Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Fellowship

Location: 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-9068
Director: James Berry, MD
Coordinator: Vanessa Pantoja, Graduate Medical Education Coordinator II
Email: ANESFellowship@UTSouthwestern.Edu 
Phone: 214-648-4756

Fellowship Details

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (UHM) is a 12-month ACGME-accredited fellowship designed to prepare physicians with another primary Board certification for certification by the American Board of Preventive Medicine in Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine. The curriculum encompasses: physics and physiology of altered ambient pressure, dive safety, clinical applications of hyperbaric oxygen, and the evaluation and treatment of diving and marine injuries. Our faculty have over 50 years of combined experience in aviation and dive medicine as well as anesthesia and critical care. The multi-place triple-lock hypo/hyperbaric chamber at the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine is the largest in North Texas. We are active in both the clinical practice of and research into hyperbaric medicine.

Curriculum Details

Rotations through Texas Health Resources/Presbyterian, Dallas and UT Southwestern in Hyperbaric Oxygen, Diving Medicine, Wound Care, Critical Care, Podiatry, Oncology, ENT, Orthopedics, Plastic Surgery, Vascular Surgery, and Orthopedic Surgery.

Advanced Degree Type: N/A

Fellowship Setting: University Hospital and its affiliated learning site

Length of Program: 1 year

Application Open Date: Open Application

Application Instructions: Fellowship Website

Number of Positions: 1

Number of Clinical Shifts per Month: 20

Start Date: 8/1/2023

Is Start Date Flexible: No

ACGME Approved: Yes

Able to Moonlight: Yes