Scientific Advisory Board Members

Peter B. Bennett, Ph.D, D.Sc
Duke University Medical Center, USA

Dr.Bennett is the long-standing senior director of F. G. Hall Hyperbaric Center at the Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina. Dr.Bennett is internationally recognized as the leading authority on all aspects of high pressure biology, physiology and medicine. He is a co-editor of this discipline's defining textbook.

Jon A. Buras, M.D., Ph.D
Harvard Medical School, USA

Dr. Buras received his M.D & Ph.D degrees from the Boston University School of Medicine. He currently serves as Director of Basic Science Research and is a clinical faculty member within the Department of Emergency Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Dr. Buras is a National Institutes of Health funded researcher and has been instrumental in identifying important therapeutic mechanisms associated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Some of his current research activities are focused on the role of hyperbaric oxygen and wound healing and oxygen and gene regulation in sepsis.

Folke G. Lind, M.D., Ph.D
Karolinska Hospital, Sweden

Dr. Lind serves as Director, Division of Hyperbaric Medicine (a position he has held since 1991) and is an Associate Professor within the Departments of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, at the Karolinska Hospital and Institute, in Stockholm, Sweden. Dr. Lind has broad clinical expertise in the burn, trauma and critical care settings, is an accomplished basic scientist and an equally accomplished clinical researcher. His resulting publications have proven particularly valuable to the discipline of diving and hyperbaric medicine, with his fibroblast proliferation findings providing an important foundation for the application of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in wound healing deficiencies.

William A. Zamboni, M.D.
University of Nevada, USA

Dr.Zamboni serves as Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of Nevada School of Medicine, in Las Vegas. Dr.Zamboni is a board certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon. He is a National Institutes of Health funded hyperbaric researcher. Dr.Zamboni’s early research contributions provided important insights into the syndrome of ischemia – reperfusion injury, and the beneficial role of hyperbaric oxygenation.