Helen Gelly

Dr. Gelly has been involved in hyperbaric medicine and wound care since 1991. She is sub-specialty boarded in Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine since 2000. Past positions have included Medical Directorships at academic and community hyperbaric medicine and wound care programs. She started a non-hospital-affiliated hyperbaric and wound center, one of the first UHMS-accredited centers. She has been actively involved in billing and reimbursement issues for both facilities and physicians. Until recently, she was the Medical Director of Hyperbaric Physicians of Georgia, a group of physicians dedicated to practicing hyperbaric medicine and wound healing, with five subspecialty board-certified physicians in its membership. In addition to lecturing nationally on hyperbaric medicine and wound healing for many years, she serves as the UHMS representative for the AMA RUC Advisory Board, as the UHMS representative to the Alliance for Woundcare Stakeholders, and is currently the UHMS Treasurer.