Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)

During hyperbaric oxygen therapy, you breathe 100% oxygen inside a special chamber. At the same time, the pressure surrounding your body is slowly increased to two to three times normal atmospheric pressure.

Benefits of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Hyperbaric oxygen treatment offers many therapeutic benefits, including:

  • Increases oxygen concentration in all body tissues
  • Shortens healing time of stubborn wounds
  • Stimulates growth of new blood vessels
  • Improves white blood cells’ ability to control infections
  • Effectively treats chronic bone infections
  • Preserves skin grafts where circulation is reduced
  • Reduces edema (swelling)
  • Reverses tissue damage due to radiation therapy
  • Reduces effects of carbon monoxide exposure
  • Improves decompression sickness symptoms

Conditions We Treat

  • Air or gas embolism
  • Acute carbon monoxide poisoning
  • Crush injuries
  • Compartment syndrome
  • Acute traumatic ischemia
  • Decompression sickness
  • Central retinal artery occlusion
  • Diabetic foot ulcers

 

  • Acute peripheral arterial insufficiency wounds
  • Necrotizing soft tissue infection
  • Refractory osteomyelitis (bone infection)
  • Late effects of radiation
  • Compromised flaps and grafts
  • Acute thermal burn injuries
  • Sudden sensorineural (inner ear or nerve damage) hearing loss

Why Choose John Muir Health

  • Private treatments in comfortable, one-person chambers
  • Clear plastic chambers allow you to communicate with staff and watch TV
  • One of our hyperbaric physicians is always onsite to supervise all treatments
  • Only civilian hospital that can treat critical care, intubated patients in Northern California 
  • Rigorous cleaning and COVID-19 protocols in place
  • We keep your referring physician informed of your treatment plan and progress

Meet our Doctors

Chris Allen, MD Hyperbaric Medicine

David Wei, MD
Medical Director of Wound Care Center & Hyperbaric Medicine

Chris Allen, MD Hyperbaric Medicine

Chris Allen, MD
Assistant Director of Hyperbaric Medicine
Board Certified

Craig DeVinney, MD Hyperbaric Medicine

Craig DeVinney, MD
Hyperbaric Medicine

 

Chris Allen, MD Hyperbaric Medicine

Swathi Nadindla, MD
Hyperbaric Medicine 

 

Antonio Muto-Isolani, MD Hyperbaric Medicine

Antonio Muto-Isolani, MD
Hyperbaric Medicine

Jeanne Pae, MD Hyperbaric Medicine

Jeanne Pae, MD
Hyperbaric Medicine

Todd Kessinger, MD Hyperbaric Medicine

Todd Kessinger, MD
Hyperbaric Medicine

Thomas Schutz, MD Hyperbaric Medicine

Thomas Schutz, MD
Hyperbaric Medicine

Awards & Recognition

award for Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS)

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS)

John Muir Health’s Walnut Creek hyperbaric facility has been accredited by the UHMS as a Level 2 Hyperbaric Medicine Facility. UHMS accreditation is the gold standard in hyperbaric facility accreditation (HFA), and is the only hyperbaric specific accreditation to be recognized by The Joint Commission as a Complementary Accrediting organization under the TJC’s Cooperative Agreement Initiative.

award for Level 1 UHMS accredited clinical hyperbaric medicine facility

UHMS accreditation means our facility has met or exceeded the highest standards of care and patient safety through rigorous evaluation of our operations, including equipment, staff, and training to ensure that the utmost quality is maintained within the specialty of undersea and hyperbaric medicine.