Surgery in middle of 3rd Class Medical period?

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If a student pilot holding a valid 3rd class Medical/Student Pilot Cert has a surgery (cardiac stent by way of catheter), does he have to ground himself for a certain period of time or get re-approved/certified by an AME? Or will this info be reviewed in the next regular interval 3rd Class Medical Application? Can the cardiologist performing the procedure give any sort of sign off on condition to continue flying? Any info is appreciated!
 
Contact Bruce Chien at Aeromedicaldoc.com He will give you the full skinny and tell you exactly what documentation you need from your doctor to make it go smooth as possible.
 
Henning said:
Contact Bruce Chien at Aeromedicaldoc.com He will give you the full skinny and tell you exactly what documentation you need from your doctor to make it go smooth as possible.
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+1 it's important to know exactly what to do . Dr Bruce can walk you through the procedure.
 
Anything cardiac is a big deal with the FAA. The docs in OKC are going to want lots of info on this.

As others have said, becoming a client of Dr. Bruce Chien will be your best bet at retaining your 3rd class medical.
 
I went to Dr. Bruce's site and filled out the contact for a couple weeks ago. Didn't hear back. Looks like from the AOPA site if someone has a medical already and then a cardiac stent there is a 90 day self grounding period, with a subsequent stress test after 90 days. It is unclear if you can just wait 90 days and start up again or if anything needs to be sent to the FAA. Still researching but would love to get some advice from experts.
 
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I went to Dr. Bruce's site and filled out the contact for a couple weeks ago. Didn't hear back. Looks like from the AOPA site if someone has a medical already and then a cardiac stent there is a 90 day self grounding period, with a subsequent stress test after 90 days. It is unclear if you can just wait 90 days and start up again or if anything needs to be sent to the FAA. Still researching but would love to get some advice from experts.
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send him a direct email.
 
murphey said:
send him a direct email.
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Try this email address (posted with Bruce's permission):
aeromedicaldoc@comcast.net

Regarding contact via the web site, Bruce sends the following:
The web email is very tough on the user. Many succeed but some don’t- it's designed to defeat spambots.
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I gather Bruce's web host couldn't tell the difference between the OP and a 'bot. :dunno:
 
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Ron Levy said:
Try this email address (posted with Bruce's permission):
aeromedicaldoc@comcast.net

Regarding contact via the web site, Bruce sends the following:
I gather Bruce's web host couldn't tell the difference between the OP and a 'bot. :dunno:
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That happens a lot if a user posts from a mobile device using a connection provided by the phone carrier. Most form mail filters I looked at while I was building a better one reject submissions to the form-processing script if the IP is not the same one that accessed the form. Because mobile providers assign IP addresses on the fly, quite often the IP will change between opening the form and submitting it, which causes the filtering script to reject the submission.

Rich
 
Just a follow up to this. The stent procedure was not related to coronary heart disease- it was in the superior vena cava to repair a derangement caused by a previous surgery years ago. Therefore, the FAA required a stress test after the procedure but without the requirement of a 90 day wait period for that test.

It all seems a bit intense to fly GA airplanes but I guess thats the way it is! Good times!
 
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