Hyperbaric Medicine, General Surgery
Dr. Frederick Cramer, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Dr. Fred’ graduated as an M.D., 1969 at University of Vermont and continued his medical education at the Medical Center Hospital with and Internship and Residency in Surgery, completing in 1974. Dr. Fred’ then joined the United States Air Force (“USAF”) in 1976, the same year as he passed his Boards and became a Fellow of the American Board of Surgery. His skills led him to become the Air Force Association (Texas) Physician Scientist of the Year in 1984.

Dr. Fred’ then focused his attention on aviation medicine, with a particular emphasis on hyperbaric oxygen therapy during his years with the USAF. This passion continued in his civilian practice and he focused on the emerging uses of HBOT adjunctive to surgery.  He received his Fellowship training (12 months) at the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine in San Antonio, 1979-80.  Dr. Fred’ has been actively involved with the International Congress of Hyperbaric Medicine (“ICHM”) and currently serves as the ICHM Secretary and Treasurer. His book “Hyperbaric Surgery: Perioperative Care” (Best Publishing) is considered mandatory reading for all physicians interested in HBOT.

Dr. Fred’ is a licensed physician and surgeon in six States. Currently, his specific focus is researching and proving up further uses for HBOT, with a particular attention in the use of HBOT for head injuries. wwW.sfhbo.com .

Professional Offices
    Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery – University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine
   Expert Medical Reviewer - General Surgery & Hyperbaric Medicine, Medical Board of California
   Secretary-Treasurer: Foundation for the International Congress on Hyperbaric Medicine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands www.ichm.net
   Editorial Consultant for Hyperbaric Medicine – Journal of Trauma – Journal of Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine – Medical Corps International

Consultant - Hyperbaric Medicine, Food and Drug Administration -- Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, USAF Surgeon General

Professional Organizations
   Fellow: American College of Surgeons
   Member: American Society of General Surgeons – International Congress on Hyperbaric Medicine – Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society

Medical Degree: University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, May 18, 1969

National Board of Medical Examiners: Diploma # 103109, 1970

State Medical License: California, # G072032, 1991, (active)

Idaho, # M-6401, 1993, (active)

Nevada, # 11855, 2006, (active)

Texas, # F8451, 1999, (active)

Washington, # 0028721, 1991, (active)

Wisconsin, # 48257-020, 2005, (active)

Louisiana, # 11919R, 1996

Mississippi, # 10913, 1985

Minnesota, # 22529, 1976

Vermont, # 0004039, 1970

Certified: American Board of Surgery, # 22181, December 13, 1976

Re-certified: American Board of Surgery, # 22181, November 21, 1986

Re-certified: American Board of Surgery, # 22181, October 18, 1996

Tenafly Public Schools, Tenafly, New Jersey

University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, B.S.E.E.

University of Vermont, College of Medicine, M.D., 1969

Medical Center Hospital of Vermont and University of Vermont;

Internship and Residency in Surgery, 1969 - 1974

United States Air Force:

Flight Surgeon Primary Course, Brooks AFB, TX, 1976

Hyperbaric Medicine Fellowship, Brooks AFB, TX, 1979-80

Undergraduate: Dean’s List, Sophomore, Junior & Senior

General Electric Engineering Scholarship

Sigma, Xi, Scientific Honorary Society

Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honorary Society

Arnold Air Society, Air Force ROTC Honorary

Distinguished AFROTC Graduate

Medical: Alpha Omega Alpha, Medical Honorary Society, 1969

Military: Air Force Association (Texas), Physician Scientist of the Year, 1984

Fellow: American College of Surgeons

Member: American Society of General Surgeons

International Congress on Hyperbaric Medicine

Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society

Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery

University of California-San Francisco School of Medicine

Expert Medical Reviewer - General Surgery & Hyperbaric Medicine

Medical Board of California

Secretary-Treasurer: Foundation for the International Congress on Hyperbaric Medicine

