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Diana Marie Barratt, MD, MPH 
EDUCATION
Medical School
University of Florida, College of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine, 1991-1996
Graduate School
Harvard University, School of Public Health
Master of Public Health, 1994-1995
College
University of Florida, College of Engineering
Bachelor of Science with Honors, 1991
POST-GRADUATE TRAINING
LSU-HSC-New Orleans, Louisiana, 2000-2003
Neurology Residency (Chief 2003)
Tulane University-New Orleans, Louisiana, 2000
Preliminary Internship in Medicine
LSU-HSC-New Orleans, Louisiana, 1999
2-year Fellowship in Hyperbaric Medicine
LSU-HSC--New Orleans, Louisiana, 1997
Internship in General Surgery
HOSPITAL/CLINICAL AFFILIATIONS
- Baptist Hospital of Miami, Staff Neurologist, 2005-current
- Neuroscience Consultants, Staff Neurologist, 2005-current
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology, LSUHSC, 2004-2005
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Hyperbaric Medicine, LSUHSC, 2003-2004
Trained clinical fellows in the practice of hyperbaric and diving medicine.
RESEARCH/ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
- WARCEF (Warfarin versus Aspirin in Reduced Cardiac Ejection Fraction)
Trial-NIH/NINDS Multicenter Trial--Neurologist for LSU site (Site P.I.
Thomas Giles, MD)-2004-2005.
- Journal of Applied Physiology, Invited Peer Reviewer for this PUBMED-Indexed
Journal, 2005-2006.
- Aviation, Space, & Environmental Medicine, Invited Peer Reviewer for
this PUBMED-Indexed Journal, 2004-present.
- Spinal Cord, Invited Peer Reviewer for this PUBMED-Indexed Journal,
2005.
- Principal Investigator-Hyperbaric Oxygen for the treatment of Murine
Mucormycosis. Designed a Biosafety level 3 infection control suite,
grew fungus in Petri dishes, developed a new murine model of mucormycosis,
built cages to fit into the hyperbaric chamber, randomized mice into
3 groups and treated. Supervised residents, medical and college students,
and technicians in this labor-intensive project. 1998-1999.
- Principal Investigator-Decompression Sickness in Miskito Indian Lobster
Divers. Traveled to remote areas of Honduras and Nicaragua (some of
which were inaccessible by road and did not have telephone service,
nor 24-hour electricity) to collect data and educate the divers and
fishing industry leaders about the prevention and treatment of decompression
sickness. 1997-1999.
- Harvard Center for Risk Analysis-Boston, Massachusetts, 1994-95.
Research assistant. Wrote course material for graduate students.
- University of Florida, College of Medicine-Gainesville, Florida, 1992.
Research assistant. Wrote course material for medical students.
- University of Florida Neuro-oncology Laboratory-Gainesville, Florida,
1991.
Research assistant. Worked on an institutional NIH grant. Cultured astrocytoma
and neuroendothelial cells.
- Bioglass Research Center--Alachua, Florida, 1990-91.
Research assistant. Manufactured biomedical devices, participated in
animal trials.
AWARDS
- LSU Department of Medicine Research Day, 2nd Place, "The Impact of
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Survival in Mucormycosis: A Randomized
Controlled Trial in the Murine Model," February 1999.
- American Association of University Women (AAUW) Fellow, 1995-1996.
Competitive $9,500.00 grant during 4th year of medical school.
- American Medical Women's Association Award-Essay contest, 1995.
- Engineering Scholarship, University of Florida, 1990.
BOARD CERTIFICATION/ LICENSURE
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Diplomat, 2005-present.
- Florida Medical Board, 2006-present.
- Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, 1996-current.
TRAINING
- Diving Medical Examiner, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society 2004.
- Hyperbaric Medicine Advanced Training Course, 2000.
- NOAA/UHMS Physicians Training in Diving Medicine, 1997.
- Association of Diving Contractors (ADC) Intro to Commercial Diving, 1998.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
- American Academy of Neurology, Member, 2001-present,
Section Member, Stroke and Neural Repair and Rehabilitation.
- Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS), Member 2002-present.
LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES
- Chief Resident, LSU Neurology 2002-2003.
- Steering Committee, Harvard Center for Population Studies.
International Conference on Health Care in Vietnam
Cambridge Massachusetts, 1994-95.
- President, American Medical Women's Association (AMWA)
University of Florida Student Chapter, 1992-93.
- Legislative Intern, American Medical Women's Association (AMWA)
National Office, Alexandria, Virginia, 1992.
PUBMED INDEXED PUBLICATIONS
- Barratt DM and Van Meter K. Decompression Sickness in Miskito Indian
Lobster Divers: A Review of 229 Cases. 2004. Aviation, Space, and Environmental
Medicine 75:350-353.
- Garcia-Covarrubias L, Barratt DM, Bartlett R, Van Meter K. [Treatment of mucormycosis with adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen: five cases treated in the same institution and review of the literature] Rev Invest Clin. 2004 Jan-Feb;56(1):51-5. Spanish.
- Barratt DM, Harch P, and Van Meter K. 2002. Decompression Illness in Divers-A review of the literature. The Neurologist 8(3):186-202.
