AME
HIMS AME
The FAA has mandated the physical and psychological standards that must be met prior to granting an FAA medical certificate to individuals acting as pilot in command or serving as required crew members of any type of aircraft. The same standards apply to student pilots as well. Pilots and crew must meet minimum safety standards in terms of physical and mental condition as determined by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). To get and maintain an FAA Medical certificate, you must undergo periodic examintations by an FAA certified Aviation Medical Examiner (AME). Commercial Airline Pilots require a first class medical performed by a Senior AME, while other classes of medicals may be performed by any AME. Pilots under the Human Intervention and Motivation Study (HIMS) program must see a HIMS certified AME
Dr. Dillon has many years experience as both a pilot and flight surgeon and understands the needs of Pilots and the regulatory environment in which they work. She has been performing FAA Medical Exams in Colorado since 2000 and became a Senior FAA Examiner in 2005. She is currently one of about 50 AMEs, one of about 30 Senior AMEs and one of about 5 HIMS AMEs currently practicing in Colorado.
Airmen: Before your aviation medical exam, please make sure you have filled out FAA Form 8500-8 at FAA MedXpress.
We perform all classes (First, Second, and Third) of FAA medicals, including special issuance medicals, and HIMS medicals and monitoring.
First and second class medicals are commercial level. Third class medicals are private or recreational level.
Lead time for scheduling is generally one to two weeks.
If you have a medical issue that you are concerned might affect your ability to obtain or maintain an FAA medical certification it may be helpful to have an AME consultation prior to starting the application process or prior to obtaining certain treatments or prescriptions.
A consultation with an AME can prepare you in advance, or help you chose treatments or prescriptions that will not impact your medical certification.
This very successful program is designed to return pilots to the cockpit after a diagnosis of substance abuse or dependence or with certain mental health issues. Careful evaluation and monitoring are required, but many pilots have resumed flying once treated and stable.