Amsterdam, The Netherlands www.ichm.net

Editorial Consultant for Hyperbaric Medicine

Journal of Trauma

Journal of Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine

Medical Corps International

Consultant - Hyperbaric Medicine

Food and Drug Administration

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology

USAF Surgeon General

Executive Director

San Francisco Institute for Hyperbaric Medicine

San Francisco, California www.sfhbo.com 2006 - Present

Active Staff

Saint Francis Memorial Hospital

San Francisco, California 2006 - 2007

Private Practice - General Surgery

320 Texas Blvd.

Dalhart, Texas 79022 1999 - 2005

Private Practice - General Surgery

Sabine Medical Center

Many, Louisiana 71449 1996 - 1999

Private Practice - General Surgery

Shoshone Medical Center

Kellogg, Idaho 83837 1993 - 1996

Private Practice

Private Practice - General Surgery

Saint Francis Memorial Hospital

San Francisco, California 1991 - 1993

Surgeon

USAF Regional Medical Center

Wiesbaden, Germany 1987 - 1991

Chairman, Department of Surgery

USAF Medical Center

Kessler AFB, Mississippi 1985 - 1987

Senior Consultant in Surgery

Office of The Surgeon General

Air Force Medical Service Center

Brooks AFB, Texas 1984 - 1985

Chief, Hyperbaric Medicine Division

USAF School of Aerospace Medicine

Brooks AFB, Texas 1982 - 1984

Surgeon and Officer in Charge

General Surgery Clinic

Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center

Lackland AFB, Texas 1980 - 1982

Surgeon

USAF Hospital

Fairchild AFB, Washington 1976 - 1979

Surgeon

Group Health Plan

Minneapolis, Minnesota 1975 - 1976

Private Practice - General Surgery

Newport, Vermont 1974 - 1975

1. Cramer, F.S., Heimbach, R.D.: Stomach Rupture as a result of Gastrointestinal Barotrauma in a

SCUBA Diver. J. Trauma, 22: 238, 1982

2. Workman, W.T., Murphy, B.P., Cramer, F.S.: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy at the School of

Aerospace Medicine, USAF Medical Service Digest, Vol. XXXIV No 5, Fall 1983

3. Workman, W.T., Robinette, M.D., Laird, T.D., Cramer, F.S.: Medical Planning Criteria for

Implementation of Clinical Hyperbaric Facilities, Technical Report 84-36, USAF School of Aerospace

Medicine, Brooks AFB, TX.

4. Robinette, M.D., Cramer, F.S., Workman, W.T., Clinical hyperbaric medicine - a certificate of need.

In: Program and Abstracts, Undersea Medical Society, Inc., Annual Scientific Meeting. Undersea

Biomed Res 11(Suppl): 43-4; Mar 1984.

5. Newton, W.D., Harford, F.J., Ehler W.A., Cramer F.S.: The use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in

experimental intraabdominal sepsis, Proceedings of the VIII International Congress on Hyperbaric

Oxygen, Long Beach, CA. 1984, Best Publishers, USA

6. Murphy, B.P., Harford, F.J., Cramer, F.S.: Cerebral Air Embolism resulting from invasive medical

procedures, Ibid.

7. N Smith, V.C., Murphy, B.P., Cramer F.S.: The adjuvant role of hyperbaric oxygen in diabetic wound

healing, Ibid.

8. Workman, W.T., Cramer, F.S.: A technique for randomized clinical trials in hyperbaric medicine,

Ibid.

