AME Guide Grand Rounds November 2025 Session

FAA AME Grand Rounds – November 2025 Session (recorded in December) Live update from the FAA Office of Aerospace Medicine featuring Deputy Federal Air Surgeon Dr. Brett Wyrick and Dr. Judy Frazier.

Key topics covered in this session:

Major progress reducing unissued medical case backlog.
Shortened waiting period for antidepressant (SSRI/SNRI/NDRI) protocol.
Updated TBI (traumatic brain injury) evaluation requirements.
Relaxed CGM/insulin-treated diabetes protocol thresholds.
New guidance on Chikungunya & MMR vaccines, migraine abortive medications.
Important reminders about color vision testing, grandfathering rules, pacemaker status summaries, CACI limitations for ATCS, and proper documentation of uncomplicated anxiety/depression decisions.