2025 AsMA-UHMS Annual Scientific Meeting

2025 AsMA-UHMS Annual Scientific Meeting

Originally hosted June 2-5, 2025 in Atlanta, GA

The primary goal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society ASM is to provide a forum for professional scientific growth and development to the participants.  The meeting provides a basis for exchange of ideas, both scientific and practical, among physicians, researchers, and other health professionals.  It affords an opportunity for participants to meet and interact with past and present leaders of the Society, and to become active in societal affairs.

*Partial credit is not offered for this educational program. If you claimed CE credit for the in-person program, you are not eligible to receive credit again for the enduring material program.

Estimated time to complete this activity: 23 hours

Termination Date: February 9, 2029

Price: 

• Non-Member: $517.50
• Regular UHMS Member: $402.50
• Associate UHMS Member: $287.50

Schedule:

Lecture Title - Faculty/Presenter

70th Louis H. Bauer Lecture: Open Innovation at NASA - good ideas can come from anywhere - Jeffrey R Davis, MD

UHMS Kindwall Keynote:"The Sagol Center for Hyperbaric Medicine: Experience with Treating IDF Soldiers.” - Shai Efrati, MD

Plenary: Chapter 16, UHMS Indications: Mechanisms of Action - Gerardo Bosco, MD, PhD

A1: Hyperbaric oxygen suppresses inflammatory microparticle production in carbon monoxide poisoned patients and in a murine model. - Stephen R. Thom, MD

A2: Composition of Breathing Gas Impacts the Development of Noise Induced Hearing Loss in the Hyperbaric Environment - Elliott Dirr, PhD

A3: Hyperbaric Oxygen Exposure Oppositely Affects Gene Expression of the SARS-CoV-2 Receptors, Toll-Like Receptor TLR3, Interleukins IL4 and IL10, IKKepsilon, and the transcription factors FOXO1 and NFATC1 via Inverse Regulation of NRF2 and miR-365b-5p Expression in Normal and COPD-Diseased Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells - Eva Yi-Hui Chen, PhD

Plenary: UHM Fellows: Top articles in Hyperbaric Medicine - Samantha Ni, MD

Plenary Panel: Evaluation of patients for hyperbaric oxygen treatment, to treat or not to treat - Lin Weaver, MD; Owen O'Neill, MD; Sandra Wainwright, MD

B10: Ten sessions of Hyperbaric Oxygen versus sham treatment in patients with Long COVID (HOT-LoCO): a randomised, placebo controlled, double-blind, phase II trial. - Anders Kjellberg, MD

B11: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy with and without sodium thiosulfate for treatment of wounds caused by calciphylaxis.  A retrospective analysis of the past 20 years - Doris J. Armour, MD

B12: Five-year chronic disease burden and mortality risk in carbon monoxide-poisoned patients, with and without hyperbaric oxygen, compared to patients with wrist fractures abstract - Lindell K. Weaver, MD 

11th Eugen G. Reinartz Memorial Lecture: “Commercial Space, Human Spaceflight, the I.S.S. and the U.S. Return to the Moon - Mark N. Sirangelo, PhD

UHMS Lambertsen Keynote: "Last Breath - Reasoning with life and death at the bottom of the North Sea." Chris Lemons - Chris Lemons

Plenary:  Shunted venous bubbles: an update on behaviour and pathogenicity - Simon Micthell 

C66: Decompression to altitude and from high pressure – a common mechanism for microparticle production and putative site for bubble nucleation. - Stephen R. Thom, MD 

C67: Neutrophil Transcriptomic Responses to Hyperbaric Stress Using a Human Lung-on-a-chip Model - Abigail G. Harrell, MS 

C68: Real-Time Automated Detection of Venous Gas Emboli: Prospective Evaluation of a Deep Learning Pipeline after Hyperbaric Chamber Dives -  Arian Azarang, PhD 

Plenary: Engineering the academic pipeline for undersea medicine: A global strategy for next-gen STEM workforce development - Virginie Papadopoulou, PhD

Plenary: Analyzing. Blood biomarkers that compares scuba divers to free divers - Tommaso Antonio Giacon

