Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society

Committees

Activities of the UHMS are carried by committees, who are chaired and staffed by volunteers. If you are interested in serving on one of these committees or in learning more about a committee’s activities, please contact the committee chair.

2009 Program Committee scientificcommittee@uhms.org
Brett Hart (Co-Chair)
Guy Dear (Co-Chair)
James Holm (Co-Chair)
Dick Sample (Associate Rep)
Lisa Tidd (Meeting Planner)

Awards Committee
Michael Bennett, MD (Chair)

Cynthia Cotta-Cumba M.D.

David Elliott OBE, D.Phil.

Mahito Kawashima M.D.

Charles Lehner Ph.D.

Audit/Finance Committee

Ben Slade, M.D. (Chair)

Jim Joiner

Mike Muller

Bret Stolp 

Laurie Gesell
Brett Hart
Peter Bennett, PhD
 

Decompression Illness Adjunctive Therapy Committee

Richard Moon, M.D.  (Co-Chair)

George Beck, M.D.

Jim Chimiak, M.D.

Joe Dervay, M.D.

David Dromsky, M.D.

Andrew Dutka, M.D.

Michael Gernhardt, Ph.D.

Gary Latson, M.D.

Simon Mitchell, MB.ChB

David Warner, M.D.

George Wolf, M.D.

Diving Committee

Simon J. Mitchel, M.D., Ph.D.

Education Committee

Paul J. Sheffield, Ph.D., Chair  
Bradley B.  Bailey, MD

Michael Bennett, M.B., International Rep  

Thomas M. Bozzuto, D.O.   

William P. Butler, M.D.  

Donald R. Chandler, M.A.   

Timothy A. Emhoff, M.D..   

Robert F. Goad, M.D.    

Lorre T. Henderson, O.D.

Patrick N. Kimbrell, M.D.  

Arti Balar Masturzo, M.D.
Stuart Miller, M.D. 
Heather Murphy-Lavoie, M.D.

Robert Overlock, M.D.

Roberto A. Penne-Cassanova, M.D.

Jayesh Shah, M.D. (Vice Chair - End. Mat.)  

J. Benjamin Slade. M.D., Vice Chair

Tom Workman, CHT
Eugene Worth, M.D.

Stacy Rupert, CME Coordinator

Authorization, Utilization, Quality and Reimbursement Committee

Robert Warriner, M.D.  (Co-Chair)
John Feldmeier , D.O.  Ex Officio (Co-Chair)

Neil Hampson - M.D.  Ex Officio

Lyn Weaver, M.D.  Ex Officio

Wilbur T.Workman, M.S., CHT

Caroline Fife, M.D.

Craig Conescenti, M.D., FCCP

Harriet Hopf, M.D.

Sue DeSantis

Ronald Bangasser, M.D.

Harriet Hofp, M.D.

Stephen Thom, M.D., Ph.D.

HBO Safety Committee

Robert Sheffield, CHT (Chair)

Francois Burman, PrEng
Kevan Corson, DMT, CHT
William Gearhart, DMT, CHT
Eric Kindwall, MD
Robert Overlock, MD
E. Cuauhtemoc Sanchez, MD
Thomas Schmidt, PE
Michael Sellers, BSN, RN, ACHRN
James Wilson, CHT

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Committee

Lindell Weaver, M.D. (Chair)

Dirk Bakker, M.D.
Robert Barnes, M.D.

Michael Bennett, M.D.

Enrico Camporesi, M.D.

Paul Cianci, M.D.

James Clark, M.D

Laurie Gesell, M.D.

Neil Hampson, M.D.

Brett Hart, M.D.

Harriet Hopf, M.D.

Irving Jacoby, M.D.
John Feldmeier, D.O. 

Michael Lepawsky, M.D.
Robert Marx, D.D.S.

Richard Moon, M.D.

Ben Slade, M.D.

Michael Strauss, M.D.

Stephen Thom, M.D.

Robert Marx, D.D.S.

Keith Van Meter, M.D.

Wilbur T. Workman, M.S.

Robert Warriner, M.D.

William Zamboni,  M.D.

International Affairs Committee

Glen Hawkins (Chair)

Michael Bennett, M.D.

Membership Committee

Matthew Kelly, M.D. (Chair)

Richard Trumbo, Ph.D.

Catherine McCoy, M.D.

Andrew Dutka, M.D.

R.W. “Bill” Hamilton, Ph.D.

Nominations Committee

Laurie Gesell, M.D. (Chair)

Enrico Camporesi, M.D.

Richard Moon, M.D., C.M.

Folke Lind, M.D., Ph.D.

Stephen Thom, M.D., Ph.D.

Practice Compliance (Ad Hoc) Committee
Stacy Handley, ACHRN, BSN, CWCN (Chair)
Jim Bell, CHT
Dick Clarke, CHT
Rob Foqua
Laurie Gesell, MD
Seth McEwan, RN, CCRN, CHT
Rob Sheffield, CHT
Deepak Talati
Paul Claus, MD
Brett Hart, MD
Jim Wilcox, RN, BSN
Matias Nochetto, MD

Publications Committee

Harriet D. Hopf, M.D. (Chair)

Stephen R. Thom, M.D., Ph.D.

Folke G. Lind, M.D., Ph.D.

Daniel Mathieu, M.D.

Harriet D. Hopf, M.D.

James D. Martin, M.D.

Enoch T. Huang, M.D.

Kevin R. Hardy, M.D.

Research Foundation Board

Caroline Fife, MD (Chair)

David H. Elliott

Andre’ Galerne

Lee Greenbaum

Mahito Kawashima

Chriatian J. Lambertsen

Yoshihiro Mano

Roy A. Myers

Cuauhtemoc Sanchez

Ron Sechrist

Research Committee

John J. Feldmeier, D.O.  (Chair)

Enrico Camporesi, M.D.

Richard Moon, M.D.

Leon Greenbaum Jr, PhD

James Clark, MD, PhD

Guy de Lisle Dear, MB FRCA

John Feldmeier, D.O.

Stephen Thom, MD, PhD

Simon Mitchell, M.D., ChB  

Laurie Gesell, MD