Dr. Richard William Smerz DO
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine
347 N Kuakini St Honolulu HI, 96817About
Richard Smerz is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in Honolulu, HI. Smerz specializes in the health of individuals, communities, and particular populations, focusing on how to protect and maintain health as well as prevent disease and dangers. As a preventative health specialist, Smerz participates in the planning and evaluation of health services, researches diseases in specific populations and helps manage health care organizations. Preventative medicine specialists can specialize further in aerospace medicine, occupational medicine, or public health and general preventive medicine.
Education and Training
Univ of Hlth Sci, Coll of Osteo Med, Kansas City Mo 1975
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine 1975
Board Certification
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM
Preventative MedicineAmerican Board of Preventative MedicineABPM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Descriptive epidemiological analysis of diving accidents in Hawaii from 1983 to 2001.
- Incidence of oxygen toxicity during the treatment of dysbarism.
- Concomitant cerebral and coronary arterial gas emboli in a sport diver: a case report.
- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy: caveat doctor!
- Hawaiian deep treatments: efficacy and outcomes, 1983-2003.
- Age associated risks of recreational scuba diving.
- The role of the hyperbaric treatment center in medical education at John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM).
- Medical school hotline: Hyperbaric Treatment Center of the University of Hawai'i: 2012 update.
- IEDCS: a tale of two studies.
- Medical school hotline: Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) Accreditation and the John A. Burns school of medicine: what medical student teachers should know.
- The relationship of decongestant use and risk of decompression sickness; a case-control study of Hawaiian scuba divers.
- Medical School Hotline: Liaison Committee for Medical Education Accreditation, Part VI: Academic, Career, Personal Counseling/Student Health and Well-Being.
- Medical support of the Sinai Multinational Force and Observers, 1982.
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