Center for Hyperbaric Medicine & Environmental Physiology at Duke University Medical Center
UHMS accreditedWith distinction
Accredited by the Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society for patient care and facility safety.
Verified Sep 8, 2026
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Duke’s Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology is a regional referral facility with a multiplace chamber equipped for critical care. It provides around-the-clock hyperbaric availability and treats diving injuries.
Clinic services
- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
- Critical-care hyperbaric treatment
- Diving-injury treatment
- Hyperbaric treatment evaluation
- Medical evaluations for divers, climbers and aviators
- Altitude simulation testing
- 24-hour diving medicine consultation
Conditions
- Air or gas embolism
- Brain abscess
- Burns
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Clostridial myositis and myonecrosis (gas gangrene)
- Crush injuries, compartment syndrome and other acute traumatic ischemias
- Decompression sickness
- Delayed radiation injury / radionecrosis
- Dysbaric osteonecrosis
- Central retinal artery occlusion (eye stroke)
- Necrotizing soft tissue infections
- Osteomyelitis
- Severe anemia
- Skin grafts and skin flaps
- Sudden sensorineural hearing loss
- Wounds
Planning your visit
Call the center to arrange an appointment. Your care begins with an evaluation and an individualized treatment plan; typical planned sessions last 2.5 hours, with timing and course length based on your needs. Allow about 45 minutes beyond travel time for parking, finding the clinic and registration. Comfortable clothing and shoes are suitable for the visit. The Duke Medicine Circle Parking Garage has an enclosed walkway to Duke Clinic. Free accessibility and interpreter services are available. A hyperbaric medicine specialist is onsite throughout treatment. The center also provides emergency hyperbaric care around the clock.
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