Undersea Hyperbaric Medicine Newsroom

July 15, 2024

Cerebral Air Embolism Treated With Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Mason Gay, MD; Drue Orwig, DO, MBA, CWSP Corewell Health - Michigan State University Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Grand Rapids Michigan Introduction An air embolism occurs when a pocket of ai...

May 7, 2024

Letter from the Chair

It is my pleasure to serve as the new Chair for ACEP’s Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Section. Thank you to Dr. Richard Keuski for serving as Chair for the past two years.

March 12, 2024

Announcing HBO’s Newest Indication: Avascular Necrosis

In the recently published 15th edition of the UHMS Hyperbaric Medicine Indications Manual comes a highly anticipated and newly approved indication for hyperbaric oxygen therapy: avascular necrosis (AV...

December 22, 2022

Diving Medicine in the Abstract

Comparing the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Society (UHMS) Physicians Training in Dive Medicine (PTDM) course and the Medical Examiner of Divers (MED) course

July 18, 2022

Letter from the Editor

This year has been full of opportunities. My initial role as the Emergency Medicine Resident Association’s Representative to ACEP Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Section was a whirlwind of networkin...

June 30, 2022

Fellows list 2022

Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC Christopher Allen, MD Chris Allen Float IMG-Left Wrapper Medical Education: Saint Louis University Residency: Emergency Medicine, Washington University, ...

June 30, 2022

All Roads Lead Undersea

Jeremy Kessler, MD, FAAFP, FAWM Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine Fellow – Advocate Aurora Health – Milwaukee, Wisconsin Assistant Professor Family & Community Medicine – Virginia Tech Carilion School of...

June 29, 2022

Letter from the Chair

It is my distinct pleasure to serve as your section chair.

June 8, 2022

A Letter from the Chair-Elect

At this past year’s ACEP Scientific Assembly, we had our first mixed in-person and virtual Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Section meeting.

October 21, 2020

ACEP Board Candidate

“Tell me about the Undersea and Hyperbaric Section.” That’s how I began my recent conversation with your section chair, Dr. Richard Walker, III. As an ACEP Board candidate, I believe it my responsibil...

October 21, 2020

Hyperbaric Medicine Fellowship: My First Week

Hyperbaric medicine has been an aspiration of mine for some time now. Early on in my career as an Air Force flight surgeon, I was exposed to hyperbaric medicine and grew to love the unique and groundb...

October 21, 2020

Aerospace DCS: A Primer for Hyperbaric Medicine Physicians

There is one clear link between aerospace medicine and hyperbaric medicine, and this relates to aerospace decompression sickness (DCS).

October 21, 2020

Medical Spa Treatments: More Than You Bargained For…

Dermal fillers offer patients facial rejuvenation through the treatment of volume loss and wrinkles, facial sculpting, facial contouring, and soft-tissue augmentation.

October 21, 2020

UHM Section Membership Updates

Working closely with Dr. Walker and the rest of our section leadership, we wanted to keep you informed regarding the membership of our section and to impart to you the importance of staying involved.

October 21, 2020

Chair’s Corner

I wanted to bring the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (UHM) Section membership up to date on everything that has been happening for the last several months with the section.

October 1, 2020

Parting Shots

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November 21, 2019

UHM 2019-20 Fellows

Meet the new Fellowships

November 21, 2019

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Mixed-Acid Cocktail Suicide Attempt

Acute carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is a leading cause of toxicological death. Typically, CO is formed by the incomplete combustion of carbonaceous materials; the most common mechanism exploited for ...

November 21, 2019

Updates from the Outgoing Chair

I would like to thank the section for voting for me to humbly serve as your chair for these last two years.

June 28, 2019

Meet the UHM Fellows 2018-2019

Meet the new Fellowships.

June 28, 2019

The Importance of Academic Training in Operational Medicine

Last year’s dramatic rescue of the Thai boys’ soccer team from a flooded cave in Thailand once again brings home undersea and hyperbaric medicine’s firm link to what I call “operational medicine.”

June 28, 2019

A Letter from the Chair

It seems like the American College of Emergency Physicians’ (ACEP) annual Scientific Assembly (SA) and the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of ACEP were just yesterday.