Dr. Paulo M. Alves is the Global Medical Director, Aviation Health at MedAire Inc. (2007–present), where he provides executive clinical leadership for global aviation medical operations. In this role, he oversees in-flight medical decision support, aircraft diversion guidance, and crew health management, while also advising aviation regulators, airlines, and aircraft operators worldwide on medical risk management and operational readiness.

He was formerly the General Medical Manager for Varig Brazilian airlines.

Dr. Alves has collaborated extensively with international aviation authorities and associations, including the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Aerospace Medical Association. He has played a significant role in advancing global standards for in-flight medical systems and ground-based medical support.

Dr. Alves is a past-president of the International Airlines Medical Association, the Ibero-American Aerospace Medical Association, and the Brazilian Society of Aerospace Medicine. He is a past chairman of the Air Transport Committee of the Aerospace Medical Association. He is a fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association and of the Civil Aviation Medical Association.

He has a consistent academic activity having authored or co-authored more than 25 original scientific papers published in peer-reviewed medical journals and more than 115 presentations in international scientific or industry events over the past years .

Dr. Alves is a recipient of the following awards:

• George Kidera Award for outstanding achievements in aviation medicine from the Airlines Medical Directors Association – 2010
• MedAire CEO Award for outstanding achievements in Aviation Medicine from MedAire – 2011
• Boothby-Edwards Award for outstanding research and/or clinical practice directed at the promotion of health and prevention of disease in professional airline pilots from the Aerospace Medical Association – 2012
• Annual Scientific Award 2014 for outstanding research contributions to the Society of Critical Care Medicine. Pediatric Fatalities at 30,000 feet. Characterizing Pediatric Deaths on Commercial Airline Flights. Co-author
• Harry G. Moseley Award for Most Outstanding Contribution for Flight Safety from the Aerospace Medical Association - 2016.
• John A. Tamisea Award for outstanding contribution to the art and science of aviation medicine in its application to the general aviation field from the Civil Aviation Medical Association – 2018
• Won Chuel Kay Award for dedication, loyal services and outstanding contribution in Aerospace Medicine from the Aerospace Medical Association of Korea – 2024

MB ChB MSc DAvMed FFOM FAsMA FRAeS RAF

Ian graduated from the University of Dundee in 1997 and joined the Royal Air Force.  He trained as a General Practitioner and Commanded the UKs Strategic Aeromedical Evacuation  Control Centre during the busy period of combat casualties from Iraq and Afghanistan. 

Later he served with US Forces as the Coalition Validating Flight Surgeon at the Joint Patient Movements Requirements Center in the Combined Air and Space Operations Center Al Udeid.  Ian is Flight Medical Officer and Consultant Occupational Medicine Physician.  

Currently, he is the RAFs Consultant Advisor in Occupational Medicine and Whittingham Professor of Aerospace Medicine.  He has active research interests in aircrew fatigue.

MD, Dip Av Med, Cert ORL, Cert Prev Med (Av Med)

Air Vice Marshal Supachai Sinthavalai is the Chief Medical Officer and Manager of the Aeromedical Standards Department at the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT). He is a senior aviation medicine specialist with over three decades of experience in military and civil aerospace medicine, aeromedical safety, and aviation regulation.

He graduated from Pramongkutklao Army Medical College in 1990 and subsequently completed the Diploma in Aviation Medicine at the Royal Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine, Farnborough, United Kingdom. He is board-certified in Otorhinolaryngology and Preventive Medicine (Aviation Medicine), and has undertaken advanced training in Aerospace Physiology at the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine.

Throughout his distinguished career in the Royal Thai Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Supachai has held numerous leadership positions, including Director of the Aeromedical Safety Division, Director of the Aeromedical Evacuation Centre, and Vice Director of the Institute of Aviation Medicine. He has also served as a Flight Medical Officer, hospital director, and aviation medicine consultant.

His professional interests include aeromedical standards, flight safety, aerospace physiology, and the advancement of aviation medicine within both military and civil aviation sectors.