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Mayo Clinic Clear Approach

Mayo Clinic Clear Approach

Written by: Mayo Clinic Aerospace Medicine
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Mayo Clinic Clear Approach tackles medical topics important to commercial aviators, recreational pilots, or just folks interested in things that fly. Current topics from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and aviation trends are explored in a serious but sometimes humorous way. Mayo Clinic Clear Approach focuses on a perspective from "the other side of the gurney." Let us navigate the storms of aeromedical certification, medical issues that may affect pilots, and share experiences with and from other pilots to break through life's sometimes stormy clouds and focus in on a clear approach.

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Episodes
  • Brain Injury to Optometry -- What's in the FAA Update Bag This Time?

    Brain Injury to Optometry -- What's in the FAA Update Bag This Time?
    Oct 16 2026

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    On this episode, we review updates from the FAA on several topics including new stand down times for traumatic brain injury, the ability to use an optometrist rather than ophthalmologist for certain conditions such as diabetes, and allowable drugs for managing weight loss and for control of allergies.
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    19 mins
  • No Waivers Required for Pilots With Diabetes? It's Coming!

    No Waivers Required for Pilots With Diabetes? It's Coming!
    Oct 2 2026

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    On this episode, we review the FAA proposal to drop the requirement for Special Issuance Authorization completely for well-controlled diabetic piloits with management of the condition using oral medication or dietary modification (non-insulin dependent diabetes) -- plus, we cover recent updates from the FAA on certain respiratory conditions such as cystic fibrosis, pulmonary artery hypertension, and pulmonary nodules.

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    27 mins
  • FAA Updates on POTS plus Meeting With Juice

    FAA Updates on POTS plus Meeting With Juice
    Sep 18 2026

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    On this episode, we get to visit with Mayo Clinic's newest FAA Aviation Medical Examiner, Dr. Jacob Berry (call sign "Juice"). Plus, the latest updates from the new FAA disposition table for postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS).
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    19 mins
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