D78: Effect of pre-dive ketone food products on latency to CNS oxygen toxicity - Kyle Steinbock, BS

D75: Whole-body Nitrogen Elimination after Diving using an Open-Circuit Indirect Measurement Method - Sven De Ridder

D76: Central nervous system oxygen toxicity and core temperature responses to HBO2 during immersion with hypercapnic O2 at 3 ATA and pure O2 at 5 ATA in rats - Courtney Wheelock, PhD

Plenary: UHM Fellows: Top articles in Undersea Medicine - Jayanth Adusumalli, MD

Plenary: International panel: Vestibular DCI; DEEP; Saturation diving table reviews - Phil Bryson, Rosanna Stokes; Andrew Abercromby, PhD; Jean-Pierre Imbert 

Plenary: Extremely Intensive Care – Successful delivery of Hyperbaric ECMO - Ian Millar, MD; Bridget Devaney, 

E111: Retrospective cohort study of Microvascular Fluorescence Angiography (MFA) use in hyperbaric oxygen therapy patients following lower extremity amputation complicated by flap ischemia.stract - Benjamin R. Banks, MD 

E112: Additional Information Obtained from the CMS Controlled Study Employing Billing Records to Report Effects and Costs of Hyperbaric Oxygen for Radiation Cystitis - John J. Feldmeier, DO 

E113: Sharpened Romberg Test variability in a randomized, double-blind trial of Hyperbaric Oxygen for Persistent Symptoms after Brain Injury. - Rosemary Ziemnik, MS 

F130: Myopic changes persist 6 weeks after hyperbaric oxygen treatment course in monoplace chamber - Joan W Chou, MD 

F131: Ultrasound muscle scans collected during decompression may predict post-dive venous gas emboli loads - Joshua Currens 

F132: Divers tend to produce individually consistent venous gas emboli grades after conducting the same dive multiple times. - Joshua Currens

Plenary: Microparticle research: An international collaboration with South Korean physicians on carbon monoxide poisoning. - Stephen Thom, MD

Eustachian Tube Dysfunction & Middle Ear Barotrauma Diagnosis, Grading, Treatment, & Prevention - Owen O'Neill, MD, MPH

Regulatory Oversight – Hyperbaric Medicine’s Pandora Box? - John Feldmeier, DO; Tom Workman

Armstrong-Hart Lecture: Pressure Perils from Undersea to Outer Space Panel - Jon Clark, MD; Mitch A. Garber, MD; Michael Gernhardt, PhD; Rich Moon, MD

Plenary: The most complicated monoplace chamber out of this world -Michael Harrison 

Plenary: Update: engineering and pressure - saturation tunnel working in the extremes - Justin Costello

Go No-Go survey - Marc Pullis

Update on codes and compliance - Gus Gustavson, RN

Concepts of Human Factors in Diving - Jonathan Langham (GA Aquarium)

Common findings or common pitfalls for Hyperbaric Facility Accreditation Panel - Larry Chase, MD; Monica Skarban, RN; Holly Manchini, CHT

Cultural sensitivity in healthcare related to providing hyperbaric care -Gus Gustavson, RN

CONTINUING EDUCATION 

Designation Statements: 

Physician CME:  The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society designates this enduring material for a maximum of 23 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing CEU: 
Nursing/RRT: Approved for 23.00 contact hours. Wound Care Education Partners is a Florida based company and a licensed CE Provider through the Florida State Board of Nursing and the CE is reciprocal for nurses in the United States. Florida nursing credits are reciprocal and approved for nurses within all states. Receiving credit for Florida providers is simple, attend the course and our staff will upload your credits directly to the Florida State database. For out of state credit, we provide the necessary paperwork for you to file with the respective nursing board. License Types eligible for credits: RN, APRN, LPN, CNA, RCP, CRT, RRT.  Florida Board of Registered Nursing Provider #50-10881.

NBDHMT: This enduring material is approved for 6 Category A and 17 Category B credit hours by National Board of Diving and Hyperbaric Medical Technology, P.O. Box 758, Pelion, South Carolina, 29123, USA.

