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Edward D. Thalmann

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American hyperbaric medicine specialist and decompression researcher
Edward Deforest Thalmann
Edward D. Thalmann, MD,
expert in hyperbaric medicine
Born(1945-04-03)April 3, 1945
DiedJuly 24, 2004(2004-07-24) (aged 59)
AllegianceUnited States
BranchUnited States Navy
Years of service1971–1993
RankCaptain
AwardsLegion of Merit
Meritorious Service Medal
Navy Unit Commendation
Navy and Marine Corps Meritorious Unit Commendation withservice star
National Defense Service Medal with service star
Navy and Marine Corps Overseas Service Ribbon with service star
RelationsAlexander E. Thalmann (nephew)
Other workNaval Medical Research Institute
Duke University
Divers Alert Network

Capt.Edward Deforest Thalmann,USN (ret.) (April 3, 1945 – July 24, 2004) was an Americanhyperbaric medicine specialist who was principally responsible for developing the current United States Navydive tables formixed-gas diving, which are based on his eponymousThalmann Algorithm (VVAL18).[1] At the time of his death, Thalmann was serving as assistant medical director of theDivers Alert Network (DAN) and an assistant clinical professor inanesthesiology atDuke University'sCenter for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology.[2]

Education

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Thalmann graduated in 1962 fromSayreville War Memorial High School inSayreville, New Jersey.[3] He attended theRensselaer Polytechnic Institute, graduating in 1966 with a bachelor of science degree.[4] He attended medical school atGeorgetown University in Washington, D.C. From 1970 to 1971, Thalmann was a surgical intern at theRoyal Victoria Hospital inMontreal, Quebec. It was there that he met his future wife, a nursing graduate.

While on active duty, from 1975 to 1977, Thalmann conducted a two-year postdoctoral fellowship under the guidance ofClaes Lundgren andHermann Rahn, at theState University of New York at Buffalo, studying the effects of immersion andbreathing bag placement inrebreathers on underwater exercise.[2]

Naval career

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Thalmann served as Chief Medical Officer on board the ballistic missile submarineUSS Thomas Jefferson for a single deployment, from 1971 to 1972 before being posted as a research diving medical officer at theUnited States Navy Experimental Diving Unit (NEDU) at theWashington Navy Yard, where he was stationed until 1975.

Following his post-doctoral fellowship inBuffalo, in 1977, Thalmann returned to NEDU, now located inPanama City, Florida, as Assistant Senior Medical Officer, where he began developing new dive tables and mixed-gas diving techniques.[5][2] While at NEDU, Thalmann created a number of unique and innovative underwater exercise devices, still in use today, intended to assist in gauging the underwater endurance of divers using various gas mixtures while performing physically demanding tasks.[6]

In 1985, Thalmann, at that time the Senior Medical Officer at NEDU, was selected for the NATO Undersea Medicine Personnel Exchange Program and assigned to the Royal NavyInstitute of Naval Medicine,Alverstoke,United Kingdom. There he continued development of a new decompression table and worked on improving undersea thermal protection garments. Upon the conclusion of his exchange tour in 1987, Thalmann returned to Bethesda to serve as the commander of theNaval Medical Research Institute's diving medicine and physiology research division.

Civilian career

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Following his retirement from the Navy in 1993, Thalmann stayed on at NMRI as a senior scientist in decompression research.[7] In July 1994 took a position inDurham, North Carolina at Duke's Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology and later accepted a simultaneous position as the Assistant Medical Director of DAN in 1995.

