Francisco Rios Tejada has 46 years of experience in Aerospace Medicine. He is a specialist  in Respiratory Medicine and Hyperbaric Medicine. He is currently consultant in Aerospace Medicine for the Spanish Civil Aviation Authority (AESA), and retired Chief Medical Assessor of AESA. He retired from the Spanish Military Medical Corp as Col. Med. Director of the Spanish Air Force Aeromedical Center, where he spent most of his military career. He is also a Former Associate Professor at Complutense and San Pablo CEU University of Madrid.

He has been fully involved in many aviation medicine meetings, congresses and symposia, chairing panels and as a speaker.

He also has many publications and book chapters in aviation medicine.

He is Past President of the Spanish Society of Aviation Medicine and Iberoamerican Association of Aerospace Medicine and Past 1st Vice-President of ESAM, Fellow of AsMA since 1997 and IAASM Past President and now Chair of the Nominating Subcommittee.