- Garcia-Covarrubias L, Barratt DM, Van Meter K, Metzinger SE, Bartlett R. 2002. Management of Invasive Aspergillosis with Adjuvant Hyperbaric Oxygenation: A retrospective clinical series at a single institution. Southern Medical Journal 95(4):450-456.
- Barratt DM, Van Meter K, Asmar P, Nolan T, Trahan C, Garcia-Covarrubias L, Metzinger S. 2001. Hyperbaric Oxygen as an Adjunct in Zygomycosis: Randomized Controlled Trial in a Murine Model. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 45(12):3601-3602.
- Garcia-Covarrubias L, Bartlett R, Barratt DM, Wassermann R. 2001. Rhino-Orbito-Cerebral Mucormycosis Attributable to Apophysomyces elegans in an Immunocompetent Individual: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Journal of Trauma 50(2):353-357.
- Xie C, Mehendale N, Barratt D, Bui CJ, Metzinger SE. 30-year retrospective review of frontal sinus fractures: The Charity Hospital experience. J Craniomaxillofac Trauma. 2000 Spring;6(1):7-15; discussion 16-8.
ABSTRACTS/POSTERS/PRESENTATIONS
Madatic J, Barratt D, LeGros T, Murphy-Lavoie H, Harch P, Van Meter K
Neurological Injury in a professional commercial diver: Controversies in the treatment of Type II decompression of the spinal cord. Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Annual Scientific Meeting, June 2005.
Kelly MK, Barratt DM, Van Meter K. Reversal on MRI of a thoracic cord lesion in a professional diver with decompression sickness: A case report. Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Annual Scientific Meeting, May 2004. Sydney, Australia.
Barratt DM, Mader E, Branch L, Van Meter K, Vazquez J, Fisch B. Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in a SCUBA diver with Peduncular Hallucinosis The 27th International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology, Also with the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, San Francisco, September 16-20, 2003.
Barratt DM, Gutierrez A, Van Meter K. (2002) Magnetic resonance imaging in decompression illness. Undersea Hyperbaric Medical Society Annual Scientific Meeting, San Diego, California Abstract 65.
Garcia-Covarrubias L, Barratt DM, Bartlett R, Van Meter K, Ghaffar A. Hyperbaric Oxygen And Amphotericin B In The Management Of Mucormycosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial In The Murine Model. Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine 2002: 29(2) S. Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) Annual Scientific Meeting, June 2002, San Diego, California.
Van Meter, KW, Xiao F., Moises J, Barratt D, Harch P, Murphy-Lavoie H, Bazan N. No difference in leukocyte adherence in the microvasculature in a porcine cerebral cortex by use of normobaric oxygen or low or high dose hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) in resuscitation after a prolonged 25 minute cardiopulmonary arrest. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2001.
Barratt DM, Van Meter K, Asmar P, Nolan T, Trahan C, Garcia-Covarrubias L, Metzinger S. Hyperbaric Oxygen as an Adjunct in Zygomycosis: Randomized Controlled Trial in a Murine Model. Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Meeting Boston, June 26-30, 1999. Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine 26(suppl):98, 1999.
Garcia-Covarrubias L, Bartlett R, Barratt DM, Wassermann R. Rhino-Orbito-Cerebral Mucormycosis Attributable to Apophysomyces elegans in an Immunocompetent Individual: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society Gulf Chapter Meeting, October 23, 1999, Atlanta, Georgia.
Van Meter KW, Sheps SS, Swanson HT, Wilson JP, Barratt DM, U Kodu, EL Roycraft, Moises JP, Nolan TA, Harch PG. Porcine open chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation of swine in a controlled, prospective randomized trial incorporating normobaric and hyperbaric oxygen after a prolonged normothermic cardiopulmonary arrest. Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine, 1999, 26(Suppl):72.
Barratt DM, Olayo HC, Rudy G, Goff-Rudy N, Palacios A, Van Meter K. Decompression sickness and arterial gas embolism in Miskito Indian divers: A review of 229 cases. In: Lepawsky M, Wong R, eds. Proceedings of the 50th Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society Workshop: Empirical diving techniques of commercial sea harvesters. 1998: Vancouver, Canada. Kensington, MD: UHMS, 2001:3-8.
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
- Red Cross Volunteer-Provided neurological care to displaced persons
living in shelters in Pineville and Alexandria, Louisiana, 2005.
- Coordinated donation of a hyperbaric chamber and compressor to Hospital
Nuevo Amanecer, a district hospital in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, 1997-1999.
INVITED SPEAKER
American Society for Hypertension Regional Meeting New Orleans: Hypertension in Acute Ischemic Stroke, 2004.
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Fitness to Dive Course. Neurological indications, 2004, 2005.
Decompression Sickness in Miskito Indian Lobster Divers, Naval Aerospace and Operational Medical Institute, Pensacola, FL December 13, 1997.
Decompression Sickness in Miskito Indian Lobster Divers, Brooks Air Force Base, Davis Hyperbaric Laboratory, Brooks AFB, Texas December 5, 1997.
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A. Neblett | James Perry | John L. Russell III | Alan
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