Full Name
Dr. Brett Wyrick
Job Title
Deputy Federal Air Surgeon
Company
Federal Aviation Administration
Speaker Bio
Current Job Description
Dr. Brett Wyrick serves as the Acting Federal Air Surgeon (AAM-1) in the Office of Aerospace Medicine (AAM) for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). He is the Senior Executive responsible for the AAM-100 Program Management Division, AAM-200 Medical Specialties Division, AAM-300 Aerospace Medical Certification Division, AAM-400 Aerospace Medical Certification Division, AAM-500 Aerospace Human Factors Division, AAM-600 Aerospace Medical Research Division, AAM-700 Occupational Health Division, AAM-800 Drug Abatement Division, the Civil Aviation Medical Institute in Oklahoma City, and the nine Regional Flight Surgeon Offices at various locations throughout the United States.
Professional Knowledge & Experience
Dr. Wyrick first joined the FAA in 2016 as the Regional Flight Surgeon for the Northwest Mountain Region and he served with the United States Air Force prior to service with the FAA. He served four combat tours in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. His previous assignments include Air National Guard Assistant to the Air Combat Command Surgeon, Command Surgeon for the Air National Guard, Deputy Surgeon General of the National Guard Bureau, and Assistant Adjutant General (Air) of the Hawaii Air National Guard. Major General Wyrick retired from the United States Air Force in 2023 as the Assistant to the Department of the Air Force Surgeon General..
His previous civilian experience includes 10 years in the private practice of General Surgery on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Education, Certifications and Awards
Dr. Wyrick is dual Board Certified in General Surgery and Aerospace Medicine. He received his Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) degree from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences in Kansas City, Missouri in 1989, and completed his surgical training at Oklahoma State University in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1994. He went on to earn a Master’s in Public Health from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2008, and he completed his Residency in Aerospace Medicine at Brooks AFB, Texas in 2009.
Dr. Wyrick has received numerous awards and decorations, and he holds the aeronautical rating of Chief Flight Surgeon with over 900 flight hours. He is also a private pilot and a Senior Aviation Medical Examiner for the FAA. His two oldest children are officers in the United States Air Force. He is married to Dr. Maryam Allahyar-Wyrick who presently serves in the Senior Executive Service as the Associate Administrator for Research at the Federal Transit Administration, and they live with their youngest son in Northern Virginia.
Professional Associations
Dr. Wyrick is a Fellow in the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons (FACOS) and a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA).
Dr. Brett Wyrick serves as the Acting Federal Air Surgeon (AAM-1) in the Office of Aerospace Medicine (AAM) for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). He is the Senior Executive responsible for the AAM-100 Program Management Division, AAM-200 Medical Specialties Division, AAM-300 Aerospace Medical Certification Division, AAM-400 Aerospace Medical Certification Division, AAM-500 Aerospace Human Factors Division, AAM-600 Aerospace Medical Research Division, AAM-700 Occupational Health Division, AAM-800 Drug Abatement Division, the Civil Aviation Medical Institute in Oklahoma City, and the nine Regional Flight Surgeon Offices at various locations throughout the United States.
Professional Knowledge & Experience
Dr. Wyrick first joined the FAA in 2016 as the Regional Flight Surgeon for the Northwest Mountain Region and he served with the United States Air Force prior to service with the FAA. He served four combat tours in Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. His previous assignments include Air National Guard Assistant to the Air Combat Command Surgeon, Command Surgeon for the Air National Guard, Deputy Surgeon General of the National Guard Bureau, and Assistant Adjutant General (Air) of the Hawaii Air National Guard. Major General Wyrick retired from the United States Air Force in 2023 as the Assistant to the Department of the Air Force Surgeon General..
His previous civilian experience includes 10 years in the private practice of General Surgery on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Education, Certifications and Awards
Dr. Wyrick is dual Board Certified in General Surgery and Aerospace Medicine. He received his Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) degree from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences in Kansas City, Missouri in 1989, and completed his surgical training at Oklahoma State University in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1994. He went on to earn a Master’s in Public Health from the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2008, and he completed his Residency in Aerospace Medicine at Brooks AFB, Texas in 2009.
Dr. Wyrick has received numerous awards and decorations, and he holds the aeronautical rating of Chief Flight Surgeon with over 900 flight hours. He is also a private pilot and a Senior Aviation Medical Examiner for the FAA. His two oldest children are officers in the United States Air Force. He is married to Dr. Maryam Allahyar-Wyrick who presently serves in the Senior Executive Service as the Associate Administrator for Research at the Federal Transit Administration, and they live with their youngest son in Northern Virginia.
Professional Associations
Dr. Wyrick is a Fellow in the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons (FACOS) and a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA).
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