9. Murphy, B.P.; Harford, F.J., Cramer, F.S.: Cerebral Air Embolism resulting from invasive medical

procedures: Treatment with Hyperbaric Oxygen, Annals of Surgery, 201, No 2: 242, 1985

10. Cramer, F.S., Care of the Injured Soldier: A Medical Readiness Role for Clinical Hyperbaric

Oxygen Therapy, Military Medicine, 150, 7:372, 1985

11. Jennings, T.J., Olson, C.T., McDonald, G.A., Howell, L.L., Davis, J.R., Cramer, F.S.: The Effect of

+Gx Acceleration on Platelet Activation as determined by plasma Platelet Factor 4 levels, AFAMRL-TR-

85-038, Technical Report - Air Force Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air

Force Base, Ohio. 1985

12. Cramer, F.S., Air Embolism, Proceedings of the First Swiss Symposium on Hyperbaric Medicine,

Basel, Switzerland, October 1986

13. Cramer, F.S.: Letter to the Editor, Altitude Decompression Sickness, Aviation, Space &

Environmental Medicine. 58,3:284. 1987

14. Newton, W.D., Cramer, F.S., Norwood, S.T.: Necrotizing Fasciitis from Invasive Phycomycetes.

Critical Care Medicine, 15:4, 331, 1987

15. Sheffield, P.J., Cramer, F.S.: Case histories of Diving and Hyperbaric Accidents, Chapter in

Textbook - Altitude Decompression Sickness, Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society, Bethesda, MD

1988

16. Cramer, F.S., Letter to the Editor, Altitude Decompression Sickness - Response, J. Aviation, Space

& Environmental Medicine, Vol 59, No 3, pp286, 1988

17. Marroni, A., Cramer, F.S., HBO in problem wounds: Healing expectancy according to peripheral

arterial pressure. Proceedings of the Second Swiss Symposium on Hyperbaric Medicine. Basel,

Switzerland, Sept 88.

18. Cramer, F.S. Letter to the Editor, G-Induced Loss of Consciousness, J. Aviation, Space &

Environmental Medicine. Vol 59, No 10, pp996, 1988.

19. Cramer, F.S. Oxygen & Acceleration, Military Medicine, 156, 11:608, November, 1991.

20. Romfh, R.F., Cramer, F.S., Textbook: “Techniques in the Use of Surgical Tools”, Second Edition,

Appleton & Lange, 1992

21. Unsworth, Cramer, F.S., Textbook: “Proceedings of the IX International Congress on Hyperbaric

Medicine”, (1987), Best Publishing Company.

22. Li, W., Cramer, F.S., Textbook: “Proceedings of the XI International Congress on Hyperbaric

Medicine”, (1993), Best Publishing Company.

23. Fizzotti, G., Cramer, F.S., Adjuvant Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Crush Injury of the Proximal

Humerus. Proceedings of the XII International Congress on Hyperbaric Medicine (1996) Best

Publishing Company.

24. Cramer, F.S., Sheffield, P.J., Decompression Sickness due to “Repetitive” Flying after Diving.

Proceedings of the XII International Congress on Hyperbaric Medicine (1996), Best Publishing

Company.

25. Bakker, D.J., Cramer, F.S., Textbook: “Hyperbaric Surgery-Perioperative Care”(2002), Best

Publishing Company.

26. Cramer, F.S., Sheffield, P.J., Textbook “Proceedings of the XIV International Congress on

Hyperbaric Medicine (2002), Best Publishing Company.

27. Takahashi, H., Cramer, F.S., Textbook “Proceedings of the XIII International Congress on

Hyperbaric Medicine (2004), Best Publishing Company.

28. Cramer, F.S., Sheffield, P.J., Repetitive Flying after Diving, Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine, Vol.

33, No. 5, page 356, Sept/Oct 2006

29. Cramer, F.S., Adjuvant HBO: Necrotizing Fasciitis due to Invasive Phycomycetes, Undersea &

Hyperbaric Medicine, Vol. 33, No 5, page 361, Sept/Oct 2006

30. Cramer, F.S., Adjuvant HBO in Crush Injury of the Proximal Humerus, Undersea & Hyperbaric

Medicine, Vol. 33, No 5, page 361, Sept/Oct 2006