Sunday, May 17
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7am-3pm
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Registration Open
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8am-5pm
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Workshop: Management of Decompression Illness in Remote Settings
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8am-5:30pm
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Workshop: Evaluating Equipment for Safe Use in the Hyperbaric or Hypobaric Environment
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8am-5pm
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Workshop: Progress, Challenges, Innovation & Evidence – Are Our Minds & Systems Getting Better?
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8am-5pm
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Workshop: Aerospace Mishap Epidemiology - The Science of the Denominator
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6pm-6:30pm
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New Members / New Attendees Meet and Greet
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6:30pm-8:30pm
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Welcome Reception
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Monday, May 18
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6am-8am
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Richard B. "Dick" Trumbo 5K Fun Run/Walk: Hotel Entrance Lobby
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7am-4pm
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Registration Open
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8am-8:45am
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Opening Ceremonies: Centennial Ballroom
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8:45am-10am
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70th Louis H. Bauer Lecture: Open Innovation at NASA: Good ideas can from anywhere: Jeffrey R. Davis, MD
“The last 11 years of my tenure at NASA (2005-2016) as head of SLSD that then became the Human Health and Performance directorate in 2012, was all about balancing near-term innovations for existing flight programs, with long-term, breakthrough innovations for future missions. And to do so on a very reduced R&D budget. I’ll send you a draft talk outline later but it will be mostly from personal experience and outcomes, good and bad, so hopefully the audience will identify with the talk. I had taken the Harvard Business School course, Leading Change and Organizational Renewal in 2008, met Dr. Karim Lakhani who was teaching open innovation, which we immediately incorporated into our strategic planning. We actually used the two terms in the title with my HH&P group in implementation of our strategy, to emphasize that our challenge was to innovate the parent organization (exploit) and develop the future (explore). Explore and Exploit were the terms used by Tushman and O’Reilly who taught (and still teach) the course but the terms didn’t resonate within NASA so we turned it into NASA speak, with the famous Gene Kranz line in place of exploit.”
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10am-10:30am
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Exhibits / Break
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10:30am-12pm
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Eric P. Kindwall Memorial Lecture: “The Sagol Center for Hyperbaric Medicine: Experience with Treating Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Soldiers.” - Shai Efrati, MD
About the Lecture: In conventional medicine, we rely on surgical intervention and pharmacologic agents to achieve desired biological outcomes. Hyperbaric medicine, however, harnesses controlled environmental changes—specifically in pressure and gas concentration—to attain these goals. From a pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic perspective, hyperbaric interventions can be categorized into three primary mechanisms of action: (1) pressure as the active agent, (2) oxygen as the active agent, and (3) the induction of tissue repair via the hyperoxic-hypoxic paradox (HHP). Each of these categories includes various military-related injuries that are treated extensively at the Sagol Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Research. Examples include:
In this lecture, we will trace the journey that led us to treat over 350 patients daily at the Sagol Center. We will examine the underlying pathophysiology and the application of hyperbaric medicine for each of these indications, with a particular focus on the unique challenges and outcomes associated with treating Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers. About the Speaker:
Dr. Shai Efrati is a professor at Tel Aviv University's Sackler School of Medicine and the Sagol School of Neuroscience. He also serves as the director of the Sagol Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Research at Shamir Medical Center in Israel, where he leads the world's largest hyperbaric treatment center, treating over 350 patients daily. Dr. Efrati’s research extends the applications of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), viewing the brain as a tissue with repair potential like other healing processes in the body. His research program includes a unique HBOT protocol that leverages the Hyperoxic-Hypoxic Paradox (HHP), promoting tissue and brain repair through controlled fluctuations in oxygen and pressure. Clinical trials have shown this protocol to stimulate stem cell proliferation, neurogenesis, angiogenesis, and improve cellular metabolism through better mitochondrial function and enhance both neurocognitive and physical performance. The HHP protocol has demonstrated substantial benefits for patients suffering from post-concussion syndrome following traumatic brain injuries (TBI) or blast injuries, stroke, and PTSD, and has been successfully applied in life- and limb-saving treatments for soldiers with battlefield-related injuries. ABOUT ERIC P. KINDWALL, MD
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12pm-2pm
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Lunch (On Own), Special Luncheons and Meetings
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2pm-3:30pm
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3:30pm-4pm
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Exhibits / Break
