Seskind Coleman R, MD

I was a little hesitant to come here at first due to a couple negative reviews but I’m glad i did. I think the reason he might take a little longer than the average medical check is because he is NICE. With over 40 years experience as an AME, he enjoys his job and just wants to chat and get to know you. He does the checks himself and doesn’t pawn it off on his assistant. This is beneficial to you as a pilot because he will take the time to get you through the maze of FAA Regulations to get you PASSED. I have an extensive medical history with documentation requirements to boot. i had just moved to Chicago and was looking for a new AME so admittedly, i was a little worked up when i went to the office. Dr. Seskind made me feel relaxed, was able to review all my documents and make the necessary calls. I walked out of there with my First Class medical. Other AMEs may have just deferred me and made me wait. I’m an airline pilot whose livelihood depends on having a First Class medical so i appreciate the extra efforts on Dr. Seskind’s part. I will return to Dr. Seskin’s office and hope to make him my permanent AME.

Doc Seskind has been both my GP and AME for over ten years now. And yes, he takes a very long time on my annual examinations. He want to know what I’ve been up to for the past year, what health issues I’ve had, my diet, what exercise I’ve been doing, my state of mind, my family’s recent health, my drinking, my job and a myriad of other subjects that allows him to make a holistic evaluation of both my health and the environment in my life. This is combined with a very thourogh examination including EKG, as well as a very complete blood and other chemical tests.
Every two years, I do my FAA medical with him. It is thourogh, by the book and, no, he is not looking for things to ground me, just keep me and my passengers alive. The FAA test take a lot less time than the annual. If there are any issues, he will take the time to work with you to resolve them with the FAA. Try that with a fly by night examiner.
Doc Seskind is old school in his approach to his patients yet modern in his knowledge of medicine. Sadly, there are less and less of doctors like him around.

Dr. Seskind is great. I don’t know what these guys’ problems were, but he is caring, thorough, and very good at his practice. I’ve been seeing him for over a decade for my FAA medical exams, and he’s always kind and never «looks for something not there». He has to be thorough because he may not see you regularly and needs to make sure you’ll be safe to fly yourself and others! There are far too many stories of fatal crashes where the pilot was too cocky to be safe, and he unfortunately knows many pilots whom died of «Get-​There-​itis» — as he calls it. He may be abrupt with some questions, but he has a lot to cover and doesn’t want to waste your time. I’ll always remember how the first time I got my student exam he advised me to get my instrument rating, taking the time to tell me some stories of pilots he knew. He made it very convincing. That was the main reason I continued on past my private certificate and got the rating. I’m so glad I did. It made me a much safer, confident pilot, and I have Dr. Seskind to thank. Very highly recommend!

I agree with the other review, I had my FAA medical done once with him, because my normal doctor was on vacation. He took quite some time to do the examination, and I was very annoyed with some of the things he said, due to this my blood pressure started to rise, when he took my blood pressure for the SECOND time, it was high. I was then told I had to go on medication or he would recommend my medical be suspended, as my lively hood depends on me flying (I’m a charter pilot) I had to take the script. I’m 25 years old in good shape and never had a problem with blood pressure before. or since. From now on I’ll wait until my doctor is back in town to have my medical done

This Dr. does FAA medicals. He took 1.5 hours to do an FAA medical for a friend of mine and the typical time is 30 minutes. I had the same experience of him taking excessive time to look for problems that were not there. I am a flight instructor and have had 10 medicals with different Drs. over the years. He did not follow standard procedures. I strongly recommend using someone else for FAA medical and all other certifications.