Beverly Hills Center for Hyperbaric Medicine, Facility/Staff

Our Facility

Centrally located in the Beverly Hills area, we are a unique facility. Our staff is composed of experienced hyperbaric physicians and hyperbaric technicians, all of whom have years of patient care and field experience.

The Beverly Hills Center for Hyperbaric Medicine is nationally recognized for its expert clinical care in the area of Hyperbaric Medicine. Many other facilities follow medical protocols developed here. Although our physicians are also on the staff at UCLA and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, The Beverly Hills Center for Hyperbaric Medicine is the first independent facility in the Los Angeles area and the only independent hyperbaric treatment center that is accredited by the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society AND the only independent facility to meet hospital based hyperbaric unit standards. Dr. Ralph Potkin, our Medical Director is one of the pioneers of the freestanding concept. We are able to provide the highest quality HBO therapy to our patients while emphasizing personalized patient care- all this in a private medical office. This gives you, our patients, ease of access, convenience and above all complete confidentiality during your treatments. All this is provided to you at a cost far below most other units.

We are available to serve you on a flexible schedule -24 hours a day- weekends and holidays as needed.

RALPH POTKIN MD-Medical Director

Dr. Potkin is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary diseases, critical care medicine and hyperbaric and undersea medicine. Dr. Potkin is actively involved in research in scuba and free diving. current research article

He has been involved in hyperbaric medicine since 1981, directing patient care and clinical research. Dr. Potkin has founded a company, Dive Safety Products, which has developed “Safe-D-Stop”, a diving device that is useful in reducing decompression sickness or The “Bends.” www.safedstop.com

Dr. Potkin has been a special interest and has published articles on Asthma and Sport Scuba Diving. He is the author of the position paper on this topic published by the California Thoracic Society.

Dr. Potkin is conducting clinical research on the medical aspects of breath hold or free divers. His areas of research in the field include the long term neurologic effects of free diving and the causes of and prevention of chest squeeze. He is also conducting Doppler bubble testing on free divers to determine the incidence of decompression illness or “the bends” in these elite free divers. He is also working on developing dive tables for free divers.

Currently, Dr. Potkin is the physician for the United States Free diving team, the United States Apnea Association.

Dr. Potkin is the founder of the World Free Diving Medical Association, a web based organization dedicated to the dissemination of information world wide to health care professionals interested in the medical aspects of free diving.
www.worldfeedivingmedicalassociation.com
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www.wfdma.com

Katrina Laurent

Katrina joined the office in 2005. She brought to the facility over 23 years of experience as a back office Nurse and certified X Ray technician. She prides herself on providing “23 years of professional medical care with a smile.” Her motto is patient care always come first. Her attention to the smallest patient care details has fostered a facility atmosphere that is unusual and greatly appreciated by patients, family and collaborating health care workers.

Eugenia Galvao

Eugenia has been with the Beverly Hills Center for Hyperbaric Medicine for the past 5 years. Her background is in education and as an art curator. She has experience working with children with autism. In addition, she acts as consultant for Marketing and Program Development for the facility. She is also trained as a hyperbaric technician and she oversees the health information system for the facility and is implementing an electronic medical record system for the Center.

Kurt Arisohn

Kurt Arisohn, CHT, EMT, DMT is a certified hyperbaric technician. Despite his youthful age he is quite experienced in the field of hyperbaric medicine. Kurt was trained at the College of Oceaneering and interned at Hartford Hospital in Connecticut. He has been a certified Safety Officer since 2006 under the auspices of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society. Prior to coming to the Beverly Hills Center for Hyperbaric Medicine, he was on site dive medic for Mainstream Commercial Divers in Kentucky.

	Jason Ryn
Jason Ryn is the newest member of our hyperbaric medical team. He is a graduate of the National Polytechnic College of Oceaneering, graduating with honors. He is a certified Advanced Diver Medical Technician and has Advanced Life Support Certification. He had experience as a Tender/Diver Medic working off shore in Louisiana before joining the Beverly Hills Center for Hyperbaric Medicine.

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