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4pm-5:30pm
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About the Lecture: 
Dr. Kindwall is known by many as the "Father of Hyperbaric Medicine.” Whether you knew him personally or simply by reputation, we have all benefited from his efforts, passion, wisdom, knowledge, energy and vision. Dr. Kindwall has played a great role in growing and shaping the specialty of Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine. He was likewise instrumental in molding the UHMS into what it is today. Dr. Kindwall began diving in 1950. He cultivated his interest in the field and during the Vietnam War served as the Assistant Director of the U.S. Navy School of Submarine Medicine. He also was the Senior Officer responsible for the Diving Medicine Program. In 1969, after leaving the Navy, Dr. Kindwall became Chief of the Department of Hyperbaric Medicine at St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wis. Shortly after the Undersea Medical Society was created in the mid-1960s, Dr. Kindwall identified the need for standardized education in the field. He created the UMS Education and Standards Committee to help elevate course content and ensure instructor competence. This committee later became our Education Committee. When the AMA initiated its Continuing Medical Education program, Dr. Kindwall persuaded the organization to recognize the UMS as a grantor of CME credits. In 1972, Dr. Kindwall felt that the Society’s members would benefit from improved communication. He created our first newsletter and was named editor. Dr. Kindwall chose the name Pressure because clinical hyperbaric medicine was rapidly developing. Even though the UHMS had not yet incorporated "Hyperbaric” into the Society’s name, he wanted a title for the newsletter that would encompass all who worked with increased atmospheric pressure. He stated: "The Society’s goal then, as it is now, is to serve all who deal with the effects of increased barometric pressure.” That same year, Dr. Kindwall recognized the need to have a relationship with Medicare to help provide insight on reputable clinical management. The UMS followed this lead, and a Medicare Panel was created. The recommendations were presented to the U.S. Public Health Service. The challenge was that no reliable hyperbaric medicine clinical guidelines were available that addressed appropriate applications of Hyperbaric Medicine. To remedy this deficit, the UMS Executive Committee created an Ad Hoc Committee on hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Dr. Kindwall was named Chair. The committee created the first Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Committee Report. Again, this text was published 10 years before the UHMS incorporated "Hyperbaric” into its name. The report was sent to HCFA and the Blues and became their source document for reimbursement. Dr. Kindwall updated the text two more times and thus was the Editor and Chair of the Committee and text for three of its 12 editions. Dr. Kindwall later worked to expand the available information on the specialty by creating one of the first complete texts on the field. He created Hyperbaric Medicine Practice in 1994 and later updated and revised his text two more times. The Society’s first journal, Hyperbaric Oxygen Review, has also been influenced by Dr. Kindwall. His love for research and education was clear: He became the initial editor, creating a journal that at first consisted of review articles and one original contribution. Over the years, it has grown to one full of original research. Dr. Kindwall’s presence is felt in so many of the UHMS’ activities and initiatives. Much of what we all take for granted – what is just "there” and "available” – has his touch and influence.Tuesday, May 19
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8am-4pm
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Registration Open
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8:30am-9am
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Announcements
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9am-10:15am
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11th Eugen Reinartz Memorial Lecture: Commercial Space, Human Spaceflight, the I.S.S. and the U.S. Return to the Moon: Mark N. Sirangelo, PhD
Mark Sirangelo is an early entrepreneurial pioneer of the commercial space industry, a founding member of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation and whose companies have participated in over 300 space missions. He will take us on a fascinating illustrated journey through the past three decades of commercial space, speak to where the industry and state of the art is today and present his personal views of the future of commercial human travel to low earth orbit, the Moon and Mars. Dr. Mark N. Sirangelo is the Aerospace and Engineering Scholar in Residence at the University of Colorado while also being a current member of NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP). He was the founding executive and head of Sierra Nevada Space Systems and its successor SpaceDev. He is a past Chairman of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation and is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. As part of his government service, he was the most recent past Chairman of the U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Innovation Board, served as the Chief Innovation Officer of Colorado and also completed an assignment as Special Assistant to the NASA Administrator helping to design the Artemis program. |
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10:15am-10:45am
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Exhibits / Break
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10:45am-12pm
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UHMS Christian J. Lambertsen Memorial Lecture: "Last Breath - Reasoning with life and death at the bottom of the North Sea." - Chris Lemons
