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
Annual Scientific Meeting Program Committee
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)
Associates Council
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
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
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
John Peters, FACHE
Executive Director
Gus Gustavson, RN
Associates Council Rep
Decompression Illness Adjunctive Therapy Committee
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
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
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
Richard Barry
Francois Burman
Helen Gelly
Andrew Melnyczenko
Guy Richards
Jay Shah
Tom Workman, CHT
Fellow Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Committee
Marc Robins, DO, FUHM
Nick Bird, MD
Gerardo Bosco, MD, PhD
Neil Hampson, MD, FUHM
Simon Mitchell, MBBS, PHD
Lin Weaver, MD, FUHM
GME Committee
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
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
Quality, Utilization, Authorization and Reimbursement Committee
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
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
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
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
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
Research Committee
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
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
Peter Witucki, MD
UHMS President
John Peters, FACHE
UHMS Executive Director