Committees

Activities of the UHMS are carried by committees, who are chaired and staffed by volunteers. If you are interested in serving on one of these committees or in learning more about a committee's activities, please contact the committee chair.

2013 Program Committee scientificcommittee@uhms.org
Guy Dear (Co-Chair)
James Holm(Co-Chair)
John Feldmeier(Co-Chair)
Enoch Huang
Laurie Gesell
Claude Piantadosi
Jeff Mize (Associate Rep)
Lisa Tidd (Meeting Planner)


Awards Committee
Ken LeDez, MD(Chair)
Cynthia Cotta-Cumba M.D.
David Elliott OBE, D.Phil.
Mahito Kawashima M.D.
Noel A. Jett, MPH, CHT

Audit/Finance Committee
Enrico Camporesi, Chair
Laurie Gesell
Brett Hart
John Feldmeier
Peter Bennett
Jeff Mize

DecompressionIllness Adjunctive Therapy Committee
Richard Moon, M.D.(Co-Chair)
Frank Butler, M.D.(Co-Chair)
George Beck, M.D.
Jim Chimiak, M.D.
Joe Dervay, M.D. 
Andrew Dutka, M.D.
Michael Gernhardt, Ph.D.
Gary Latson, M.D.
Simon Mitchell, MB.ChB
George Wolf, M.D.

DivingCommittee
Simon J. Mitchell, M.D., Ph.D.

Education Committee

Heather Murphy-Lavoie, MD., Chair
J. Benjamin Slade. M.D., Vice Chair
Jayesh Shah, M.D. (Vice Chair - Enduring Materials)
William P. Butler, MD, (Sub-Chair-Enduring Materials)
Tracy LeGros, MD (Chair, Subcommittee for MOC)
Phi-Nga Jeannie Le (Sub-Chair, Subcommittee for MOC)
Richard Roller, MD (Sub-Chair, Subcommittee for MOC)
Michael Bennett, M.B., International Rep
Thomas M. Bozzuto, D.O.
Donald R. Chandler, M.A.
Timothy A. Emhoff, M.D.
Michael J. Harl, M.D.
Helen Gelly, M.D.
Arti Balar Masturzo, M.D.
Stuart Miller, M.D.
Paul Sheffield, PhD
Robert Overlock, M.D.
Robert Sanders, M.D.
Tom Workman, CHT
Marc S. Robins, M.D.
Norma Cooney, M.D.
Owen O'Neill, MD
Steven Piper, DO
Ian Grover, MD
Stacy Rupert, CME Coordinator

Fellow Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine Committee
Bret Stolp, Chair (Non-Voting)
Michael Bennett
Alf Brubakk
David Elliott
Caroline Fife
Neil Hampson
Simon Mitchell
Claude Piantadosi
Lin Weaver


Quality, Utilization, Authorization and Reimbursement Committee
Caroline Fife, MD, FUHM (Chair)
Helen Gelly, MD, FUHM (Co-Chair)
John Feldmeier, DO, FUHM (Ex Officio Member)
Brett Hart, MD, FUHM
Enoch Huang, MD, FUHM
Georgia Siebenaler, B.Ed., CHT, RRT
Jane Tompkin, MD
James Holm, MD, FUHM
Kris Torgerson, RN, MSN, ACHRN
Laurie Gesell, MD, FUHM
Stephen King, MD, MBA
Stuart Miller, MD
Phi-Nga Jeannie Le, MD

HBO Safety Committee
James Bell, CHT/EMT (Chair)
Richard Barry, BBA/CHT-A
Francois Burman, PrEng, BSc(Eng), MSAIME, FSAIW
Glen Butler, CHT
Rogelio (Roy) Cano, MAA/CHT
Walter Chin, CHT/RN
David Lindsie Cone, MD
Kevan Corson, CHT, CHSW, DMT-I
Sherri Ferguson
William (Bill) Gearhart, BS, CHT, EMT, CFPS
Robert (Bob) Overlock, MD
James Wilson
Tom Workman, MS, CAsp, CHT, FAsMA
Tom Schmidt, PE
Experts contributors to the UHMS Safety Committee:
   John (Jake) Freiberger, MD, MPH
   Lindell Weaver, MD
   Eugene Worth, MD, MEd
   Rob Sheffield, CHT-A

Hyperbaric Oxygen TherapyCommittee
Lindell Weaver, M.D.(Chair)
Dirk Bakker, M.D.
Robert Barnes, M.D.
Michael Bennett, M.D.
Enrico Camporesi, M.D.
Paul Cianci, M.D.
James Clark, M.D
Laurie Gesell, M.D.
Neil Hampson, M.D.
Brett Hart, M.D.
Harriet Hopf, M.D.
Irving Jacoby, M.D.
John Feldmeier, D.O.
Michael Lepawsky, M.D.
Robert Marx, D.D.S.
Richard Moon, M.D.
Ben Slade, M.D.
Michael Strauss, M.D.
Stephen Thom, M.D.
Keith Van Meter, M.D.
Wilbur T. Workman, M.S.
Robert Warriner, M.D.
William Zamboni, M.D.


International Affairs Committee
Glen Hawkins, MD (Chair)
Michael Bennett, M.D.


Material Testing Advisory (Ad Hoc) Committee
Richard C. Barry, BBA, CHT (Chair)
Lindell Weaver, M.D.
Bradley B. Bailey, M.D.
Brett Hart, M.D.
Laurie Gesell, M.D.
Dick Sample, CHT
W. Tom Workman, CHT
Robert Sheffield, CHT
James Bell, CHT
Patricia Hudson, RN, BSN, CWCN
Brenda McCloskey, RN, BS, CWCN, CHRN
Laura Josefsen, RN, ACHRN
Deepak Talati
Keith Evans

MembershipCommittee
Matthew Kelly,M.D. (Chair)
Richard Trumbo, Ph.D.
Catherine McCoy, M.D.
Andrew Dutka, M.D.

NominationsCommittee
John Feldmeier, DO(Chair)
Enrico Camporesi, M.D.
Richard Moon, M.D., C.M.
Folke Lind, M.D., Ph.D.
Stephen Thom, M.D., Ph.D.


Practice Compliance (Ad Hoc) Committee
TBD (Chair)
Jim Bell, CHT
Dick Clarke, CHT
Rob Fuqua
Laurie Gesell, MD
Seth McEwan, RN, CCRN, CHT
Rob Sheffield, CHT
Deepak Talati
Paul Claus, MD
Brett Hart, MD
Jim Wilcox, RN, BSN
Matias Nochetto, MD
Mike Crouch, CHT

PublicationsCommittee

Research Foundation Board
John Nick Vandemoer (Chair)
David H. Elliott
Andre' Galerne
Lee Greenbaum
Mahito Kawashima
Chriatian J. Lambertsen
Yoshihiro Mano
Roy A. Myers
Cuauhtemoc Sanchez
Ron Sechrist

ResearchCommittee
John J. Feldmeier, D.O.(Chair)
Enrico Camporesi, M.D.
Richard Moon, M.D.
Leon Greenbaum Jr, PhD
James Clark, MD, PhD
Guy de Lisle Dear, MB FRCA
Stephen Thom, MD, PhD
Simon Mitchell, M.D., ChB
Laurie Gesell, MD


AMA Liaison
Laurie Gesell, MD


LibraryLiaison
Richard Vann, Ph.D.