Daniel A. Danczyk, MD, MPH

Dr. Danczyk is a staff physician at AMAS. He is board certified in Psychiatry and Aerospace Medicine. A graduate of the United States Military Academy and Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Dr. Danczyk received his Master of Public Health from the University of Minnesota.

Prior to going into medicine, he served six years on active duty in the US Army. His medical career has spanned multiple private and governmental organizations, as well as breadth and depth of specialty care. Dr. Danczyk was a staff psychiatrist at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center. His psychiatry work at Mayo Clinic included general outpatient adult, inpatient, consult-liaison, and the emergency room. As a HIMS AME and HIMS psychiatrist, his aeromedical work included complex and specialized medical and psychiatric fitness for duty exams for civilian and military pilots, other aircrew, and air traffic controllers. His occupational work also included evaluating physicians, nurses, and other healthcare employees. Dr. Danczyk’s career then took him back to civil service, where he eventually became the FAA’s third Chief Psychiatrist and first manager of their Aviation Psychiatry Branch, where he helped advance medical certification policy for airmen and controllers with psychiatric and substance use conditions.

Additionally, Dr. Danczyk has been an invited interviewer and evaluator for NASA’s Astronaut Candidate Selection. After medical school, he rejoined the military, now serving in the Minnesota Air National Guard and is currently a medical group commander and rated senior flight surgeon with over 200 flying hours. Dr. Danczyk is also an instrument-rated private pilot with over 500 flying hours in various aircraft and is currently working on his commercial certificate.