| Pacific Coast
Chapter UHMS 35th Annual Meeting
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9 &
10, 2009, Seattle, WA
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Registering the attendees |
Dr.
Steve Kirtland, Chapter President, Chapter President
opens the
meeting |
Dr. James Holm,
Past President of the UHMS-Pacific Chapter (2005) moderated the morning session. |
Dr. Richard
Moon gave the meeting's first lecture entitled "Air in Blood
Vessels: Evidence-Based Diagnosis and Treatment" , in
combination with VMMC Grand Rounds |
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Dr.
J. Benjamin Slade, Past President (2000) of the Chapter presented
"Hyperbaric Oxygen and wound healing" |
Claude Wreford-Brown
presented
Oxygen Toxicity Seizures. What's Shakin' in Rain City? |
Dr.
Neil Hampson presented "Cherry-red
and Sleepless in Seattle for 20 Years" |
Steve Hardy gave out
the raffle prizes. |
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Friday Evening |
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Reception and Banquet |
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Steve Kirtland Moderated
the evening |
.Dr.
Neil Hampson is
awarded the Borema award by Dr. Stuart Miller for his work in
Hyperbaric Medicine |
Dr.
Steve Kirtland presents the Merrill P. Spencer lifetime achievement award
to his friend and mentor Dr. Neil Hampson. |
Dr. Hampson addresses
the banquet attendees |
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Steve Kirtland presents Chapter Secretary
Karl Huggins with an award of appreciation for his work |
Steve Kirtland passes the gavel to the incoming Chapter President
Stuart Miller |
Dr. Miller graciously
accepts the gavel |
The Planning Committee (L
to R): Dr. Jim Holm, Dr. Steve Kirtland, Dr. Matthew Berry, Dr. Neil Hampson, Claude Wreford-Brown |
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Chapter President Steve
Kirtland
opens "Diver Day" |
Chapter President Elect
Dr. Stuart Miller moderated the morning session |
Dr. Neil Hampson
introduced his long time friend, Dr. Richard Moon and
presented him with a gift of appreciation |
Dr. Richard Moon
discussed "Fitness to Dive". |
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Richard Dunford, past
President (1988) and Past Executive Director (1989-2001) of the chapter
presented "Fatalities in Recreational Diving" |
Dr. Steve Kirtland and
Claude Wreford-Brown presented Dr. Neil Hampson with a gift |
The clam digger will be
used for Dr. Hampson's latest project, "Studying the Mating Behavior
of Geoduck Clams in the Hyperbaric Oxygen Environment", funded by
the stimulus package. |
Dr. Robert Perkins
discussed "Research 101: How To Be A Savvy Science Consumer" |
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Dr. Jim Holm lectured on
"Who is in the Chamber when a Diver is Not" |
Dr. Matthew Berry gave a brief
presentation on judging images. The photography contest followed,
where attendees voted on the images |
Dr. Kirtland and Steve
Hardy do a raffle drawing following a break |
1st Place
"Shrimp on an Anemone" Stuart Miller |
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2nd Place "Here's
Looking at You" - Jeff Bozanic |
3rd Place - "Clown Fish"
- Stuart Miller |
Honorable Mention - "Flamboyant Cuttle
Fish" - Linda Takvorian |
Honorable
Mention - "Kelp Flames" - Karl Huggins |
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Karl Huggins,
Chapter Secretary, moderated the
afternoon session |
Dr.
Stuart Miller, Chapter President Elect presented "Marine Life
Hazards" |
Dr. Jeff Bozanic
discussed "Rebreathers: The Good,
the Bad, and the Ugly" |
Dr. Matthew Berry
presented "Review of Selected Seafood Poisonings" |
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Karl Huggins presented "What your Dive Computer
Doesn't Know Might Hurt You" |
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