2022/12 LECTURE: My Journey Through Aviation Medicine

Royal Aeronautical Society Heathrow Branch December 2022 Lecture - "My Journey Through Aviation Medicine" by Professor Michael Bagahaw MB, BCh, MRCS, FFOM, DAvMed, DFFP, FRSB, FRAeS ABSTRACT: In this RAeS Heathrow Branch, we are delighted to welcome Professor Michael Bagshaw as our Guest Lecturer, and he is far from being a stranger to Heathrow and to British Airways. He was British Airways’ Head of Medical Services and has previously lectured to the Heathrow Branch on technical aspects of aviation medicine and physiology. This visit, in his lecture “My Journey Through Aviation Medicine“, he will be back to give the audient a light hearted biographical picture of the highlights of his unique, full and varied career, un-rivalled by anyone. ABOUT THE SPEAKERS: After medical training and qualification, Michael joined the Royal Air Force as a medical officer. During a 16-year commission, he also qualified and served as: a Hunter and Jaguar pilot, a flying instructor, and a test pilot. On retirement from the Armed Forces, he worked in the NHS as a General Practitioner and hospital consultant. But, as aviation ran in his blood, he was appointed as the Head of Medical Services to British Airways for 12 years before becoming Director and Professor of Aviation Medicine at King’s College London and a visiting professor at Cranfield University. During this period, as an RAF Volunteer Reserve Qualified Flying Instructor, he instructed part-time in the Bulldog at Oxford University Air Squadron. He holds an ATPL Pilot license and was a part-time Hawker business jet captain at Farnborough. He owned a Twin Comanche, still flies a Bulldog and is a CAA Flight Instructor and Flight Examiner. Past-President of the Aerospace Medical Association and the Airlines Medical Directors Association, Professor Bagshaw has published more than 100 scientific papers and contributed to the major textbooks. Recently retired as Honorary Civilian Consultant Adviser in Aviation Medicine to the British Army, he is Chairman of the UK General Aviation Safety Council (GASCo) and Medical Adviser to the Historic Aircraft Association. FOR UPCOMING EVENTS: visit http://tiny.cc/RAeSLHR​ or https://aerosociety.com/Heathrow