Medical Director: Kenneth P. Stoller, MD

Kenneth P. Stoller, MD, is President of the International Hyperbaric Medical Association, a Fellow of the American College of Hyperbaric Medicine, a Diplomat of the American Board of Pediatrics, a Diplomat of the American Board of Hyperbaric Medicine, a member of the American College for Hyperbaric Medicine, and a member of the New Mexico Medical Society. He was University of California President's Undergraduate Fellow in the UCLA Medical Center's Department of Anesthesiology, and has almost two decades of clinical experience in pediatric medicine. Dr. Stoller was first exposed to Aerospace Medicine in 1970, when he helped download data from NASA's Bio satellite III mission at the Brain Research Institute at UCLA. In 1995, the heart of a close friend of Dr. Stoller stopped beating. When he was resuscitated by paramedics, catastrophic brain damage had already occurred - he was in a coma for almost a month. It was Dr. Stoller's frustration with the therapy then offered his brain injured friend that revived his interest in the field, specifically Hyperbaric Medicine. Dr. Stoller's intention is to raise the level of consciousness about the benefits of this new medical specialty, and make it available to as many patients as possible.

Chief Executive Officer: Matthew J. Buzzell, III, J.D.

Matthew J. Buzzell, III, was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area.  He earned his BS in Business Administration and Economics at Saint Mary’s College in Moraga, CA, and went on to earn his juris doctorate from McGeorge School of Law at the University of Pacific, Sacramento.  Matthew is a member of the California Bar Association, the Bar Association of San Francisco, the San Francisco Barristers Club, and the American Bar Association, and operates his own private law practice in San Francisco where he practices employment litigation and corporate law.  He is a frequent speaker throughout California on employment, labor, and workers’ compensation related issues, as well as the AMA Guides 5th Edition.  Matthew served as the vice president of Buzzell Electric Works, Inc., in San Francisco (est. 1909) from 2002 through 2007. Matthew joined the San Francisco Institute for Hyperbaric Medicine in May of 2008 as the company’s General Counsel and serves on the firm’s Board of Directors.  He was appointed to the position of CEO in August of 2009.

Nursing Director: Gayle Link, RN

Gayle Link received her BS in Nursing at the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1996 and is a specialist in both Adult and Pediatric Intensive Care. She has held positions at both California Pacific Medical Center and Stanford University, and is a member of the California Nurses Association, American Nurses Association, and the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society. Gayle is currently finishing her graduate thesis in Community Health to receive an MSN at San Diego State University with an emphasis in health education and disease prevention. During her coursework, she received and managed a grant for asthma education in school children with the American Lung Association. Gayle can be contact by email at glink@sfhbo.com.

Engineering Director: Stephen Reimers, PE

Mr. Reimers was introduced to hyperbarics as a young Naval officer in 1969 and has been designing and building hyperbaric facilities ever since. He is a long-time member of the committees that manage the two codes that most affect clinical hyperbarics; ASME PVHO-1 Safety Code on Pressure Vessels for Human Occupancy and Chapter 19 ÒHyperbaric FacilitiesÓ of NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities. Presently he runs two companies, Reimers Systems, Inc. (RSI) and Hyperbaric Clearinghouse, Inc. (HCI). RSI is a major installer of monoplace chambers. They have developed liquid cylinder based oxygen supply systems and air ventilation equipment that make it possible to establish a monoplace center nearly anywhere. Steve can be contacted by email at sreimers@sfhbo.com.

Technical Director: Alford Wilson, CHT

Alford Wilson received his Associate of Science in Marine Technology in 2000 from the College of Oceaneering in Los Angeles, California with a concentration on diving physiology & Hyperbaric Systems Operations. In 2005 he attended the Hyperbaric Safety Directors course at the International ATMO in San Antonio, Texas and has gone on to run the Hyperbaric Departments of American Hyperbarics in Frederick, Maryland and Life Force Therapies in Minneapolis, Minnesota where he also served as Safety Director. Alford is a member of the Association of Diving Contractors International, the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society and the International Hyperbarics Association. Alford can be contacted by email at awilson@sfhbo.com.