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		UNDERSEA & HYPERBARIC MEDICAL SOCIETY Pacific Chapter 2006 Conference Faculty


		Matthew S. Berry, MD, FACP, FAAEP has lectured internationally on various aspects of underwater medicine. He received his M.D. from Tufts Medical School in 1986 and completed his post-graduate training at LAC-USC Medical Center and Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. Dr. Berry is board certified in Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Hyperbaric Medicine. He practices medicine at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, West Los Angeles and is on faculty at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. He is Kaiser Permanente's Resource Physician for Underwater & Hyperbaric Medicine, an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA and the Secretary of the American Academy of Emergency Physicians. He is also a NAUI Dive Instructor, an avid underwater photographer and has won international photography competitions. He received NAUI's 2005 Charlie Brown Memorial Award for his volunteer service to the diving community. Dr. Berry is the current Executive Director and a past President (2001) of UHMS-Pacific Chapter.


		PATRICK J. COSTELLO, M.D., F.A.C.O.G. practices Hyperbaric Medicine at Doctors Medical Center, San Pablo, CA and at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, San Francisco, CA. He is also in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Doctors Medical Center, San Pablo, CA and at Alta Bates Medical Center, Berkeley, CA. He served in the United States Navy from 1965 - 1971, retiring as a Lieutenant Commander.


		Barry Green, RN has been a California license registered nurse since 1978. His varied nursing experiences include medical-surgical nursing, ICU/CCU, Emergency room, urgent care and hospital night shift supervisor position. In 1987 Barry discovered world of Hyperbaric Medicine, and became the nursing manager of our department at Doctor's Medical Center in San Pablo California.


		Neil Hampson, MD has served as Medical Director of the Virginia Mason Hyperbaric Department since 1989. Dr. Hampson was educated in hyperbaric medicine during his Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine fellowship at Duke University, site of the largest civilian hyperbaric treatment facility in the United States. Dr. Hampson subsequently received advanced training in diving accident management from NOAA. He is the current President of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) and the former Chairman of the UHMS Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Committee. Dr. Hampson is an internationally recognized authority in the area of carbon monoxide poisoning.


		Lorre Henderson, OD, MD, FACS completed Optometry School at the University of Houston in 1976 and practiced optometry in Houston, Texas for several years. He received his M.D. from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston in 1981, completed two years of General Surgery followed by three years of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at Hermann Hospital and M.D. Anderson Hospital & Tumor Institute in Houston. He is board-certified in Optometry, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine. Dr. Henderson has been in otolaryngology private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area since completing his residency in 1986 and is currently director of The San Francisco Center for Wound Healing at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco, California. Dr. Henderson has been an active diver since 1970 and lectures internationally on otolaryngologic problems related to diving. Dr. Henderson is the President of the UHMS-Pacific Chapter.


		James Holm, MD, FACEP is the Medical Director of the Hyperbaric Medicine Department at Memorial Hospital, Colorado Springs, Colorado. He received his medical degree from Georgetown University in 1985, and completed a combined residency in Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine at Northwestern University in 1989, where he also served as Chief Resident. Dr. Holm is Board certified in Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Hyperbaric Medicine. He has been on the faculty for the Divers Alert Network's Diving Medicine Courses since 2003. Additionally Dr. Holm is both a NAUI and PADI Diving Instructor. Dr. Holm is the immediate Past-President of the UHMS-Pacific Chapter.



		Brian McCrary, DO, MPH received his medical degree from Des Moines University. His MOH and first residency in Occupational Medicine were completed at the University of Arizona. His second residency in Aerospace Medicine and Fellowship in Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine were done with the US Air Force. He is currently Commander of the Hyperbaric Medicine and Wound Care Center at Travis Air Force Base, the 2nd largest facility in the US. Dr. McCrary is a fellow in Preventative Medicine, Occupational Medicine, Aerospace Medicine, Wound Care and Pain Management. He is actively involved in research with over 50 professional publications and is the 2005 recipient of the UHMS Charles Shilling Award.



		Ralph Potkin, MD received his medical degree from Chicago Medical School in 1975. His post graduate training included a residency in internal medicine and fellowships in cardiology and pulmonary medicine, all at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary and critical care medicine and Hyperbaric Medicine. Dr. Potkin is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the UCLA School of Medicine and is the Medical Director of the Beverly Hills Center for Hyperbaric Medicine. His facility is the only nationally accredited independent hyperbaric medical center in the entire United States. Dr. Potkin is an expert scuba diver and he has explored underwater many areas of the globe including the Antarctica. He serves as a medical advisor to the Dive Alert Network and has a special interest in Scuba Diving and asthma. Presently, Dr. Potkin is the physician for the United States Breath-Hold team and is actively involved in clinical research of heart, lung and brain function in these amazing elite athletes

		Dick Sample, RCP, RRT, CHT began working in hyperbaric medicine in 1983 after a ten-year career as a respiratory care practitioner specializing in adult critical care and management. He has been employed at Loma Linda University Medical Center, a 900-bed level 1 trauma center in southern California since 1973. In 1990 he became technical director and in 2003 safety director. Dick is a licensed Respiratory Care Practitioner, Registered Respiratory Therapist and Certified Hyperbaric Technician. He is a member of the American Association for Respiratory Care, California Society for Respiratory Care, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Hyperbaric Technicians and Nurses Association, Association for the Advancement of Wound Care, and currently serves on the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Associates Executive Board where he also acts as Scientific Program Chairperson. He has lectured internationally on hyperbaric and wound care topics, and has won several abstract presentation awards. Dick is the Secretary of the UHMS-Pacific Chapter.

		Robert Tufft, MD was born and raised in Oakland, California. Is a graduate of UC Berkeley and University of Southern California School of Medicine. His postgraduate training was at Highland Hospital/UCSF System. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine and Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine. This practice is located in Oakland, California. He is on the active staff of Alta Bates Summit Hospital and has recently joined the staff of John Muir and Doctors Hospital.


		Dr. Richard Vann received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University in 1976. He has spent a career in environmental physiology or operational diving with particular emphasis on understanding the physiology of decompression sickness (DCS) and on developing procedures to avoid DCS. Dr. Vann has been a Navy Diving Officer, and has done studies for NASA.