CHRISTIAN J. LAMBERTSEN, MD, DSc (Hon) MEMORIAL KEYNOTE About th Chris will talk about the lead up to that fateful day in 2012 and give you a very personal account of his thoughts and actions when he was left stranded 300 feet down in the icy darkness with no heat, no light and only 5 minutes of gas left to breathe, with his rescuers over 40 minutes away from being able to get to him. About Speaker: Chris has been a commercial diver and Supervisor for over 18 years, and currently specializes in deep sea saturation diving, operating almost exclusively in the oil and gas industry. This highly specialized form of diving involves living in the claustrophobic confines of a decompression chamber for up to 28 days at a time, commuting daily to the seabed in a diving bell, and working at depths of up to 900 feet for 6 hours at a time. In September of 2012, a freak failure of the dynamic positioning system of the vessel he was working under, resulted in the umbilical which provides him with breathing gas, light and heat being severed completely. He was left on the seabed, in complete darkness 300 feet below the surface, with only the 5 minutes of breathing gas he carried in the emergency tanks on his back, and no way to protect himself from the freezing temperatures. It took his heroic rescuers over 40 minutes to come back and fetch him, and his miraculous survival story has baffled experts ever since. His extraordinary story was subsequently immortalized in the hit Netflix/BBC documentary 'Last Breath,' a version of which has been developed into a Hollywood movie starring Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu and Finn Cole and is due for release on the 28th of February 2025. Chris was born in Edinburgh, raised in Cambridge, and now lives in the South of France with his partner and two daughters. ABOUT CHRISTIAN J. LAMBERTSEN, MD, DSc (Hon)
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12pm-2pm
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Lunch (On Own), Special Luncheons and Meetings
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2pm-3:30pm
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3:30pm-4pm
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Exhibits / Break
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4pm-5:30pm
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1830-2230
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Joint Social (advance purchase): hosted by Life Sciences & Biomedical Engineering Branch (LSBEB) (limited to 200)
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About the Lecture:
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Dr. Christian J. Lambertsen received a B.S. Degree from Rutgers University in 1938 and a M.D. Degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1943. During his medical school period, he invented and first used forms of the initial U.S. self-contained closed-circuit oxygen rebreathing apparatus, for neutral buoyancy underwater swimming and diving. As a student, he aided the early Office of Strategic Services (O.S.S.) in establishing the first cadres of U.S. military operational combat swimmers. Dr. Lambertsen became a U.S. Army medical officer on graduation from medical school in early 1943, and immediately joined the O.S.S. Maritime Unit on active duty through its period of function in World War II. He joined the University of Pennsylvania Medical Faculty in 1946 and became Professor of Pharmacology in 1952. While a faculty member he combined diving research and further underwater rebreathing equipment developments for the Army and Navy. In 1967 he served as Founding President of the Undersea Medical Society (now Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society.) Dr. Lambertsen is recognized by the Naval Special Warfare community as "The Father of U.S. Combat Swimming.” His hand has touched every aspect of military and commercial diving. Dr. Lambertsen’s active contributions to diving began during WWII and became even more progressive in the post-war period through the evolutions of the U.S. Navy Deep Submergence and Naval Special Warfare developmental programs.Wednesday, May 20
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8:30am-10am
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10am-10:30am
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Exhibits / Break
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10:30am-12pm
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12pm-2pm
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Lunch (On Own), Special Luncheons and Meetings
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2pm-3:30pm
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3:30pm-4pm
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Exhibits / Break
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4pm-5:30pm
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Ram Bowl
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1900-2200
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UHMS Honors Night
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Thursday, May 21
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8am-2pm
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Registration Open
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8am
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Announcements
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8am-9:30am
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Harry G. Armstrong/George B. Hart Memorial Lecture: Pressure Perils from Undersea to Outer Space Panel: Jonathan Clark, MD; Joseph Dervey, MD; Mitch A. Garber, MD; Michael Gernhardt, PhD; Rich Moon, MD
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9:30am-10am
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Break
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10am-11:30am
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11:30am-1:30pm
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Lunch (On Own), Special Luncheons and Meetings
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1:30pm-3pm
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3pm-3:30pm
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Break
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3:30pm-5pm
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1800-2100
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AsMA Honors Night
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2100-2400
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AsMA/UHMS After Party
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Friday, May 22
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0715-1730
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Workshop: Tropical and Subtropical Medicine: Operation Stone Mountain
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