Kraig Dorner, CHT SEAL (Ret) With over 20 years of diving experience and as a U.S. Navy SEAL, Kraig went to the highest quality schools around the world and learned from the greatest, so when he decided to open a hyperbaric facility, he did it with the best and the highest standards in mind. Over the last four years of his Navy career, he was in charge of all the diving for the SEALs on the west coast. As a diving Officer and a Diving Supervisor, Kraig was responsible for planning the dives and was required to know what to do in case of an emergency.  He was trained to recognize the symptoms of diving related injuries such as oxygen toxicity, arterial gas embolism, DCS 1 & 2, the bends, and many more injuries. Kraig?s qualifications related to hyperbarics include Diver Medical Technician, Hyperbaric Safety Director (International ATMO in San Antonio Texas), Inspection, Maintenance of Hyperbaric Acrylic (ATMO), Certified Hyperbaric Technician (CHT) Course at National Polytechnic College of Science and (PADI) Dive Master

 

 

Nicole Doering, BA, EMT-B Nicole obtained a Bachelors degree in Forensic Psychology in 2009. Having gained experience in psychological research, together with 14 years in the advertising and print industry in New York City, Nicole has written and published numerous papers in both psychological and scientific literature. She has also had advanced training in research methodology and statistical analysis and is an Associate Member of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society. Nicole is a certified diver.

 

 

 

William A. Duncan, Ph.D. Dr. William A. Duncan serves as President of Capitol Strategy Consultants, Inc., where he represents clients on healthcare, biomedical research, veterans, Department of Defense, and criminal justice and public health arenas. His clients benefit from his extensive background in the congressional appropriations process and heath care regulations. In the medical realm, Dr. Duncan supervised numerous legislative priorities including National Institutes of Health reforms for setting research priorities, expansion on biomedical research infrastructure, AHRQ and evidence-based medicine initiatives, NIH and CDC initiatives in environmental medicine, amputee services, and addressing chronic disease including diabetes and public health. He dealt with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services problems, including getting CMS to approve a new indication for hyperbaric oxygen to reduce diabetic foot amputations, reducing the regulatory burden on health care, prescription drug, and FDA issues

 

 

Leo Germin, M.D., FAANEM Dr. Leo Germin is a trained Hyperbaric Physician, Board Certified in Neurology, Vascular Neurology and Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine. Dr. Germin has unique and extensive experience after being trained at Center of Hyperbaric Medicine Moscow, USSR in 1985.He practiced at the Lithuanian Republic HBO and Poison Control Center from 1984-1989, using HBO treating over 5,000 patients with various indications over these years. Dr. Germin contributed his expertise with presentation of the lecture, "The Treatment of Acute Crash Injuries and Limb Transplantation's with Hyperbaric Oxygen" at the Sixth USSR Conference on Hyperbaric Oxygenation in 1986. In 1987 by the authority granted by the Government of the USSR, the State Committee of Discoveries and Inventions, Dr. Germin was granted a certificate authorship patent for the invention: 'Method for determining individual sensitivity to hyperoxic environment under conditions of hyperbaric oxygenation'.

 

 

Paul G. Harch, M.D. Dr. Harch is a hyperbaric medicine, diving, and emergency medicine physician who is a Diplomate of the American Board of Hyperbaric Medicine and the Board of Certification in Emergency Medicine of the American Board of Physician Specialties.  Dr. Harch's clinical experience through 2007 spans 23 years in hospital-based emergency medicine and 21 years of hyperbaric medicine. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1980 and was awarded Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa status on graduation from college. He has trained in general surgery, radiology, diving, and hyperbaric medicine. In recognition of his accomplishments in clinical practice, teaching, and research he was awarded fellowship status in the American College of Hyperbaric Medicine in 1997. He also received the Edgar End Award from the American College of Hyperbaric Medicine in 1994 and the Richard A. Neubauer Award for Excellence in Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Pediatric Neurology in 2003. Co-author of THE OXYGEN REVOLUTION, Dr. Harch provides a wealth of insight into groundbreaking new treatment for Stroke, Alzheimers, Parkinson's, Brain Injuries, Arthritis, Diabetes, Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Heart Disease, Birth Injuries, Learning Disabilities, Multiple Sclerosis, Dementia, Lou Gehrigs Disease, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Asthma, Lyme Disease, AIDS, Alcohol Abuse, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Vision Loss and more.

