Curriculum Vitae

Pieter-Jan van Ooij (b. 1961)

Researchgate, Orchid

BROK Registry number: 7264

Education:

  • 2010-2013: PhD research supervised by Professor Peter Sterk and Rob van Hulst PhD. PhD Thesis: “Pulmonary oxygen toxicity in professional diving: Scire est mensurare?”
  • 1994-1998: Training Occupation Physician NIA-TNO Leiden. Thesis: “Brandweerduiken: een zwaar beroep met hoge fysieke inspanningen!” (Firefighter diver, a tough job with high physical demands).
  • June 1991 MD-degree.
  • 1989-1991: Internships in various hospitals.
  • 1983-1988: Master in Medicine Catholic University Nijmegen.

Appointments:

  • 2021-……..: Head of Section Research, Innovation & Education, Dive Medical Center
  • 2013-2015: Head of Dive Medical Center
  • 2006- …….: Consultant Diving Medicine, Diving Medical Center Royal Netherlands Navy
  • 2000-2006: Consultant Occupational Health, Occupational Health Service Royal Netherlands Army
  • 1992-2000: Consultant Occupational Health, Occupational Health Service Arbo-Unie Zwolle
  • 1991-1992: Resident Cardiology Groot Ziekengasthuis Den Bosch

Rewards:

  • Decoration of Merit in Bronze Royal Netherlands Navy (2023)

Ancillary activities:

  • 2015- 2024: Guest appointment Bickelhaupt Group Amsterdam
  • 2015- 2024: Guest appointment Department Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • 2013- ……..: Guest appointment Department of Pulmonology, location AMC, Amsterdam University Medical Center
  • 2012 – ……..: Dive medical advisor Antonius Hypercare, Sneek

Dive medical training and registrations:

  • 2013: registered as EDTC Level 2D Diving Medicine Physician
    Registration Institute Defense Diving School
  • 2007: registered as Diving Medicine Physician Royal Netherlands Navy
  • 2007: Submarine Medicine Course at DRDC Canada
  • 2007: Dive Medicine Course Advanced at DRDC  Canada
  • 2004: registered as EDTC Level 2D Diving Medicine Physician National Diving Center (NDC)
  • 2003-2006: Dive Medicine Physician Royal Netherlands Army
  • 2003-2004: registered as EDTC Level 1Medical Examiner of Divers NDC
  • 1997-2003: registered as Diving Medicine Physician SODM
  • 1997: Course “Arbeid onder overdruk” by Nia/TNO and DMC
  • 1996: Two-weeks internship Duikmedisch Centrum (DMC) Den Helder 

Member of:

  • European Underwater and Baromedical Society (EUBS)
  • Underwater and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS)
  • Medical Panel European Diving Technology Committee (EDTC)
  • Diving Medical Advisory Committee (DMAC)
  • Underwater Diving Working Group (MDWG)
  • Dive Medical Project Team Foundation for Working under Hyperbaric Environment (SWOD)

Publications: see Literature

Presentations:

