Staff Qualifications

GEORGE D. HARPUR, M.D., F.C.F.P., C.C.F.P.
MEDICAL DIRECTOR - REIMER HYPERBARIC OF CANADA

Medical Degree from the University of Toronto – 1964

• Internship , general rotating – 1964-1965 Scarborough General Hospital
• Qualified as Ship’s Diving Officer – Royal Canadian Navy – 1966
• Certified with the National Association of Underwater Instructors and Association of Canadian Underwater Councils International as a scuba instructor – 1972
• Qualified as a Diver Alert Network (DAN) oxygen use instructor – 1991
• Master Instructor Certification for American Canadian Underwater Certification (ACUC) – October 1991
• Certificate of Canadian College of Family Physicians – C.C.F.P. – 1981, F.C.F.P. – 1992

Employment

• Defense& Civil Institution of Environmental Medicine (DCIEM)
• 3 years of basic research in environmental medicine specializing in aviation and diving physiology – 1965-1968
• General practice in Huntsville, Ontario – 1968-1974 including anesthesia and obstetrics, various staff appointments at Huntsville District Memorial Hospital including Assistant Director of the Special Care Unit and Medical Advisory Committees
• Night School instructor for scuba diving – Muskoka Board of Education – 1972-1974 (Part time)
• General practice on the Bruce Peninsula – 1974 to present

Appointments

• General practice staff and casualty officer at Scarborough General Hospital 1965-1968 (part time) and general practice staff at Scarborough Centenary Hospital 1965-1968 (part time)
• General practice staff of Bruce Peninsula Health Services, Wiarton, Ontario 1974 to present. Positions held include Chief of Staff, Chairman of Records and Tissue and Audit Committees
• Grey Bruce Regional Health Centre, Owen Sound, Ontario, Associate Staff 1974 to present
• Bruce Peninsula Health Services, Lion’s Head, Ontario, Active Staff with anaestetic and minor surgical privileges
• Medical Director Tobermory Hyperbaric Facility from opening in 1975 to present
• Coroner for the Province of Ontario 1969 to present
• Advisory Board NAUI Canada 1976 to dissolution
• Member of the Canadian Standards Association
• Committees – Hyperbaric Safety Standards - Commercial Diving Standards - Diving Competency
• Canadian Aviation Medical Examiner, Federal Ministry of Transport – 1974 to present
• Regional Surgeon for Ontario Northland Transportation Company – 1975 to present

Academic Appointments

• Assistant Professor, Department of Family Practices, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western, London, Ontario
• Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of McMaster, Hamilton, Ontario
• Clinical Instructor for Department of Family Practice, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
• Guest Lecturer – Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine (DCIEM), Toronto, Ontario

Professional Organizations

• Ontario Medical Association
• Canadian Medical Association
• Canadian Medical Protective Association
• The College of Physicians & Surgeons of Ontario
• The College of Family Physicians of Canada
• Canadian Thoracic Society
• Underwater and Hyperbaric Medical Society
• A.C.U.C. Organization
• DAN (Diver Alert Network) Organization
• Grey Bruce Health Services, active staff
• Grey Bruce Regional Health Centre, courtesy staff

IVAN MASARIK M.D.
MEDICAL DIRECTOR - REIMER HYPERBARIC OF CANADA

Medical Degree from the Medical School of Palacky University, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia – 1967

