San Francisco Institute
              for Hyperbaric Medicine

Devoted to clinical research and
teaching in the field of Hyperbaric
Oxygen (HBO) therapy

The Institute is dedicated to clinical research and education in the rapidly developing field of Hyperbaric Medicine.  Patient treatment under currently accepted guidelines will be provided on a space available basis. Clinical research protocols will be based upon prospective, randomized, clinical trials.  If the end points are in anyway equivocal, every attempt will be made to double blind the study.

Educational endeavors will include Hyperbaric Team Training intended for individuals who are new to the field and plan to be involved with clinical treatments on a daily basis.  This will include physicians, nurses and technicians.  It is anticipated that these courses will be one week in length (Monday-Saturday) and offered on a periodic basis.  The course will include both didactic lectures and hands on experience at the San Francisco chamber facility.

 An International Symposium is also planned.  This will bring international experts from around the world to San Francisco for a state of the art review of the current status of Hyperbaric Medicine.  It is anticipated that this symposium will run for three days (Thursday-Saturday) and be offered on an every one to two year basis.  The highly successful XIV International Congress on Hyperbaric Medicine was held in San Francisco in 2002 with Dr. F.S. Cramer as host and President.