Dr. Michael B. Strauss

Experts in the Subject

Below is a list of trusted colleagues and experts in many subjects that may pertain to diving. Dive into them to expand your knowledge around the subject of the safety of diving.

Colleagues in the Field

Dan Orr, MS

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The AUAThe AUAS is an international, multi-disciplinary, non-profit organization dedicated to recognizing pioneers and leaders who have had a global impact on the exploration, enjoyment, safety, and preservation of the underwater world. AUAS is committed to supporting its members as they pass on the stewardship of the sea to future generations.S is an international, multi-disciplinary...

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Dick Rutkowsk

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In the 1970s Rutkowski taught the first diving emergency and accident management courses, including stressing the importance of oxygen use at the dive site by non-professionals. In 1978, he wrote and published the first diving accident management manual, setting the Divers Alert Network standard.

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Richard Moon, MD

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Research interests include the study of cardiorespiratory function in humans exposed to environmental conditions ranging from 200 feet of seawater depth to high altitude, gas exchange during diving, the pathophysiology of high altitude pulmonary edema, the effect of anesthesia and postoperative analgesia on pulmonary function and monitoring of tissue oxygenation.

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Tom Neuman, MD

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Dr. Tom Neuman, MD is a Pulmonologist in La Jolla, CA and has over 50 years of experience in the medical field. He graduated from New York University School Of Medicine medical school in 1971. He is accepting new patients. Be sure to call ahead with Dr. Neuman to book an appointment.

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Peter Bennett, PhD

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Is the founder and former president and CEO of the Divers Alert Network (DAN), a non-profit organization devoted to assisting scuba divers in need.[1] He is a professor of anesthesiology at Duke University Medical Center, and is currently the Senior Director of the Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology at Duke. Bennett is recognized as a leading authority on the effects of high pressure on human physiology.

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Yehuda Melamed, MD

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Melamed is a member and official physician of the Underwater Exploration Society of Israel, responsible for safety and the prevention of diving accidents. The initial treatment of diving injuries in Sinai, from 1974 to 1982, which he instituted and supervised, entailed evacuation of the casualty in a transportable recompression rescue chamber to the large multiplace Navy hyperbaric chamber in Haifa, and later in Eilat.[1]

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Carl Edmonds, MD

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With the assistance of Mike Bennett, John Lippmann and Simon Mitchell, we published the fifth edition of Diving and Subaquatic Medicine - a best seller for 40 years! My greatest satisfaction of 2015 came as we finally comprehended the conundrum of scuba divers, pulmonary oedema (SDPE), after more than a decade of analysing detailed case histories, investigations and experiments.

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Jeff Bozanic, PhD

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Jeffrey Bozanic is a technical diving instructor and research scientist. Based in southern California, Jeff is the President of Next Generation Services, where he provides consulting and training services in the diving market. Specializing in rebreather use, he is probably best known for his seminal textbook on the topic, Mastering Rebreathers.

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Albert Benhke, MD

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Behnke was born August 8, 1903, in Chicago, Illinois.[1] He moved to New Mexico and settled in Whittier, California, by 1912.[1] Behnke graduated from Whittier College in 1925 and moved to San Francisco to attend medical school at Stanford University.[1] Stanford Medical School required a one-year internship prior to conferring a medical doctorate.[1]

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