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UHMS 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.



Accreditation Council

Devin Beckstrand, MD

Chair

Annual Scientific Meeting Program Committee

Owen O'Neill, MD

Co-Chair

Pete Witucki, MD

Co-Chair

Bruce Derrick, MD

John Feldmeier, DO

Laurie Gesell, MD

Hayden Hess, MD

Geness Koumandakis, CHT

Associates

Brian Keuski, MD

Virginie Papadopoulou, PhD

Marc Robins, DO, FUHM

Elizabeth "Liz" Smykowski, RN

Associates

Stephen Thom, MD, FUHM

Frauke Tillmans, PhD

Stacy Harmon

(CME Coordinator)

Lisa Tidd

(Meeting Coordinator)

Associates Council

Geness Koumandakis, CHT

Tech Rep

Liz Smykowski, RN

Nurse Rep

Jacquline Hocking, CHT

PAST TECH REP

Julio Garcia, RN, ACHRN

Past Nurse Rep

Dan Christopher, CHRNC

Communications

Richard "Gus" Gustavson, RN

Emeritus

Jay Duchnick, RN, CHT

Ex-official

Awards Committee

Phil Bryson, MD

Chair

Tino Balestra, PhD

Peter Buzzacott, PhD

Mahito Kawashima, MD, FUHM

Geness Koumandakis, CHT

Jason Kelly, MD

Ian Millar, MD

Steve Orr, MD

Liz Smykowski, RN

Pete Witucki, MD

Audit/Finance Committee

Helen Gelly MD, FUHM

Chair

Jacquline Hocking, CHT

Associates Tech Rep

Owen O'Neill, MD

John Peters, FACHE

Executive Director

Marc Robins, DO

Sandra Wainwright, MD

Pete Witucki, MD

By-Laws Committee

Owen O'Neill, MD

Chair

John Peters, FACHE

Executive Director

Gus Gustavson, RN

Associates Council Rep

Decompression Illness Adjunctive Therapy Committee

Richard Moon, MD, FUHM

Co-Chair

Frank Butler, MD

Co-Chair

Pieter Bothma, MB, ChB, M.Med

Jim Chimiak, MD

Joe Dervay, MD

William W "Buck" Dodson, MD FACPM FASMA

Andrew Dutka, MD

Simon Mitchell, MB, ChB

George Wolf, MD, FUHM

Diving Committee

Charlotte Sadler, MD

Co-Chair

Jim Chimiak, MD

Co-Chair

Tony Alleman, MD

Nick Bird, MD

Kevin Buford, MD

David, Charash, MD

David Dayya, MD

Bruce Derrick, MD

Julio Garcia, CHT, ACHRN

Dario Gomez-Castello, MD

Ian Grover, MD

Shane Jennings, MD

Aurel Mihai, MD

Richard Moon, MD, FUHM

Tom Neuman, MD

Matias Nochetto, MD

Owen O'Neill, MD, MPH, FUHM

Dan Popa, MD

Jeffrey Ramos, MD

Richard Sadler, MD

Camilo Saraiva, MD

Bob Sanders, MD

Jenny Thacker, MD

Juan Valdivia, MD

Joseph White, MD

Peter Witucki, MD

Education Committee

Stacy Harmon

UHMS CME Coordinator

Owen J. O'Neill, MD, MPH, FUHM

Co-Chair

Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine

Thomas Bozzuto, DO

Co-Chair

Emergency Med, Undersea & Hyperbaric Med

AJ Applewhite, MD

Kaighley Brett, MD

Kevin Buford, MD

David Dayya, DO, PhD

Jose Evangelista, MD

Zachary Gaskill, DO

Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine

Helen Gelly, MD

Emergency Med, Hyperbaric Medicine

Dario Gomez-Castillo, MD

Richard Fontanez-Aldea, MD

Ian Grover, MD

Emergency Med; Undersea & Hyperbaric Med

Michael J. Harl, MD

Shane Jennings, MD

Matt Kelly, MD

Brian Keuski, MD

John Kirby, MD

William J. Lagaly, D.O., ACOFP, UHMS, ABMWS

Justin Meunier, MD, FAWM, DiDMM

Stuart Miller, MD

Emergency Med; Undersea & Hyperbaric Med

Kaye Moseley, RRT, CHT-A, CHWS, CPCO, CPB, UHMSDSA

Heather Murphy-Lavoie, MD, FUHM

Past Chair

Emergency Med, Undersea & Hyperbaric Med

Dru Orwig, DO, CSWP, MBA

Steve Piper, DO

Emergency Med

Daniel Popa, MD

Michael Richards, MD

Lori Richwine,D.O., FAPWHc, FAPWCA, FACHM

Marc S. Robins, DO, MPH

Family Practice; Aerospace Med; Hyperbaric Med

Charlotte Sadler, MD

Dick Sadler, MD

Emergency Med; Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine

Robert W. Sanders, MD

Emergency Med; Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine

