Hyperbaric Doctor referral

[alphonsis]

I need to get a medical done for a diving course I'm taking which requires a Chest x-ray, spirometry, hematocrit, and urinalysis. Does anyone know of a doctor or doctor's group that specializes, or is at least competent in hyperbaric medicine?

I'm located in the East Bay, so the closer the better!

Oh, and I'm getting a referral from DAN, but I was hoping for personal experience.

 

[Jorbar1551]

wow, what kind of class is this?

 

[miketsp]

I need to get a medical done for a diving course I'm taking which requires a Chest x-ray, spirometry, hematocrit, and urinalysis. Does anyone know of a doctor or doctor's group that specializes, or is at least competent in hyperbaric medicine?

I'm located in the East Bay, so the closer the better!

Oh, and I'm getting a referral from DAN, but I was hoping for personal experience.

Did they actually ask you to do a medical with a hyperbaric specialist?
All those exams are standard and if they specified them it's probably because they have their own specialist that will evaluate them.
I have to do a routine Company medical every year and what you listed only makes up a very small fraction of the long list of required tests and exams by 7 or 8 specialists and this is for a desk job.

 

[alphonsis]

It's for a scientific diving course offered at my university. They suggest working a doctor who specializes in the medicine of diving since they would be best suited to interpret the results within the context of scientific diving.

 

[marcus8]

Unfortunately, I do ;-( Took a ride in the chamber this past summer up at John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek. Their hyperbaric medical center is called Yosemite up there. They are most professional and very well informed. Their entire staff that I dealt with were all divers, except for the main doctor....Dr. Tufts. But he was very experienced and knowledgeable. There is another doctor up there as well whom is a diver, but his name escapes me at the moment. I'd recommend either doctor, if they are willing to do the type of test you mention.

 

[alphonsis]

sorry to hear about your ride, but thanks for the information!

 

[Tampico_ED]

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[Shunorlax]

What University do you go to?

 

[Thalassamania]

Lorre Henderson, OD, MD, FACS,
President of the Pacific Chapter,
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, 2005-2006

completed Optometry School at the University of Houston in 1976 and practiced optometry in Houston, Texas for several years. He received his M.D. from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston in 1981, completed two years of General Surgery followed by three years of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at Hermann Hospital and M.D. Anderson Hospital & Tumor Institute in Houston. Dr. Henderson has been in private otolaryngology practice in the San Francisco Bay Area since completing his residency in 1986. He was in hyperbaric medicine in the Bay Area for 10 years. He is board-certified in Optometry, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine. He has been an active diver since 1970 and lectures nationally and internationally on otolaryngologic problems related to diving

 

[alphonsis]

What University do you go to?

University of California, Berkeley