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Welcome to the International Congress of Hyperbaric Medicine, Coquimbo, Chile, 2022, an initiative that is part of the Project of the Innovation Fund for Competitiveness (FIC) “Regional Program of Hyperbaric Medicine and Oxygen Therapy”, which is financed by the Regional Government and developed by the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad Católica del Norte (UCN). For many years, both authorities and medical professionals in the region have worked to establish the installation of a hyperbaric medicine unit in the San Pablo de Coquimbo Hospital and, with this, to advance in the training of the human team that allows its operation.
Pursuing this objective is that the UCN Faculty of Medicine was awarded an FIC project in 2018 which for 2 years it has been developing the training of professionals, including doctors, nurses, TENS, kinesiologists and researchers. The next step of this project is the realization of this important International Congress, whose objective is to address the latest advances and research in Diving Medicine and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and make the Coquimbo Region a national and international benchmark for this development.
The activity will feature prominent exponents of Diving Medicine and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy from different countries, who will present the latest advances in the medical and scientific community for the treatment of varied diseases as well as SARS-coV 2 given the global health emergency. The event will have a modern online transmission platform, with various simultaneous exhibition rooms and live English / Spanish translation, which will allow medical professionals from different parts of the world to connect and interact with the speakers.
We invite you to register and be part of this great experience!
PhD Student, Dept Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
Founder and president of dan (divers alert network europe)
Currently Assistant Director, Medical Services at Divers Alert NetworkDurham, North Carolina, United States
Degree in Medicine from the Faculty of Medicine of Rio de Janeiro (Universidade Gama Filho) in 1977; Master in Medical Sciences from PUC-RIO. Frigate Captain (Md-RRM) – Brazilian Navy, Specialization Course in Underwater Medicine of Escafandria – Brazilian Navy (C-Esp-Medsek) -1986
Medical University of Gdansk | MUG · National Center for Hyperbaric Medicine MD, PhD European Committee for Hyperbaric Medicine:President
Dr. Freiberger is a native of Dallas, Texas and a graduate of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. He did his internship, residency, and Critical Care Fellowship in at the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
President and Medical Director of CRIS-UTH (The Hyperbaric Therpy Unit of Barcelona) / MAGISTRAL HBOTY DEPORTE, HERIDAS
Director of CRIS-UTH (The Hyperbaric Therpy Unit of Barcelona)
Internal Medicine, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, and Wound Care Physician
Director of Medical Programs and Services at Divers Alert Network
Medical surgeon from the Faculty of Medicine of the Russian University of People’s Friendship RUDN, Moscow – Russia. 2006
Surgeon graduated from the University of Concepción, member of the team of the Arauco Unit since the beginning of 2014 he took a course in Hyperbaric Physiology and Diving Medicine at the Catholic University of Buenos Aires
Head of the Hyperbaric Medicine service and its application in the sports field and Gas toxicity, inert gas narcosis/sports field/high pressure neurological Sd
08:30 – 08:35: CONNECTION START 08:35 – 08:45: PRESENTATION VIDEO REGIONAL GOVERNOR OF THE REGION OF COQUIMBO 08:45 – 08:55: WELCOME PALABRAS DR. VASTHI LÓPEZ, PRESIDENT CONGRESS AND ACADEMIC FACULTY OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE, COQUIMBO, CHILE. 08:55 – 09:00: PRESENTATION VIDEO CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF THE NORTH AND REGION OF COQUIMBO-CHILE. 09:00 – 09:05: WORDS OF WELCOME DR. OSVALDO IRIBARREN, DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE, COQUIMBO, CHILE. |
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09:10 – 10:00: INAUGURAL CONFERENCE: DR. CARLOS ECHEVERRÍA – ARMADA DE CHILE, HOSPITAL NAVAL ALMIRANTE NEF DE CHILE, ARMADA DE CHILE, “SITUATION OF HYPERBARIC MEDICINE IN CHILE“ |
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ROOM 1SYMPOSIUM 1: HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY AS A COMPLEMENTARY TREATMENT OF WOUNDS AND TISSUE REGENERATION |
ROOM 2SYMPOSIUM 2: HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY AS A COMPLEMENTARY TREATMENT OF PATHOLOGIES |