 

 

Carol Henricks, M.D. Currently in private practice in Arizona, Dr. Hendricks completed her undergraduate education at Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, PA, Dr. Hendricks earned her medical degree from Hahnemann University School of Medicine in Philadelphia. She remained at Hahnemann to perform her internal medicine internship and residency, and she served as chief resident. Dr. Hendricks completed a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a fellowship in behavioral neurology at the University of Arizona, Tucson.  In addition, she has participated in numerous research studies, including clinical trials for epilepsy drugs, neurophysiology studies, and memory research. In addition to her medical practice, Dr. Hendricks also performs volunteer work, seeing patients at the Refugee Clinic, for the Arizona Children's Association, and working as a volunteer instructor at St. Andrews Crippled Children's Clinic. She also has taught seminars and appeared on TV and radio for the Migraine Awareness Program.

 

 

Philip B. James, M.D. Dr James qualified in 1966 and retired from the University of Dundee as Emeritus Professor of Medicine in 2008. As a Specialist in Occupational Medicine in the European Community his employment has continued in consultancies in the diving industry and in acting as honorary medical advisor to the 64 charity centres in the UK and the Republic of Ireland which provide oxygen treatment in the community. Publications range from studies of decompression tables and mechanisms of micro-embolism to the cellular aspects of inflammation.

 

 

 

 

Tommy Love, D.O. Dr. Love is a graduate of the United states Air Force Academy and received his Doctor of Osteopathy from the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth. Dr. Love completed his Internship at Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii, a served one-year surgical residency at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi, and completed a two year Fellowship in hyperbaric medicine and wound care with the University of Texas, Houston. During his 30 years of commissioned service, he was active in Aerospace Medicine and Aviation medical research, Emergency and Trauma Medicine, as well as Hyperbaric and Wound Care Medicine. Dr. Love was Chief of Hyperbaric Medicine at Travis Air Force Base, California, one of the largest clinical hyperbaric medicine facilities in the United States.

 

 

Robert Moffitt, Ph.D. A key figure of Washington policymaking for more than two decades, Robert Moffitt serves as Director of Heritages Center for Health Policy Studies. A former U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Deputy Assistant Secretary and a senior Office of Personnel Management official, he is responsible for coordinating Heritages research on health care reform, health insurance markets, state based health care initiatives, Medicare and Medicaid.  Moffit, who has published in such journals as Health Affairs, the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy and the Journal of Contemporary Health Law and Policy, earned his B.A. from LaSalle University in Philadelphia and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Arizona.

 

 

Dr. B. Robert Mozayeni actively practices translational medicine in rheumatic diseases, vascular inflammation, cerebrovascular disease, and chronic infections. He is the current PI of the NBIRR-01 HBOT for mTBI study. He is an honors graduate of the Leadership in Medicine Program of Union College and Albany Med. As an undergraduate, he worked on Capitol Hill with Hon. Albert Gore, Jr. His honors included: Pew Foundation Scholar in Transplantation Immunology, AOA Honor Medical Society, and Research Scholar of HHMI at NIH.  His postdoctoral training began at Yale. He moved to NIH as a Senior Staff Fellow in NHLBI/ NIH and a Rheumatology Fellow in NIAMS/NIH.  Dr. Mozayeni has published on immunology, chronic infections, and cerebrovascular medicine. He holds over 8 patents - most regard cerebrovascular flow in cognitive impairment. He founded two WashDC Area biotechnology companies. Recently, he published a landmark paper in the J Emerging Infectious Diseases regarding human Bartonellosis

 

 

Ralph Potkin, MD Ralph Potkin, MD is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine in the division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He is the Medical Director of the Beverly Hills Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and the Malibu Hyperbaric Medical Center. Dr. Potkin is board certified in Hyperbaric Medicine and is an experienced scuba diver himself and has dived around the globe including Antarctica. He has a special interest in asthma and sport scuba diving as well as breath hold diving and has conducted clinical research in these areas. He is presently the United States Free Diving team physician. Dr. Potkin has been a champion of the concept of Free Standing Hyperbaric Centers which can be conducted on par with hospital affiliated hyperbaric centers. He has fostered the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for patients recovering from cosmetic and plastic surgery and has developed protocols used widely in this area.