Thalmann died on July 24, 2004, in Durham, due to congestive heart failure, at the age of 59. He was committed to the sea on August 31, 2004, with services conducted aboardUSS Maryland, anOhio-classsubmarine, off the coast ofKings Bay,Georgia at30°57′00″N79°53′30″W / 30.95000°N 79.89167°W /30.95000; -79.89167.[8]

Contributions to hyperbaric medicine

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Based on scientific studies of gas exchange in human tissues, further informed by his supervision of hundreds of experimental dives, Thalmann developed his namesake mathematical algorithm to protect divers fromdecompression sickness. TheThalmann algorithm was the basis for a new set ofdecompression tables that provided more flexibility for diving time, depth, gas mixtures and pressures. The algorithm was also used for developing wearabledive computers to manage complex individual dives. Thalmann's research ultimately improved decompression safety for military divers,recreational divers, and evenastronauts.[7]

Awards

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Bronze star
Bronze star
Submarine Medical insignia
Legion of MeritMeritorious Service MedalNavy Unit Commendation
Meritorious Unit Commendation
withstar
National Defense Service Medal
with star
Navy and Marine Corps
Overseas Service Ribbon

with star
Diving Medical Officer badgeSSBN Deterrent Patrol insignia

Publications

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Refereed journals

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Non-refereed journals and reports

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Book chapters

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  • Vann, R.D; E.D. Thalmann (1993). "Decompression Modeling and Physiology". In Bennett, P.B.; Elliott, D.H. (eds.).The Physiology and Medicine of Diving and Compressed Air Work (Fourth ed.). London: Bailliere Tindall.OCLC 2000230.
  • Thalmann, E.D., editor of Chapter 8: "Diving Medicine", in:U.S. Navy Diving Manual, Vol 1. 1984, 1993 revisions. Archived fromthe original on 2008-05-02. Retrieved2008-03-15.
  • Invited Reviewer for: "Treatment of decompression sickness", Chapter 13. In:Edmonds, C.; Lowry, C.; Pennefather, J. (1992).Diving and Subaquatic Medicine (Third ed.). Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann.OCLC 24009565.
  • Thalmann, E.D. (1996). "Gas Physiology in Diving: Decompression". In Fregley, M.J.; C.M. Batteis (eds.).Handbook of Physiology, Section 4: Environmental Physiology Volume II. New York: The American Physiological Society. Oxford University Press. pp. 1012–1015.
  • Thalmann, E.D. (1997). "Diving Hazards". In Langley, R.L; McLymore, R.L.; Meggs, W.J.; Roberson, G.T. (eds.).Safety and Health in Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries. Rockville, MD: Government Institutes.OCLC 35750471.

References

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  1. ^Southerland, D.G.; Butler, F.K. (2001). "The U.S. Navy Dive Computer".MTS/IEEE Oceans 2001. An Ocean Odyssey. Conference Proceedings (IEEE Cat. No.01CH37295). Vol. 2. pp. 900–904.doi:10.1109/OCEANS.2001.968236.ISBN 0-933957-28-9.S2CID 108869860.(subscription required)
  2. ^abc"Ed Thalmann, M.D., Assistant Medical Director at DAN, Dies".Divers Alert Network. 2004-07-26. Retrieved2012-10-24.
  3. ^Burkard, Tom."Yearbook—Sayreville 1962",The South Amboy – Sayreville Times, April 20, 2002. Retrieved October 1, 2015. Confirmed by Thalmann's Duke University colleagueGene Hobbs.
  4. ^"In Memoriam".Rensselaer Magazine.Rensselaer Alumni Association. Winter 2004. Archived from the original on February 21, 2013.
  5. ^Butler, Frank K. (2001)."The U.S. Navy Decompression Computer".Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine.28 (4). Cochran Undersea Technology:213–28.PMID 12153150. Archived fromthe original on 2006-07-07. Retrieved2012-10-24.
  6. ^Anecdotal information provided by Thalmann's daughters.
  7. ^abPianadosi, Claude (Fall 2004)."In Memoriam: Edward Deforest Thalmann, 1945–2004"(PDF).Duke Anesthesiology Alumnus. Duke University Department of Anesthesiology. p. 1. Archived from the original on June 12, 2007.
  8. ^Rausch, C.S. (2004-08-31). "Letter from Commanding Officer, USSMaryland to Ms. Katherine N. Thalmann". Department of the Navy.

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