10:15 – 10:55: DR. JOHN JACOB FREIBERGER – USA, CONFERENCE: “HYPERBARIC OXYGEN, OXYGEN SIGNALING AND DISEASE”
11:00 – 11:40: DR. CUAUHTEMOC SÁNCHEZMÉXICO, CONFERENCE: “ENDOTHELIUM, CYTOSKELETON AND EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX IN WOUND HEALING” 11:45 – 11:55: ROUND TABLE, MODERATOR: DR. JORGE PISARELLO, ARGENTINA |
10:15 – 10:55: DR.JORDI DESOLÁ-ESPAÑA, CONFERENCE: “CARBON MONOXIDE AND HYDROCYANIC ACID POISONING”
11:00 – 11:40: DR. PASQUALE LONGOBARDI – ITALIA, CONFERENCE: “HBOT IN POST-TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY SYNDROME” 11:45 – 12:25: DR. MAX GREZ – HOSPITAL ALMIRANTE NEF-CHILE, CONFERENCE: “INDICATIONS OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN IN ORTHOPEDICS AND TRAUMATOLOGY” 12:30 – 13:10: DR.JORDI DESOLÁ-ESPAÑA, CONFERENCE: “ABRUPT BLINDNESS DUE TO ACUTE OCCLUSION OF THE CENTRAL ARTERY OF THE RETINA” 13:15-13:25: ROUND TABLE, MODERATOR, DR. VASTHI LÓPEZ, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE, CHILE. |
ROOM 1SYMPOSIUM 3: HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY, MECHANISMS AND BIOMARKERS OF TREATMENT EFFECTIVENESS |
ROOM 2SYMPOSIUM 4: TREATMENT OF INADEQUATE DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS AND BAROTRAUMA |
08:30 – 09:10: DR. ANDERS KJELLBERG – SUECIA, CONFERENCE: “PRECISION MEDICINE, THE FUTURE OF HYPERBARIC MEDICINE? BIOMARKERS FOR DOSE-RESPONSE“09:15 – 09:55: DR. CUAUHTEMOC SÁNCHEZ – MÉXICO, CONFERENCE: “INFLAMMATORY MEDIATORS IN DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS” 10:00 – 10:40: DR. JOHN JACOB FREIBERGER – USA, CONFERENCE: “THE BIOLOGY OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN AS AN ADJUNCT TO THE TREATMENT OF OSTEONECROSIS” 10:45 – 11:25: DR. EDUARDO NOGUEIRA VINHAES – BRASIL, CONFERENCE: “IMPORTANCE OF BIOMARKERS IN THE EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY” 11:30 – 12:10: DR. CUAUHTEMOC SÁNCHEZ – MÉXICO, CONFERENCE: “FIVE CROSS-SECTIONAL FACTORS IN HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION” 12:25 – 12:35: ROUND TABLE, MODERATOR, DR. OSVALDO IRIBARREN, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE, CHILE. |
08:30 – 09:10: DR. IRIANO ALVES – BRASIL, CONFERENCE: “PRIMO NON NONCERE” – ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION OF FIRES IN HBO CAMERAS
09:15 – 09:55: DR. JOSÉ ANTONIO VIQUEIRA – ESPAÑA, CONFERENCE: “TREATMENT OF INADEQUATE DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS AND BAROTRAUMAS” 10:00 – 10:40: DR. MATÍAS NOCHETTO – USA, CONFERENCE: “DELTA P. PULMONARY AND EXTRAPULMONARY BAROTRAUMAS” 10:45 – 11:25: DR. PAULO ARAVENA – CHILE, CONFERENCE: “HYPERBARIC MEDICINE IN THE COQUIMBO REGION. CURRENT SITUATION AND PROJECTIONS” 11:30 – 12:10: DR. JULIO CRUZ – CHILE, CONFERENCIA: 12:15 – 12:55: DR. ALESSANDRO MARRONI – ITALIA, CONFERENCE: “DIFFERENTIAL FIELD DIAGNOSIS, PREHOSPITAL MANAGEMENT AND CURRENT GUIDELINES FOR THE HYPERBARIC TREATMENT OF DIVING INJURIES” 13:00 – 13:10: ROUND TABLE, MODERATOR, DR. PAULO ARAVENA, CHILE |
08:30 – 09:10: PLENARY CONFERENCE: DR. JORGE PISARELLO – ARGENTINA: “CURRENT SITUATION OF OXYGEN THERAPY IN THE WORLD“ |
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ROOM 1SYMPOSIUM 5: HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY AND COVID-19. FUTURE PROJECTIONS |
ROOM 2SYMPOSIUM 6: HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY AS A COMPLEMENTARY TREATMENT IN ONCOLOGY |
09:15 – 09:55: DR. ANDERS KJELLBERG – SUECIA, CONFERENCE: “SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN FOR SEVERE COVID-19 AND POST-COVID CONDITION. PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF TWO RCTS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS”
10:00 – 10:40: DR. PASQUALE LONGOBARDI – ITALIA, CONFERENCE: “HBOT IN ASYMPTOMATIC SARS-COV-2 INFECTION” 10:45 – 11:25: DRA. NINA SUBOTTINA – ARGENTINA, CONFERENCE: “HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF COVID-19” 11:30 – 12:10: DR. JACEK KOT-POLONIA, CONFERENCE: “HBOT FOR THE SARS-COV2 INFECTIONS” 11:30 – 11:40: ROUND TABLE, MODERATOR DR. JORGE PISARELLO, ARGENTINA |
09:15 – 09:55: DR. CAMILO SARAIVA – BRASIL, CONFERENCE: “HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY FOR TISSUE INJURY DUE TO LATE RADIATION”
10:00 – 10:40: DR. EDUARDO NOGUEIRA VINHAESBRASIL, CONFERENCE: “NEOPLASMS AND HYPERBARIC OXYGEN” 10:45 – 11:25: DR. YURY SALINAS – CHILE, CONFERENCE: “THE ROLE OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY IN ONCOLOGY” 11:30 – 11:40: ROUND TABLE, MODERATOR, ANDREA PASTÉN, FACULTY OF MEDICINE, UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE, CHILE. |
12:30 – 13:10: CLOSING CONFERENCE: DR. GUSTAVO GUEVARA – MÉXICO: “EXPERIMENTAL HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY: WHAT WE ARE IN AND NEW CHALLENGES“ |