Publications
- Decompression Illness in Divers, A Review of the Literature, Barratt and others
- Decompression Sickness in Miskito Indian Lobster Divers: A Review of 229 Cases. BARRATT and others.
- AMA Journal of Ethics. Preventing False Brain Death Diagnoses. Fourcand and BARRATT
- Neurology Milestones 2.0. Neurology. 2022 Mar 1;98(9):366-372
- Entrustable professional activities--A useful concept for neurology education. Neurology 2018;90:1-7.
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- Company: Board-certified in Neurology and Sleep Medicine
- Phone: 561-300-4178
- Cell: 561-300-4178
- Website: DianaBarrattMD.com
Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness
General Specialties:
Neurology and Sleep MedicineKeywords/Search Terms:
Hyperbaric and Diving Medicine, Maritime Injury, Decompression Sickness, Arterial Gas Embolism, Diving Injury, Decompression Illness, Dysbaric Osteonecrosis, Undersea Medicine, Hyperbaric Oxygen, Spinal cord, Diving Accidents, Traumatic Brain Injury TBI, Concussion, SCUBA, Saturation, barotraumaEducation:
MD, University of Florida; MPH, Harvard School of Public Health; BS Engineering, University of FloridaYears in Practice:
>10Additional Information
National Award-Winning Neurologist and Sleep Medicine Physician. Double Board-Certified in Neurology and Sleep Medicine. Fellowship Trained in Hyperbaric and Diving Medicine. Dr. Diana Barratt, a board-certified neurologist, has received awards from the American Academy of Neurology and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She earned a BS in engineering and an MD from the University of Florida; she earned a Master’s in Public Health degree from Harvard. Her awards include the American Academy of Neurology Clerkship Director Teaching Award, the American Academy of Neurology Clerkship Director Innovation Award, the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Faculty Innovation Award, and the Association of American Medical College’s MedEdPORTAL Editor’s Choice Special Distinction for an EEG and Sleep publication. She has also published on increased intracranial pressure and traumatic brain injury. Dr. Barratt is a reviewer for Neurology, the most widely read and highly cited neurology journal. Dr. Barratt completed a two-year fellowship in hyperbaric and diving medicine at LSU in New Orleans; she joined the faculty after graduation. She received injured saturation divers from the Gulf of Mexico and sport divers from Divers Alert Network. She performed fitness to dive evaluations and cared for patients with chronic non-healing wounds, invasive fungal infections, and carbon monoxide poisoning. Dr. Barratt trained residents and fellows in hyperbaric medicine and lectured in Fitness to Dive Courses. Bibliography: Dewey JJ, Chiota-McCollum N, Barratt D, Edgar L, Gutmann L, Shelgikar AV, Ward J, Kilgore SM; Neurology Milestones 2.0 Work Group. Introducing the Neurology Milestones 2.0. Neurology. 2022 Mar 1;98(9):366-372. Fourcand F, Barratt DM. How Educators Can Help Prevent False Brain Death Diagnoses. AMA J Ethics. 2020 Garcia-Covarrubias L and Barratt D. Use of Adjunctive Hyperbaric Oxygen in the Management of Invasive Fungal Infections. In Hyperbaric Medicine Practice. 4th Edition. 2017 Garland MM, Gutierrez A, Barratt DM. Peripheral neuropathy of the extremity after hyperbaric exposure. 2012. Aviat Space Environ Med Barratt and others. Decompression Sickness in Miskito Indian Lobster Divers. 2004. Aviat Space Environ Med Barratt and others. Decompression Illness in Divers—A review of the literature. Neurologist. 2002 Madatic J, Barratt D, and others. Neurological Injury in a professional commercial diver: Controversies in the treatment of Type II decompression of the spinal cord. Poster at the UHMS Annual Meeting; 2005 Kelly MK, Barratt DM, Van Meter K. Reversal on MRI of a thoracic cord lesion in a professional diver with decompression sickness: A case report. Poster at the UHMS Annual Meeting; 2004 Barratt and others. Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in a SCUBA diver with Peduncular Hallucinosis. Poster session presented at: the 27th International Congress of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2003 Barratt and others. Magnetic resonance imaging in decompression illness. Poster session presented at: the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Annual Scientific Meeting; 2002