Dr. Stephen M Barr MD

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Get to know Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine Specialist Dr. Stephen M. Barr, who serves the population of Oklahoma.

Dr. Stephen M. Barr is a highly respected and experienced physician, having been in practice for over a decade. His career in medicine began in 2006 when he graduated with his Medical Degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. After medical school, Dr. Barr completed his residency with the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

Dr. Barr is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and has earned a fellowship with the American Professional Wound Care Association. He has dedicated his life to delivering compassionate care. He is determined to enhance his patients’ quality of life, providing high quality, individualized care in order to ensure the most optimal results. With a passion for his work, Dr. Barr is noted for his expertise in wound care and Hyperbaric Medicine. He currently practices with Mercy Clinic Oklahoma Communities, and affiliated with Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City Inc, Mercy Hospital Logan County, Inc, Mercy Hospital El Reno, Mercy Hospital Kingfisher, and Ou Medical Center Edmond.

Hyperbaric medicine is medical treatment in which an ambient pressure greater than sea level atmospheric pressure is a necessary component. The treatment comprises hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), the medical use of oxygen at an ambient pressure higher than atmospheric pressure, and therapeutic recompression for decompression illness, intended to reduce the injurious effects of systemic gas bubbles by physically reducing their size and providing improved conditions for elimination of bubbles and excess dissolved gas.

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