Data Safety and Monitoring Board
The Data Safety & Monitoring Board exemplifies the Foundation’s desire to strive for the highest level of research transparency and patient safety. The team includes experts from the fields of hyperbaric medicine, hyperbaric safety, biostatistics and bioethics. Its main charter is to independently oversee each of the Foundation’s research endeavors at periodic intervals and gauge the degree of trial safety, efficacy and research data integrity.
Board Members:
DSMB Position - Radiation Oncology Expert
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Dr. John Feldmeier, DO |
Dr.Feldmeier is Professor and Chairman, Department of Radiation Oncology, at the Medical College of Ohio, in Toledo, Ohio. Dr. Feldmeier underwent fellowship training in hyperbaric medicine and residency training in radiation oncology while a member of the United States Air Force, in the early 1980’s. Since that time, John has become a leading international authority on both the late effects of radiation tissue injury and the therapeutic basis of hyperbaric oxygenation. John has published extensively on this subject, and currently heads the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society’s Hyperbaric Oxygen Committee.
DSMB Position - Hyperbaric Physician Expert
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John Benjamin Slade, M.D. |
Dr. Slade received his B.S. degree from the United States Air Force Academy. He attended Case Western Reserve Medical School, in Ohio, and undertook a family practice residency at David Grant Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base. He later became a flight surgeon and completed a fellowship in hyperbaric medicine at the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine. Dr. Slade serves as a hyperbaric physician at Northbay Center for Wound Care. He is boarded in Family Practice and Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine. He serves on several Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society committees, is an author of several publications and a frequent and accomplished lecturer.
DSMB Position - Safety and Technical Expert
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Wilbur "Tom" Workman, MS, CAsP, CHT |
Mr. Workman is the director of Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs for the UHMS and is responsible for the development and management of the Clinical Hyperbaric Facility Accreditation Program. He retired from the USAF as a Colonel after 23 years of service devoted to aerospace and hyperbaric physiology. Mr. Workman is currently the Chairman of both, the National Fire Protection Association's Technical Committee for Hyperbaric and Hypobaric Facilities and the Medical Systems Subcommittee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Pressure Vessel for Human Occupancy Technical Committee. He serves as a board member of the National Board of Diving and Hyperbaric Medical Technology. Mr. Workman received the Craig Hoffman Memorial Award for his contributions to diving safety, has more than 130 publications and presentations to his credit, including editorship of “Hyperbaric Facility Safety: A Practical Guide”. Mr. Workman is board certified by the Aerospace Medical Association in Aerospace Physiology.
DSMB Position - Bioethics Expert
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George Khushf, Ph.D. |
Dr. Khushf was awarded a B.S. in civil engineering from Texas A & M University. As a Fulbright Graduate Fellow, he studied philosophy and theology at the University of Tubigen, in Germany. Both his Master's and PhD were obtained from Rice University. Since 1995, Dr. Khushf has served as Humanities Director, Center for Bioethics, at the University of South Carolina, where his duties extend to Chair of both the Bioethics Search Committee and the Medical Humanities Committee.
Dr. Khushf's editory and advisory roles are extensive. He has acted as issue editor for several journals and is a reviewer for the Oxford University Press and numerous other publishers. Lecture presentations have taken Dr. Khushf across the U.S. and into Europe and the Far East. He is extensively published in a wide cross-section of bio-ethics, medical and healthcare journals and textbooks.