Dag Shapshak, MD

Emergency Med; Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine

Paul Sheffield, PhD, FUHM

Past Chair

Hyperbaric Physiology - Hyperbaric Med

J. Benjamin Slade, MD, FUHM

Vice Chair

Family Practice, Hyperbaric Medicine

Micah W. Siegel, M.D., UHM/ABPM, ABFM, FAWM, CWSP, DiDMM, CHT, Maj. FS, USAF

Jenny Thacker, MD

J. Nicholas Vandemoer, MD

Pete Witucki, MD

Subcommittee - Enduring Materials

William P. Butler, MD

Vice Chair End Mat.

General Surgery, Hyperbaric Medicine

Tracy LeGros, MD, FUHM

Co-Chair End Mat

Emergency Med, Undersea and Hyperbaric Med

Jayesh B. Shah, MD, FUHM

Co-Chair End Mat

Internal Medicine, Hyperbaric Medicine

FDA Liaison Committee

John Feldmeier, DO

Chair

Richard Barry

Francois Burman

Helen Gelly

Andrew Melnyczenko

Guy Richards

Jay Shah

Tom Workman, CHT

Fellow Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Committee

Tom Masters, MD

Chair

Marc Robins, DO, FUHM

Nick Bird, MD

Gerardo Bosco, MD, PhD

Neil Hampson, MD, FUHM

Simon Mitchell, MBBS, PHD

Lin Weaver, MD, FUHM

Free-Diving Medicine Committee

Peter Lindholm MD, PhD

Chair

Tino Balestra, PhD

Nick Bird, MD, MMM, FAAFP, FUHM

Phil Bryson, MBChB, MRCGP

Jim Chimiak, MD

Antonis Elia, PhD

Nicole Lin, MD

Evangelos Papoutsidakis MD

Neal Pollock, PhD

Kay Tetzlaff, MD

Frauke Tillmans, PhD

Juan M. Valdivia-Valdivia, MD, MBA, FAANS

Elaine Yu, DO, MS, FAWM, DiDMM, DiMM

GME Committee

Tom Masters, MD

Chair

Laurie Gesell, MD, FUHM

Lisa Gould, MD

Kevin Hardy, MD

Stephen Hendriksen, MD

Marvin Heyboer, MD

Tracy LeGros, MD, FUHM

Anthony Medak, MD

Pablo Medina, MD

Heather Murphy-LaVoie, MD

Rob Price, MD

Marc Robins, MD

Micah Siegel, MD

Charlotte Sadler, MD

Pete Witucki, MD

Subcommittee - PATH

Enoch Huang, MD, FUHM

Subcommittee - MOC

Laurie Gesell, MD, FUHM

Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment Committee

Nick Bird, MD, FUHM

Chair

Enrico Camporesi, MD, FUHM

Paul Cianci, MD, FUHM

William (Buck) Dodson, MD, MPH, FACPM, FAsMA

John Feldmeier, DO, FUHM

Laurie Gesell, MD, FUHM

Marvin Heyboer, MD

Enoch Huang, MD, FUHM

Irving Jacoby, MD, FUHM

Richard Moon, MD, FUHM

Heather Murphy-Lavoie, MD, FUHM

Michael Strauss, MD, FUHM

Stephen Thom, MD, FUHM

Keith Van Meter, MD, FUHM

Lindell Weaver, MD, FUHM

Registry Committee

John Kirby, MD

Chair

Quality, Utilization, Authorization and Reimbursement Committee

Helen Gelly, MD, FUHM

Co-Chair

Stuart Miller, MD

Co-Chair

Tom Bozzuto, DO

David Charash

Gretchen Dixon, MBA, RN, CCS, CHCO

Caroline Fife, MD, FUHM

Laurie Gesell, MD, FUHM

Phi Nga Jeannie Le, MD

Ken LeDez, MD

Julie Orzali

Marc Robins, DO, MPH

Matt Schweyer, CHT

Mike White

Safety Committee

Andrew R. Melnyczenko, CHT, BHCA

Chair

Richard Barry, MS, STS, CHT-A

Jim Bell, CHT, CFPS

Chae Bliss, DMT, EMT

Francois Burman, Pr. Eng, BSc (Eng), MSAIME, FSAI

Glenn Butler, CHT

Dan Christopher, RN

David Lindsie Cone, MD

William Davison, CHT

Ramesh Dixit, PE

Sherri Ferguson, MSc

Kevin Gardner, CHT, AEMT

Derall Garrett, CHT

Anthony Johnston, BSN, RN, ACHRN

Kevin Kraft, RN, BSN, ACHRN, CNML

Jeff Mize, RRT, CHT, UHMSADS

Marc Pullis, EMT, CHT

Tom Workman, MS, CAsP, CHT-A, FAsMA

Mathew Wormleighton, CHT, DMT, ECHO, ECHSM

Eugene R. Worth, MD

Expert contributors to the UHMS Safety Committee

Jacek Kot, MD, PhD

Lindell Weaver, MD

Material Testing Advisory (AD HOC) Committee

Richard C. Barry, BBA, CHT

Chair

Susan Becker, RN

James Bell, CHT, EMT, CFPS

Francois Burman, Pr. Eng, BSc (Eng), MSAIME, FSAI

Kevan Corson

Keith Evans

(Engineer)

