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Please Call Dr. Sommese about any past or present medical conditions before filling out the Medxpress-any questions at all regarding your medical history should be discussed with Dr. Sommese before completing the Medxpress.
See link for MedXpress at the bottom of this page.
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New applicants need the computer color vision test and this is a one time additional fee of $20.
About the physician
​Dr. Teresa (Terry) Sommese is a board-certified specialist in Aerospace and Occupational Medicine, and an FAA Senior Aviation Medical Examiner (AME). She served 21 years from 1982 to 2003 in the United States Air Force as a Flight Surgeon and was an Aerospace Medicine Squadron Commander at Charleston Air Force Base. She retired in Washington, DC working as an associate professor at the Uniformed Services School of Medicine where she taught International Health. Dr. Sommese has over 2,000 hours of aeromedical flying experience in 40 different aircraft and is a licensed private pilot. After her distinguished career in the Air Force, Dr. Sommese has worked as a Medical Director and clinician, most recently as an occupational health physician at Naval Health Clinic Charleston. Dr. Sommese received her MD degree from the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and her MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She completed her residency at the Brooks School of Aerospace Medicine.
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