Civil Aviation Medicine is a small, specialized branch of Transport Canada tasked with advising the Minister on aeromedical matters. A major role of Pacific Region's aviation medical staff is to advise Personnel Licensing on the medical fitness of aviation document holders. This is accomplished, in the Pacific Region, through the assessment of some 12,000 medical examination reports annually. These medical examinations are performed by designated Civil Aviation Medical Examiners on pilots, air traffic controllers and flight engineers. Civil Aviation Medical Examiners are community physicians located throughout the Pacific Region, appointed by the Minister to perform these medical examinations.

Mandate

To advise Transport Canada Civil Aviation and the aviation industry on aeromedical aspects of aviation safety, and to perform civil aviation medicine research and development.

Civil Aviation Medicine is responsible for:

Medical Assessments
Licensed pilots and air traffic controllers who are assessed unfit can appeal to the Civil Aviation Tribunal, where an aviation doctor takes the role of expert witness.

Occupational Health and Education
In addition, the branch conducts aeromedical training session for air crew, flight instructors, Transport Canada inspectors and designated aviation medical examiners.

Investigation
Aviation medical staff support official investigation agencies such as the National Transportation Safety Board in the investigation of human performance factors pertaining to fatal aircraft accidents.

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