Laurie Gesell, MD, FUHM

Brett Hart, MD, FUHM

Laura Josefsen, RN, ACHRN

Dick Sample, CHT

Robert Sheffield, CHT

Deepak Talati

(Engineer)

Lindell Weaver, MD, FUHM

Tom Workman, MS, CAsp, CHT, FAsM

Membership Committee

Sandra Wainwright, MD

Owen O'Neill, MD

Julio Garcia, RN

Laurie Gesell, MD, FUHM

Matthew Kelly, MD

Geness Koumandakis, CHT

Tracy LeGros, MD, FUHM

Folke Lind, MD

Heather Murphy-Lavoie, MD, FUHM

David Wilkinson, MBBS

Subcommittee - Chapter/Affiliate Committee

Phil Schell, CHT

Gulf Coast Chapter President

(GCC)

John Feldmeier, DO

Gulf Coast Chapter Past-President

(GCC)

Risa Anderson, RN

Mid-West Chapter President

(MWC)

Laurie Gesell, MD

Mid-West Chapter President-Elect

(MWC)

Ryan Patrylak, CHT

Northeast Chapter President

(NEC)

Zack Gaskill, MD

Northeast Chapter President-Elect

(NEC)

Brenda Freymiller, RN

Pacific Chapter President

(PAC)

Marc Robins, DO

Pacific Chapter President-Elect

(PAC)

Subcommittee - AMA

Helen Gelly, MD

Laurie Gesell, MD, FUHM

Nominations Committee

Sandra Wainwright, MD

Chair

Marc Robins, DO

Nick Bird, MD

David L. Cone, MD

Jay Duchnick, RN

Jacquline Hocking, CHT

Jacek Kot, MD

John Peters, FACHE

UHMS Executive Director

Peter Witucki, MD

Publications Committee

Matthew P. Kelly, MD

Co-Chair

Dag Shapshak, MD

Co-Chair

Dan Christopher, RN

Associates Communications Rep

William (Buck) Dodson, MD, MPH, FACPM, FAsMA

Zack Gaskill, DO

Gus Gustavson, RN

Marvin Heyboer III, MD, FUHM

Enoch Huang, MD, FUHM

Phi Nga Jeannie Le, MD

Tracy LeGros, MD, FUHM

Richard Moon, MD

Heather Murphy-Lavoie, MD

Owen J. O'Neill, M.D., MPH, FUHM

Dick Sample, CHT

Phil Schell, CHT

Kinjal Sethuraman, MD

Monica Skarban, CHRN

Sandra Wainwright, MD

Subcommittee - Position Statement

Marc Robins, DO, FUHM

Subcommittee - UHM

Dave Hostler, PhD

Subcommittee - CPG

John Feldmier, DO, FUHM

Chair

Research Committee

John Feldmeier, DO, FUHM

Co-Chair

Jay Buckey, MD

Co-Chair

John Kirby, MD

Co-Chair

Nick Bird, MD

Enrico Camporesi, MD, FUHM

James Clark, MD

Daphne Denham, MD

Jose Evangelista, MD

Laurie Gesell, MD, FUHM

Scott Gorenstein, MD

Nicole Harlan, MD

Enoch Huang, MD

Ziad Mirza, MD

Simon Mitchell, MD, PhD

Richard Moon, MD, FUHM

Owen O'Neill, MD

John Peters, FACHE

UHMS Executive Director

Kristi Ray, DO

Marc Robins, DO

Davut Savaser, MD

Stephen Thom, MD, PHD, FUHM

Sandra Wainwright, MD

Lindell Weaver, MD

Committee on Office-Based Hyperbaric Medicine Practice

Alan Katz, MD

Chair

David Charash, DO

Daphne Denham, MD

Helen Gelly, MD

Kent Maclaughlin, BS, MSc

Marc Robins, DO

Sandra Wainwright, MD

Aaron Wilson, CHT

John Peters, FACHE

UHMS Executive Director

UHMS STEM Committee

Virginia Papadopoulou, PhD

Co-Chair

Frauke Tillmans, PhD

Co-Chair

Peter Witucki, MD

UHMS President

John Peters, FACHE

UHMS Executive Director