Pacific Chapter Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society

2010 Conference Schedule*

  The Pacific Chapter of the Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) will hold it's Annual Scientific Conference on Friday, October 15, 2010, Saturday, October 16, 2010 and Sunday October 17, 2010 in Long Beach, CA.  The conference site is the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Long Beach, 200 South Pine Avenue, Long Beach, California, USA 90802
   
Friday October 15, 2010
10:00-12:00  Registration
12:00-12:15 Welcome - Stuart Miller, MD, President UHMS Pacific Chapter
12:15-13:15  Divers Alert Network (DAN) Recent Research Update - Nicholas Bird, MD
13:15-14:15 Sport and Commercial Dive Medicine – evaluation and establishing a diving medicine clinic or component of your practice - Karen Van Hoesen, MD
14:15-15:15 Case Presentations - Jeff Sipsy, MD, Tom Ascuito, MD, Enoch Huang, MD
15:15-15:45 Break / Exhibits
15:45-16:15 Decompression Sickness Update - More Then Just Bubbles - Karen Van Hoesen, MD
16:15-16:45 The Dive Computer as a Witness - Karl Huggins, CHT
16:45-17:45 Medicines and Diving - Nicholas Bird, MD
 
   CHT/CHRN Examination - Harbor ABC
16:00-17:00 Study Hall - Dick Clarke, CHT - Harbor ABC
17:30-19:30 CHT/CHRN Examination - Dick Clarke, CHT - Harbor ABC
 
Saturday October 16, 2010
07:00-08:00 Registration, Continental Breakfast
08:00-09:00 Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Garrett Wirth, MD
09:00-10:00 Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen on Neural Tissue - Robert Ostrowski, MD, PhD
10:00-10:30 Break / Exhibits
10:30-11:30 Annual Hyperbaric Medicine Literature Update 2010 - Dick Clarke, CHT
11:30-11:45 Update on Hyperbaric Medicine Fellowships and Board Certification - Enoch Huang, MD
12:00-13:30 Lunch - on your own
12:15-13:15 Executive Committee Meeting, UHMS Pacific Chapter - Seaview AB
13:30-14:15 Case Presentations - Susan Sprau, MD, Ralph Potkin, MD, Roxanna Sadri, MD
14:15-15:00 Hyperbaric Oxygen for Transplanted Tissues/Organs - Robert Ostrowski,MD, PhD
15:00-15:30 Break / Exhibitors
15:30-16:15 HBO Documentation, Maximizing Coding and Billing - Dick Clarke, CHT
16:15-17:00 Chronic Osteomyleitis - Work-up, Diagnosis and Management - Michael Strauss, MD
17:00-18:00 A Free-Standing HBO facility –“ Off Label or On-Target” - Ralph Potkin, MD
 
18:30-20:30 Welcome Reception cocktails/award presentations
   
Sunday October 17, 2010
07:30-08:00 Exhibits, Continental Breakfast
08:00-09:00 Problem Wound Care, primary interventions and when it’s appropriate to use adjunctive measures - Michael Strauss, MD & Enoch Huang, MD
09:00-10:00 Hyperbaric oxygen chamber safety/proper grounding and performance improvement from the hospital Biomedical Department perspective - David Stiles
10:00-10:30 Break / Exhibitors
10:30-11:15 What every hyperbaric medicine practitioner needs to know about Tech diving. - Kim Buschmann, MD
11:15-12:15 Diver’s Deaths – Forensic Investigation from the Coroner’s Office - John Kades
  This activity is designated for a maximum 16.5 Physician Category 1 CME hours, 16.5 RN CEU Hours and 16.5 CHT Category A Credit Hours
  CHT/CHRN exam - Harbor ABC - Please contact the NBDHMT (www.nbdhmt.org) for information about the examination
* Schedule is subject to change
   
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