Meet the Team

Why Pursue a Fellowship in Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine?

Undersea and hyperbaric medicine (UHM) is a unique subspecialty that involves the therapeutic use of oxygen under pressure to treat disease. The specialty of UHM includes treatment with hyperbaric oxygen but also the study of extreme environments, immersion effects, and marine life injuries. The patient population is diverse, including recreational and commercial divers, patients requiring daily wound care, patients with complications after radiation therapy, and those who are critically ill. Fellowship training prepares physicians to care for patients with emergent and elective indications, participate in research, and become medical directors and leaders in the field.

Curriculum

The Hyperbaric Fellowship includes 10 clinical months, 1 research rotation, and 1 month of vacation. During the clinical months, the Fellows alternate between the two clinical training sites. Additional clinical exposure and education occurs through Divers Alert Network (DAN) emergency referrals of diving accidents from the Gulf of Mexico. There are weekly didactics on Wednesday afternoons that include lectures from faculty, grand rounds, and journal club.

We participate in the monthly Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (UHM) Fellows Dive Conference with other hyperbaric medicine fellowships around the country, as well as attend the monthly UHM Grand Rounds. These are currently held remotely over zoom. 

Fellows have the opportunity to attend the two week Physician Training in Dive Medicine course held every year in San Diego, CA during October.  Additional learning opportunities include attending and giving lectures at a local Diver Medical Technician (DMT) Training course, Medical Examiner of Divers Course, visiting NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, and working with “multi-place” chambers at the Center for Hyperbaric Medicine at Shock Trauma.

Check out the projects our current residents are doing!

Training Sites

West Jefferson Medical Center
The Hyperbaric Medicine Department is the Divers Alert Network (DAN) Referral Site for all sport diving accidents in the South Central United States and Gulf of Mexico, strengthens an array of excellent programs.  Departmental patients span the entire range of hyperbaric treated diagnoses, including fitness to dive (divers and chamber personnel), decompression illness, problem wounds, hyperbaric complications, critical illness, and toxic gas exposure.

University Medical Center
This is a facility operates a 12 hour clinic Monday - Friday and sees primarily the indigent population of the New Orleans Metro area. Referrals are accepted from all New Orleans and outlying hospitals. Current census is over 9,000 patient care visits yearly divided between Hyperbaric Medicine and Wound Care Patients.

Applying to the Program

Requirements

Please send your CV, personal statement, and 3 letters of recommendations to our program coordinator. We do not accept IMGs with a J-1 or H1-B visa.

Contact

Alexandra T. Eagles
1816 Industrial Boulevard
Harvey, Louisiana 70058
office: 504-366-7638
fax: 504-366-1029
aeagle@lsuhsc.edu