2024 UHMS Annual Scientific Meeting

2024 UHMS Annual Scientific Meeting 

June 13-15, 2024

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: 17 hours

Termination Date: November 21, 2027 

Price: 

• Non-Member: $382.50
• Regular UHMS Member: $297.50
• Associate UHMS Member: $112.50

Schedule:

• President's Address
• Kindwall Keynote: New and developing indications for hyperbaric oxygen treatment: Jay Buckey, MD, PHD
• Plenary: International Panel: Diving decompression an actual view: Costantino Balestra, Jack Kot, Jean-Pierre Imbert, Armin Sidali
• A1: Environmental study and stress-related biomarkers modifications in a crew during a week of confinement in EMMPOL6 analog astronaut mission: Tommaso Antonio Giacon, MD
• A2: Reduction of inflammatory mediators and neutrophil activation by hyperbaric oxygen in patients with decompression sickness or carbon monoxide poisoning: Stephen Thom, MD, PhD
• A3: Pressure-related inflammatory responses of SCUBA divers and tunnel workers: Phi-Nga Jeannie Le, MD
• Plenary: Top Articles in Hyperbaric Medicine: Emma Rogers, MD: UPenn Fellow
• Plenary: Panel: Surviving a Medicare audit: Lessons learned: Helen Gelly, MD and Nick Bird, MD
• B7: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for treatment-resistant combat-associated PTSD: A randomized, sham-controlled trial: Shai Efrati, MD to present on behalf of Keren  Doenyas-Barak, MD
• B8: Comparison of hyperbaric oxygen treatment pressures for radiation-induced hemorrhagic cystitis: Riggs Sanchez, BA
• B9: Assessment of CRAO Cases to Identify Care Improvement Initiatives: Laura M. Lauer, DO
• Lambertsen Keynote: (Mis)Adventures in the Gulf of Mexico: Sean Hardy, MD
• Plenary: Principles of isobaric counter diffusion to prevent DCS: Richard Moon, MD
• C34: First-in-human imaging of venous gas emboli using a capacitive micromachined transducer toward an underwater wearable ultrasound for personalized decompression: Virginie Papadopoulou, PhD
• C108: Innate immune cell responses from elevated pressures and dissolved gases using human lung-on-a-chip devices: Abigail Harrell
• C36: Decompression stops at three instead of six meters of sea water could reduce the risk of decompression sickness: Oscar Plogmark, MD
• Plenary: Executive Summary of the proceedings from the National Academies Workshop on Undersea Medicine Research sponsored by Office of Naval Research "ONR": Sandra Chapman
• Plenary: Session D: Commercial diving and DMAC: Phil Bryson, MBBS
• Plenary: Session D: Hyperbaric medicine in extreme environments: Medical care of the compressed air tunnel worker: Owen O'Neill, MD
• D40: Effect of BHB level and gender on latency to CNSOT: Bruce J. Derrick, MD
• D41: No correlation between increases of spleen volume and changes in circulating pro-inflammatory microparticles following fourteen days of apnea and hypoxia exposures: Zac Schlader, PhD
• D42: Dive profiles and DCS rate among seafood harvesters in British Columbia Canada: Sherri Ferguson, MSc
• Plenary: Top Articles in Undersea Medicine: Thomas Gregory, MD: Duke Fellow
• Plenary: Decadency/Ascendancy of the LSUHSC Hyperbaric Fellowship Program: A history to die for: Keith Van Meter, MD
• Davis Keynote: Non-compliant chambers: Individual liability, and a threat to our industry: Francois Burman, Pr Eng, BSc (Eng), MSc
• Plenary: Randomized controlled blinded trial design & conduct: Challenges-pitfallssolutions: Dick Clarke, CHT-Admin
• Plenary: Shortage of 24/7 Facilities: Jim Chimiak, MD
• Plenary: Mass CO poisoning: Geness Koumandakis, CH
• Plenary: DCI treatment debate: Shorter oxygen exposures vs US Navy treatment tables: Pablo Medina, MD (Pros) & Richard Moon, MD (Cons)
• Plenary: Tech's going off the reservation: Upholding the CHT Code of Conduct: Dick Clarke, CHT-Admin
• Plenary: Session E: Monoplace hyperbaric chamber, equipment for treating critically ill patients: Lin Weaver, MD
• E60: Improving simulation medical education of providers in hyperbaric medicine: A survey study: Krisos Spyratos, DO
• E61-62: Continuous blood glucose monitor performance in a 100% hyperbaric oxygen environment & Continuous blood glucose monitors and safety in the hyperbaric environment: Enoch Huang, MD & Jacquline Hocking, CHT
• E63: 3D printed IV pass-through for monoplace hyperbaric chambers: Erin Etoll-Jones, MD
• F73: Analysis of diver fatalities in San Diego: Insights from the SDDDRC: Benito Pascua, MD
• F74: Significant cardiac and thrombotic effects of severe carbon monoxide poisoning: a case series: Margot Samson, MD
• F75: Sickle cell disease-related SSNHL: A novel HBO2 indication? Natalie Ouellette, BSc, MD

CONTINUING EDUCATION 

Designation Statements: 

Physician CME:  The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society designates this enduring material for a maximum of 17 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing CEU:  Approved license types: Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner; Clinical Nurse Specialist; Licensed Practical Nurse; Registered Nurse; Certified Nursing Assistant; Respiratory Care Practitioner Critical Care; Respiratory Care Practitioner Non-Critical Care; Registered Respiratory Therapist; Certified Respiratory Therapist.  This enduring material is approved for 17 contact hours by the Florida Board of Registered Nursing Provider #50-10881. 

NBDHMT: This enduring material is approved for 9 Category A and 8 Category B credit hours by National Board of Diving and Hyperbaric Medical Technology, P.O. Box 758, Pelion, South Carolina, 29123, USA.

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 17 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 Orthopaedic 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 17 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 17 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:

Commercial Support:

• Fink Engineering: Platinum Sponsorship: $6,500
• Shearwater: $500 (STEM)
• Hyperbaric Modular Systems: $2,500
• Sechrist Industries: satchel sponsor 
• Perry Baromedical: pens/notepads

Sponsorships:

• Office of Naval Research (ONR): $22,000 (Grant)
• Divers Alert Network (DAN): $500 (STEM)
• Wound Care Education Partners (WCEP): $500 (STEM)