Angel Flight’s corp of pilots, provide flights of hope and healing by transporting patients and their escorts in private aircraft, free of charge, to medical research and treatment facilities.
The National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland is the world’s largest hospital devoted solely to research and one of the many treatment centers in the United States being served by Angel Flight.
In 2003, the NIH Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) and the National Human Genome Institute (NHGRI) joined with Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic to provide on-site travel assistance so more patients could benefit from leading-edge treatments at the new Hatfield Clinical Research Center.
- Are you Able to climb into a small plane?
- Do you Need financial assistance for transportation costs?
- Can you Give Angel Flight advance notice?
- Are you Eligible or are being evaluated for a clinical trial at NIH?
- Do you Live within 1,000 air miles of Bethesda, Maryland?
If you answered yes above, you qualify.
There may be airline resources available for flights more than 1,000 miles. Call and check.
Angel Flight at NIH
Office of Rare Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Suite 3B01*MSC 7518
6100 Executive Blvd
Bethesda, MD 20892
301-451-9646
301-480-0269 Fax
meddy@mail.nih.gov
(AT NIH)
Call 301-451-9646
Fax 301-480-0269