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.
2008 Program Committee scientificcommittee@uhms.org
Lin Weaver (Co-Chair)
James Holme (Co-Chair)
Dick Sample (Associate Rep)
Mary Hirsh (BNA Rep)
Lisa Tidd (Meeting Planner)
Awards Committee
Simon J. Mitchel, M.D., Ph.D. (Chair)
Cynthia Cotta-Cumba M.D.
David Elliott OBE, D.Phil.
Mahito Kawashima M.D.
Charles Lehner Ph.D.
Finance Committee
Ben Slade, M.D. (Chair)
Roy A. Myers, M.D.
Richard D. Vann, Ph.D.
Richard Kelton, M.D.
Peter Bennett, PhD
By-Laws Committee
Vacant (Chair)
Donn Bowers, M.D.
Thomas Bozzuto, D.O. FACHM
Tommy Guillot
Keith VanMeter, M.D.
Decompression Illness Adjunctive Therapy Committee
Richard Moon, M.D. (Chair)
George Beck, M.D.
Frank Butler, 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
Michael Bennett, M.B., International Rep
Robert Bertoldo, M.D.
William P. Butler, M.D.
Donald R. Chandler, M.A.
Eric Desman, M.S.
Timothy A. Emhoff, M.D..
William P. Fife, Ph.D.
Robert F. Goad, M.D.
Sheldon F. Gottlieb, Ph.D.
Lorre T. Henderson, O.D.
Patrick N. Kimbrell, M.D.
Luis A. Matos, 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
Jayesh Shah, M.D.
Adrianne PS Smith, M.D.
Tom Workman, CHT
Lisa Tidd, CME Coordinator
Authorization, Utilization, Quality and Reimbursement Committee
Robert Warriner, M.D. (Chair)
Neil Hampson - M.D. Ex Officio
Lyn Weaver, M.D. Ex Officio
John Feldmeier , D.O. 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 (Chair)
Glen Butler
Kevin Corson
Jordi Desola, M.D.
R.W. “Bill” Hamilton, Ph.D.
Carolyn Jacobs, M.S., BSN, CHRN, CWCN
Mark Kaiser
Eric P. Kindwall, M.D.
Jim McCarthy
Robert Overlock, M.D.
Christy Pirone, Ph.D.
Steve Reimers
E.C. Sanchez, M.D.
Tom Shmidt, P.E.
Bob Schumacher
Hideyo Takahashi, M.D., Ph.D.
Keith Van Meter, M.D.
Lindell Weaver, M.D.
James Wilson, M.D.
Eugene Worth, M.D.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Committee
Laurie Gesell, M.D. (Chair)
Dirk Bakker, 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.
Patrick Kimbrell, M.D.
Eric Kindwall, M.D.
Michael Lepawsky, M.D.
Luis Matos, M.D.
Richard Moon, M.D.
Ben Slade, M.D.
Jeff Stone, D.O.
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.
Lindell Weaver, M.D.
William Zamboni, M.D.
International Affairs Committee
E. Cuauhtemoc Sanchez,, M.D. (Chair)
Michael Bennett, M.D.
Library Committee
Richard D. Vann Ph.D. (Chair)
Leon J.Greenbaum, Jr., Ph.D.
Caroline Fife, M.D.
Harry Vincent,
Laura Josefsen, RN, ACHRN
Don Chandler, M.A.
Dick Clarke, CHT
Kathy Davidson, M.A.
Robert C. Bornmann, 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.
Military & Law Enforcement Liaison Committee
Matthew S. Muller, CDR, USN (Chair)
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.
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
Richard Moon, M.D. (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
Workshop Committee
Vacant (Chair)
Alf Brubakk, Ph.D.
Noemi Bitterman, Ph.D.
Dick Clarke, CHT
Massimo Ferrigno, M.D., FCCM
Valerie Flook, Ph.D.
R.W. “Bill” Hamilton, Ph.D.
Akio Hashimoto, Ph.D.
Edmond Kay, M.D.
Michael Lepawsky, M.D.
Michael Lang
Simon J. Mitchell, M.B., Ch.B.
Peter H.J. Mueller, M.D.
Ronald Y. Nishi,
Drew Richardson,
E. Cuauhtemoc Sanchez, M.D.
Avi Shupak, M.D.
Richard D. Vann, Ph.D.
Christopher Wachholz,
Robert M. Wong, MB, BS, FANZCA
Wound Liaison Committee
Jeffrey Niezgoda, M.D.
AMA Committee
Victoria Cassano, M.D.