NBDHMT Accreditation Statement: For CHT recertification purposes, the NBDHMT requires a minimum of nine of the minimum 12 required Category A credits relate directly to any combination of hyperbaric operations, related technical aspects and chamber safety.

CME For MOC Program Guide Designation Statements for ABMS Boards
Required instructions to learners on how to obtain CME for MOC: CME For MOC points are earned through completing a comprehensive evaluation component that assesses individual learner competence, performance, and/or the impact on patient outcomes. Some boards require evaluation feedback that will include a summary of what was discussed and the best next steps for the learner. The evaluation feedback will be provided to you upon submitting the evaluation form.

As an accredited ACCME provider, the UHMS is now responsible to submit physician learner CME credits into the ACCME PARS system. However, it is the physician’s responsibility to submit the necessary information required to match with the ACCME PARS system. It is also the physicians responsibility to check with their respective board(s) to see that the credits were applied accordingly.

American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA)
“This activity contributes to the CME component of the American Board of Anesthesiology’s redesigned Maintenance of Certification in AnesthesiologyTM (MOCA®) program, known as MOCA 2.0®. Please consult the ABA website, www.theABA.org, for a list of all MOCA 2.0 requirements.”

American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)***
“Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 23 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.”

American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (ABOHNS) ***
“Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn their required annual part II self-assessment credit in the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery’s Continuing Certification program (formerly known as MOC). It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of recognizing participation.”

American Board of Orthopedic Surgery (ABOS) ***
“Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery’s Maintenance of Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABOS credit."

American Board of Pathology (ABPath)
This activity has been registered to offer 23 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM towards the American Board of Pathology’s Continuing Certification program Lifelong Learning credits.

American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) ***
“Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 23 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.”

American Board of Surgery (ABS) ***
“Successful completion of this CME activity [which includes participation in the evaluation component], enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME [and Self-Assessment] requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit."

American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS) ***
“Successful completion of this CME activity [which includes participation in the evaluation component,] enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME [and Self-Assessment] of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery’s Maintenance of Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABTS credit."

***Will require evaluation feedback

Accreditation Statement: The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Disclaimer: The information provided at this CME activity is for Continuing Medical Education purposes only. The lecture content, statements or opinions expressed however, do not necessarily represent those of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society.

Full Disclosure Statement: All faculty members and planners participating in continuing medical education activities sponsored by Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society are expected to disclose to the participants any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. Full disclosure of faculty and planner relevant financial relationships will be made at the activity. 

Disclosures: All individuals in control of content for this educational activity with their relevant financial relationship disclosed are listed below (if applicable). An individual who refuses to disclose relevant financial relationships will be disqualified from being in control of educational content at any time, and cannot have control of, or responsibility for, the development, management, presentation, or evaluation of the CME activity. 

Financial relationships are relevant if the following three conditions are met for the individual who will control content of the education:

• A financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company.
• The content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship.
• The financial relationship existed during the past 24 months

“None of the individuals in control of content (planners/faculty/reviewers/authors) for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.”

There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to mitigate for this educational activity.

Thank you to the following commercial supporters for our 2024 UHMS Annual Scientific Meeting:

Appropriate Management of Commercial Support
The UHMS and Aerospace Medical Association’s Scientific Program Committee has authority and complete control of the planning and implementation of this educational activity and attests to the fact that it was planned and implemented independent of commercial/grant support and in accordance with the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. 

Commercial support provided for the live activity:

• Environmental Tectonics Corporation: $1,000 Harry G. Armstrong Panel
• Environmental Tectonics Corporation: $5,000 Exhibit Hall Coffee/Tea Service
• Environmental Tectonics Corporation: $5,000 Reception to Honor International Attendees
• Environmental Tectonics Corporation: $3,500 International Acceleration Interest Group Luncheon
• Environmental Tectonics Corporation: $1,150 Spatial Disorientation Research Group breakfast
• Perry Baromedical: Satchel sponsor

Corporate sponsorships from eligible organizations provided for the live activity:

• DEEP: $500 STEM sponsorship
• Wound Care Education Partners: $500 STEM sponsorship
• Office of Naval Research: $10,000/12,000 STEM sponsorship grant/educational grant