 

 

Stephen D. Reimers, MS, PE He has well over 30 years experience as President/Owner of Reimers Consultants, Reimers Engineering, Inc., Reimers Systems, Inc., and Hyperbaric Clearinghouse, Inc. Projects have included several military and civilian hyperbaric and hypobaric multiplace installations in the US and abroad, as well as custom design and engineering applications. In recent years, typical projects have included numerous hospital and free standing hyperbaric facilities across the United States and overseas. Steve leads a team with nearly 100 years combined experience in various aspects of hyperbaric chambers. Mr. Reimers is the published author of over 50 test reports and journal articles as well as 3 textbook chapters. He received simultaneous MS and BS degrees in Mechanical Engineering from MIT in 1969. He also received the Professional of Naval Science Award (Academics) in 1969. He served as US Navy Qualified Salvage Diving Officer & Saturation Diving Officer and was Navy Qualified in SCUBA, Hardhat Diving Dress and Mark 10 Closed Circuit Underwater Breathing Apparatus. He is also senior lecturer for the Technical Aspects of Hyperbaric Chamber Safety Course since 1997 and for the Hyperbaric Chamber Safety Director's Course since 2001.

 

 

Kenneth P. Stoller, M.D., Dr. Stoller, MD, is President of the International Hyperbaric Medical Association, a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, a Diplomat of the American Board of Pediatrics, a Diplomat of the American Board of Hyperbaric Medicine, and a member of the New Mexico Medical Society. He was University of California President's Undergraduate Fellow in the UCLA Medical Center's Department of Anesthesiology, and has almost two decades of clinical experience in pediatric medicine. Dr. Stoller is a founding board member of the International Hyperbaric Medical Association, and was also a founding board member of the Humane Farming Association.

 

 

Nina Subbotina, M.D., Ph.D. Graduated as Medical Doctor with Honors (I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (1st MSMU), URSS; Candidate of Medical Sciences (Ph.D. equivalent). Scientific staff at the Central Research Laboratory of the 1st MSMU; Scientific staff and later Chief of Department at the USSR National Institute of Medical Information; Superior Course on Hyperbaric Medicine at the USSR National Postgraduate Education Institute, 1992; Medical Doctor Board Exam (1996, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina; Staff at the Hyperbaric Facility of the Sanatorio Modelo Quilmes, Pcia. Buenos Aires, 1993-2000; Director of the Buenos Aires Center of Hyperbaric Medicine (since 1998); Vice-President of the "Argentine Society of Hyperbaric and Diving Medicine" 2004-2009; Member of UHMS (since1999); Author of the book "Medicina Hiperb?ica", 2006; and "The Hyperbaric Chamber: Science, not Miracle", 2011. Coauthor of the book "Hyperbaric Oxygen for Neurological Disorders?, Best Publishing Company, U.S.A., 2008. Lecturer on Hyperbaric Medicine in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Spain, South Africa, and USA. Professor at the Postgraduate Course on Hyperbaric Medicine (UBA). Co-Host of the incoming 18th Meeting of International Congress on Hyperbaric Medicine, which will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2014

 

 

Keith Van Meter, M.D., Keith Van Meter, MD received his MD from George Washington University School of Medicine in 1973. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine with subspecialty board certification in Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine. He is a Professor of Medicine at LSUHSC and a Professor of Surgery at Tulane University School of Medicine. He is the Section Chief for Emergency Medicine at LSUHSC in New Orleans, Louisiana.   He is the Medical Director of the WJMC Hyperbaric Medicine Unit. He is the Medical Director of the Baromedical Research Institute Hyperbaric Laboratory in New Orleans, Louisiana. In private practice, he has treated over 600 commercial divers in the Gulf of Mexico who suffered from acute DCS or AGE. He is a recipient of several honors granted by the UHMS: the Albert R. Behnke Award, the Jefferson Davis Memorial Award, the Craig Hoffman Award, and the Charles Shilling Award. He was a member of the UHMS Board of Directors from 1985-1989 and from 2002-2008.

 

 

James K. Wright, MD, Col (Ret) USAF was the physician coordinator for the National Brain In jury Rescue and Rehabilitation (NBIRR) project. He is board certified in Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery, and Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine. He spent 28 years in the Air Force and directed hyperbaric clinical research at the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine for four years before moving to the 720th Special Tactics Group, Air Force Special Operations Command. Since retiring from the Air Force in 2010 Dr. Wright has devoted his volunteer efforts to the NBIRR project. He is the author or co-author of 32 publications of which twelve deal with hyperbaric oxygen.