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Established in 1965, the Center for Hyperbaric Medicine at Shock Trauma is internationally recognized for its leadership and expertise in the clinical application of hyperbaric therapy.

With the only multiplace hyperbaric chamber in the State of Maryland, the Center can accommodate up to 23 patients and care providers per dive.

Conditions that are responsive to hyperbaric oxygen therapy include:

  • Gas/air embolism and decompression illness
  • Carbon monoxide poisoning and smoke inhalation
  • Clostridial and nonclostridial gas gangrene, including necrotizing infections
  • Crush injury and acute traumatic ischemia
  • Compromised skin grafts and flaps
  • Acute blood loss anemia (particularly in Jehovah's Witnesses)
  • Osteomyelitis
  • Radiation tissue damage
  • Enhancement of healing in selected wound problems, such as nonhealing ulcers in patients with diabetes or peripheral vascular disease

Within this Center, recreational and commercial scuba divers can also undergo dive physicals to ensure they are healthy enough to dive.

Specialists at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center are available for consultation and patient referral 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Ambulatory patients are evaluated in Shock Trauma's Outpatient Clinic on a scheduled basis.

Call University OneCall/Maryland ExpressCare at 1-800-373-4111 for easy access and no-hassle service.

Hyperbaric Medicine Faculty

Kinjal Sethuraman, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Director of the Center for Hyperbaric and Dive Medicine 

Special Interests: Research in Hyperbaric Medicine, Dive Medicine, Gender Equity
Medical Degree: MD, University of Vermont, MPH University of Michigan
Residency: Boston Medical Center, Boston University
Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine 
Certification: Board Certification in Emergency Medicine and Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine 

Kin Wah Chew, MD
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

Special Interests: Hyperbaric and Dive Medicine, Wound Care
Medical Degree: Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Residency: WellSpan York Hospital, PA – Emergency Medicine
Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine
Certification: Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine trained, Emergency Medicine trained

Sabrina Kratz, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Special Interests: Hyperbaric and Dive Medicine, Wound Care
Medical Degree: The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Residency: University of Maryland – Emergency Medicine
Certification: Emergency Medicine

Siamak Moayedi, MD
Professor of Emergency Medicine

Special Interests: Medical Education, Invasive Medical Procedure Teaching
Medical Degree: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Certification: Board certified in Emergency Medicine

Douglas G. Sward, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

Special Interests: Dive Medicine; Wilderness Medicine; EMS; Carbon Monoxide Toxicity
Medical Degree: Medical College of Virginia, M.D.
Residency: University of Maryland - Emergency Medicine
Certification: Emergency Medicine 

Location and Contact Info

22 S. Greene St.
Ground Floor, Shock Trauma Pavilion Elevators
Baltimore, MD 21201 

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