• Internship, general rotation – 1967-1969 Valaske Mezirici
• Trauma Unit gaining experience in minor and major surgical procedures, trauma surgery and anesthesiology
• 1969, Emigrated to Canada Employed by the Department of Health at the S.T.P Hospital in St. Thomas. Rotated through various Departments gaining experience in Internal Medicine, Gynecology, Obstetrics and Psychiatry
• Obtained PPL (private pilots license) and enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force Reserve
• ACUC – NAUI – PADI Dive Master
• Commercial Air/Mix Gas License
• Graduated from the College of Oceaneering in Los Angeles, California – 1976
• Specialized training in Diving Medicine at the Medical School from the University of Southern California
• Worked for a few months at the Los Angeles County Hospital Emergency Department before being employed by a diving company in Scotland as a Diving Medical Officer responsible for medical coverage and emergency assistance for onshore and offshore personnel (200 divers). Responsible for life support during saturation diving and treatment
• Diving Medical Examiner (approved by the Secretary of State for the Department of Energy)
• Member of the Offshore Medical Association
• Member of the Underwater Medical Society (presently UHMS)
• Diving Medical Course in Great Yarmouth
• Accepted by MRCGP (London, England) as registered general practitioner
• Present during diving operations on Diving Vessel on North Sea (Piper Alfa) Familiarized with U. K. and Norwegian Safety Regulations - 1977
• Provided Offshore Medical Support under the direction of Rear Admiral Sir Stanley Miles – 1978
• Diving Medicine seminar at the University of Dundee, Scotland – 1978
• Diving Physician – Hydrospace International in Dubai - 1978
• Diving Physiology and Medicine course at the Wolfson Institute of Dundee University, Scotland – 1978
• Underwater Medicine course with credit from Underwater Medical Association – 1979
• Medical Director for decompression treatment facility, responsible for training and treatments of diving personnel and HBO treatments for local medical community – 1979
• Employed by Dubai Polyclinic as Diving Medical Specialist and Advisor, General Practitioner and Lecturer – 1984
• Emergency Medical Services on Kharg Island for Canadian Oil Company during Iran-Iraq war – 1985
• Employed by The Medical Specialist Centre, Hyperbaric Facility in Dubai – 1986
• Cardiology conference – 1987
• Joined the Euro Health & Diagnostic Centre medical staff in UK – 1988
• Aviation Medicine Course at the Royal Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine, Farnbrough UK – 1989
• Member of Association of Aero Medical Examiners – 1989
• During Gulf war, retained by US Navy and Royal British Navy as hyperbaric medical physician. Liaison for Dutch Naval forces – 1992
• Attended Diving Medicine conference at the James Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland – 1994
• General Practice and Hyperbaric Physician at Dubai Decompression facility – 1994
• Medical Director for the Dubai International Medical Centre / Diving & Hyperbaric Centre – 1995
• Medical Advisor to Emirets Diving Association – 1995
• Appointed by Government of Canada -Medical Screening for new applicants Immigrating to Canada – 1996
• Member of EUBS & The Institute of Diving in Santa Barbara, California - 1997
• General Practitioner and lecturer, and Hyperbaric Physician for local Hospitals. – 1997-2000
• Employed General Medical Centre as Family Physician and Hyperbaric Physician to Jumeirah International group of Hotels – 2000
• Diving medical coverage in the Arabian Gulf during diving operations - 2001

F. DAVID REIMER

Hyperbarics International Inc. - Certified Multiplace Hyperbaric Chamber Operator

• International Board of Undersea Medicine - Certified Hyperbaric Chamber Operator
• Emergency Medical Procedures, Gases & Chamber Operation
• Chamber Life Support Systems
• Undersea Hyperbaric and Medical Society - Training Certificate & Associate Member
• Recompression Therapy of Diving Accidents, Life Support Systems & Medical Equipment In the Hyperbaric Environment
• National Board of Diving and Hyperbaric Medical Technology - Associate Member
• International Association of Nitrox & Technical Divers
• Physics & Physiology of Enriched Air Nitrox
• Transport Canada - Certified Hydrostatic Tester
• Boiler & Pressure Vessels Act - Certified G3 Welder
• TSSA Certified - Compressor Operator, Breathing Air Systems Designer
• Certified Scuba Diver
• Certified in CPR and Basic First Aid
• Commercial Diver including Underwater Welding and Maintenance, 30 years experience
• TSSA Certified - Stationary Engineer

Susan J. Reimer

Medical Secretary - 27 years

• Hyperbarics International Inc. - Certified Multiplace Hyperbaric Chamber Operator
• International Board of Undersea Medicine - Certified Hyperbaric Chamber Operator
• Emergency Medical Procedures, Gases & Chamber Operations
• Chamber Life Support Systems
• Undersea Hyperbaric and Medical Society - Training Certificate & Associate Member
• Recompression Therapy of Diving Accidents, Life Support Systems & Medical Equipment in the Hyperbaric Environment
• National Board of Diving and Hyperbaric Medical Technology - Associate Member
• International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers - Certified Nitrox Diver
• Clinical Hyperbaric Medicine by the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society for wound care management, Eric P Kindwald, M.D. Course Director
• Physics and Physiology of Enriched Air Nitrox
• Certified Sport Diver
• Certified in CPR and Basic First Aid