Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (Preventive Medicine) Physician
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians › Preventive Medicine › Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine
About this specialty
A specialist who treats decompression illness and diving accident cases and uses hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat such conditions as carbon monoxide poisoning, gas gangrene, non-healing wounds, tissue damage from radiation and burns and bone infections. This specialist also serves as consultant to other physicians in all aspects of hyperbaric chamber operations and assesses risks and applies appropriate standards to prevent disease and disability in divers and other persons working in altered atmospheric conditions.
Source: American Board of Medical Specialties, 2007. www.abms.org [7/1/2007: definition added, source added] Additional Resources: American Board of Preventive Medicine, 2007. http://www.abprevmed.org/. Board certification for Medical Doctors (MDs) is provided by the American Board of Preventive Medicine.
Highest Medicare-paid providers
| Provider | Location | Medicare paid |
|---|---|---|
| JUSTIN GOODEN, MD | WICHITA, KS | $12,474,058 |
| STEPHEN AGANS, MD/MPH | MARRERO, LA | $5,551,321 |
| MANJULATHA BADAM, MD | SAN ANTONIO, TX | $5,219,094 |
| JOSEPH WOLCOTT, M.D. | LUBBOCK, TX | $4,358,722 |
| MARYAM RAZA, MD | DALLAS, TX | $4,160,507 |
| TYLER SEXTON, M.D. | MELBOURNE, FL | $2,214,733 |
| JAMISON ALEXANDER, DO | SHERMAN, TX | $1,723,311 |
| LEONARD FICHTER, DO | PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL | $1,394,095 |
| JONI HODGSON, D.O. | CUMMING, GA | $509,496 |
| PAUL BUZA, D.O. | MELBOURNE, FL | $363,625 |
Ranked by total Medicare payments — a measure of billing volume, not care quality.
Taxonomy definitions from the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (public domain). Provider counts derived from NPPES; payment figures from CMS Medicare data. Not affiliated with CMS, NPPES, NUCC, or any government agency.