Terry L. Haske, MD

Aerospace Medicine Doctor

Dr. Terry L. Haske is an Aerospace Medicine Doctor in Andrews Air Force Base, MD with special training and skill in addressing conditions stimulated in outer space and aviation environments. As an Aerospace Medicine Doctor, Terry L. Haske, MD performs diagnostic testing and treatments on patients that operate air and space vehicles. Aerospace Medicine is the healthcare and promotion of passenger and crew member safety and performance. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Aerospace Medicine Doctors include common ailments like high blood pressure and injuries caused by emergency ejections or radiation exposure. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Aerospace Medicine Doctors include annual physical examinations, blood pressure management, and injury healing.

Aerospace medicine focuses on the clinical care, research, and operational support of the health, safety, and performance of crewmembers and passengers of air and space vehicles, together with the support personnel who assist operation of such vehicles. This population often works and lives in remote, isolated, extreme, or enclosed environments under conditions of physical and psychological stress. Practitioners strive for an optimal human-machine match in occupational settings rich with environmental hazards and engineering countermeasures.

Preventive Occupational Medicine Doctor

Occupational medicine focuses on the health of workers, including the ability to perform work; the physical, chemical, biological, and social environments of the workplace; and the health outcomes of environmental exposures. Practitioners in this field address the promotion of health in the work place, and the prevention and management of occupational and environmental injury, illness, and disability.