William Hoffman M.D.

Education

Aeromedical Research Post-Doctoral Program, Civil Aviation Medicine Institute, Federal Aviation Administration, Oklahoma City, OK

Movement Disorders Fellowship, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

Neurology Residency, San Antonio Uniformed Health Education Consortium, Joint Base San Antonio, TX

Medical Degree, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC

B.S. Biology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

Biography

Maj William Hoffman USAF MC is a board-certified neurologist and serves as the Medical Director of Joint Integrated Clinical Medicine, 59th Medical Wing Office of Science and Technology. His clinical and research interests center around aircrew brain health, mental wellness in operational populations, neurological care in aircrew populations, and aeromedical screening. Maj Hoffman also leads research related to toxic exposures and early onset Parkinson’s Disease in service members. He attended Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed a residency in neurology at Brooke Army Medical Center, where he was chief resident and awarded the San Antonio Uniformed Health Education Consortium (SAUHEC) Maj John Berry Resident of the Year. He completed a fellowship in movement disorders at Columbia University Medical Center in New York, NY, where he received clinical training in deep brain stimulation and electromyography-guided botulinum toxin injections for movement disorders. Maj Hoffman completed two years of post-graduate training in aeromedical research under Anthony Tvaryanas MD PhD at the Federal Aviation Administration's Civil Aviation Medical Institute (CAMI).

Maj Hoffman serves as the Brooke Army Medical Center Neurology Residency faculty director of research, where he supervises the research activities of eight resident physicians. He provides research support to ten active-duty USAF neurologists traversing a range of operationally focused topics and oversees multi-disciplinary research efforts focused on readiness. Additionally, Maj Hoffman serves as a faculty advisor for a post-doctoral researcher focused on aircrew mental health and aeromedical screening.

Maj Hoffman is the lead author on multiple operationally relevant academic publications related to aircrew brain health and aeromedical screening in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Military Medicine, Occupational Medicine and others. He is an invited speaker on aircrew health topics with multiple mainstream publications including in Scientific American, Seattle Times, and Flying Magazine. He served on the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Aviation Rulemaking Committee on Mental Health and testified on his research to the US National Transportation Safety Board in Washington, DC. Maj Hoffman is an affiliated assistant professor of aviation at the University of North Dakota and is the Vice Chair of the Aerospace Medical Association's Mental Health Working Group. He is an Affiliate of the International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine (IAASM), a recreational runner and an aviation enthusiast.

CURRENT POSITIONS:

Medical Director, Joint Integrated Clinical Medicine Program
59th Medical Wing, Office of Science and Technology, JB San Antonio, TX

Attending Neurologist & Movement Disorders Specialist
Brooke Army Medical Wing, JB San Antonio, TX

PREVIOUS POSITIONS:

Team Lead - Warfighter Brain Health
Advanced Exposures, Diagnostics, Interventions, and Biosecurity (AEGIS) Program
59th Medical Wing, Office of Science & Technology, JB San Antonio, TX

SPECIAL PROJECTS AND APPOINTMENTS:

Vice Chair - Aviation Mental Health Working Group
Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA)

Department of Defense Representative - Aeromedical Safety Coalition
Federation Aviation Administration & MITRE Corporation, Washington, DC
https://sites.mitre.org/asc/

Department of Defense Representative - 2024 Aviation Rulemaking Committee on Mental Health
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Washington, DC
https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/Mental_Health_ARC_Final_Report_RELEASED.pdf

Expert Testimony - 2024 Roundtable on Mental Health
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Washington, DC

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

Affiliated Assistant Professor of Aviation, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

Affiliated Assistant Professor of Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina

2024 Bloothby-Edwards Award for Airline Pilot Health, Aerospace Medical Association

2023 Maj John Barry Resident of the Year, San Antonio Uniformed Health Education Consortium

2019 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, Georgetown University School of Medicine

2019 Jesuit Leadership and Service Award, Georgetown University School of Medicine

Representative Bibliography

Hoffman WR, McNeil M, Tvaryanas A. The Untapped Potential of Narrative as a Tool in Aviation Mental Health and Certification. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2024 Mar 1;95(3):165-166.PMID: 38356134. DOI: 10.3357/AMHP.6281.2024.

Hoffman WR, Tvaryanas A, Snyder Q, Spyropoulos BP, Garcia D, Schroeder D, Fahnenbruck G, Trottier K, Overbo S, Santilhano W, Brinks E, Ndoye A, Bongers H, O'Shaughnessy R, Miranda E; Aerospace Medical Association Mental Health Research Subgroup. Aerospace Medical Association Proposed Research Priorities for Mental Health and Safety in Aviation. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2024 Nov;95(11):845-850. doi: 10.3357/AMHP.6442.2024. PMID: 39711341.

Hoffman WR, Patel PK, Aden J, Willis A, Acker JP, Bjerke E, Miranda E, Luster J, Tvaryanas A. Multinational comparison study of aircraft pilot healthcare avoidance behaviour. Occup Med (Lond). 2023 Sep 2. PMID: 37658781. DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqad091.

Hoffman WR, Aden J, Barbera R D, Mayes R, Willis A, Patel P, Tvaryanas A. Healthcare Avoidance in Aircraft Pilots Due to Concern for Aeromedical Certificate Loss: A Survey of 3,765 Pilots. J Occup Environ Med. 2022;64(4): e254-e248. PMID: 35166258. DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002519

Hoffman WR, Suh A, Sprott T, Manderson K, Snyder Q, Sparrow M, Tvaryanas A. A Proposed Framework to Regulate Mental Health in Airline Pilots. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2024 Dec;95(12):940-943. doi: 10.3357/AMHP.6508.2024. PMID: 39711409.

Hoffman W, Aden J, Barbera D, Tvaryanas A. Self-Reported Health Care Avoidance Behavior in U.S. Military Pilots Related to Fear for Loss of Flying Status. Mil Med. 2022;usac311. PMID: 36242520. DOI: 10.1093/milmed/usac311

Luster JD, Hoffman WR, Jordan M, Cacic K, Tchopev ZN, Anderson J, Gissendanner W, Miranda E, Yuan T, Willis A. Feasibility Assessment of Rapid Response EEG in the Identification of Nonconvulsive Seizures During Military Medical Air Transport. Mil Med. 2024 Oct 10:usae471. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usae471. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39388316.

Hoffman W, Bjerke E, Tvaryanas A. Breaking the Pilot Healthcare Barrier. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2022;93(8):649-650. PMID: 36050857. DOI: 10.3357/AMHP.6063.2022

Goodman TM, Martinez RN, Giarrusso NL, Thompson C, Hoffman WR. Factors That Influence Health care-Seeking Behavior and Health Information Disclosure Among U.S. Air Force Pilots. Mil Med. 2024 Jun 13:usae310. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38870075. DOI: 10.1093/milmed/usae310.

Miranda EE, Hoffman WR, Bongers H, Snyder Q, Worley SY, Yuan T, Tvaryanas A. The Case for a Performance-Based Approach to Mental Health Screening in Aviation. J Occup Environ Med. 2024 Feb 1;66(2):e77-e79. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000003016. Epub 2023 Nov 11. PMID: 37964597.