  • “Pulmonary oxygen toxicity and DMAC 35”. Supervisors Day Bluestream, Den Helder 2024.
  • “Chest X-ray; is it necessary in the dive medical assessment?”. SRT, Kocaeli (Turkey) 2023.
  • “Latest research in pulmonary oxygen toxicity”. SRT Seminar, Kocaeli (Turkey) 2023.
  • “DMAC, what have we done in the past two years?”. Bergen International Diving Seminar, Bergen (Norway) 2023.
  • “Nieuws van DMAC en EDTC (News fom DMAC and EDTC)”. Seminar SWOD, Delft (the Netherlands) 2023.
  • “Hartinfact na het duiken; oorzaak of gevolg (Myocardial infarction after diving)?”. Seminar SWOD, Delft (the Netherlands) 2022.
  • “Pinda-allergie bij een duiker (Peanut allergy in a diver)”. Seminar SWOD, Delft (the Netherlands) 2022
  • “Duikgeschiktheid na COVID-19 (How fit is a diver after COVID-19)”. Seminar SWOD, Delft (the Netherlands) 2021. 
  • “COVID-19 and Diving; One European Perspective?”. SPUMS 2021.
  • “Beroepsmatig duiken; gezonde druk (Professional diving; healthy pressure)? Heijermanslectures Netherlands Center for Occupational Diseases (NCvB), Amsterdam (the Netherlands) 2020
  • “Vaststellen pulmonale zuurstoftoxiciteit. Een ademteug is nog steeds de toekomst (Detecting pulmonary oxygen toxicity; one breath is still the future)”. Section Breathing during Sport, Leisure and Special Circumstances, Dutch Society of Respiratory Physicians (NVALT), Utrecht (the Netherlands) 2020.
  • “Duiken en longen; kleine afwijkingen, grote gevolgen! (Diving and the lung; small anomalies, big consequences!)” Dutch Society of Respiratory Technicians (NVLA), Ede (the Netherlands) 2020.
  • “Detecting pulmonary oxygen toxicity; one breath is still the future”. EUBS, Tel Aviv (Israel) 2019.
  • “Validation of an adapted Heliox diving table”. UHMS, Orlando (USA) 2018.
  • “Pulmonale zuurstoftoxiciteit bij duikers. Meten is weten? [Pulmonary oxygen toxicity. Scire est mensurale?]”. Dutch Dive Medical Society (NvD), Leiden 2014.
  • “large lungs in divers. Risk for pulmonary barotrauma?”. 2nd meeting SETT Den Helder (the Netherlands) 2013.
  • “Diving and the lung; small anomalies, big consequences” Belgium Respiratory Society (BVP), Oostende (Belgium) 2013.
  • “Pulmonale zuurstoftoxiciteit. Wat weten we nu? [pulmonary oxygen toxicity. What do we know?]”. NDC, Rotterdam (the Netherlands) 2012
  • “Hyperoxia and the lung. Does it influence diffusion capacity of the lung?”. Deutsche Physiologische Gemeinschaft (DPG), Dresden (Germany) 2012.
  • “Pulmonary oxygen toxicity. Scire est mensure?”. European Respiratory Society (ERS), Amsterdam (the Netherlands) 2011.
  • “Changes in exhaled nitric oxide concentration after three types of dives”. EUBS, Graz (Austria) 2008

Poster (presentations)

  • “From UPTD to ESOT: Monitoring hyperoxic exposure in surface-oriented diving”. Risberg et al. UHMS 2023
  • “Exhaled breath analysis of volatile organic compounds after a COMEX 30”. de Jong et al. EUBS 2022
  • “Detecting pulmonary oxygen toxicity using exhaled breath analysis. Wet and dry diving are not the same”. Wingelaar et al. UHMS 2019
  • Bouak F, et al. Heliox in-water decompression schedules for the Interspiro IS-MIX mine clearance diving system. UHMS Scientific Meeting 2018.
  • AGE during controlled ascent training in a Navy Diver trainee: a case report with video registration of the accident. Wingelaar et al. UHMS 2018
  • “Validation of an adapted Heliox diving table”. Van Ooij et al. UHMS 2018
  • “10 years of oxygen diving in a military population: changes in spirometry and diffusion capacity.” Den Ouden et al. EUBS 2015
  • “Measuring pulmonary function in military diver candidates using the 90% confidence interval of predicted pulmonary parameters, compared to diving guidelines.” Clarijs & van Ooij. EUBS 2015
  • “Development of Helios decompression tables for use with the Interspiro semi-closed rebreather Ismix”. Bouak et al. EUBS 2015
  • “Sudden deafness after deep dives in military divers”. Van Veen et al. EUBS 2015
  • “The effects of levocetirizine (5 mg) and hydroxyzine (50 mg) on cognitive and psychomotor performance during simulated diving” Kienhorst et al. European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Congress 2014
  • “Large lungs in divers, risk for pulmonary barotrauma?”.  Hulst et al.  UHMS 2011.
  • “Changes in spirometry and diffusing capacity after 5 years of military oxygen diving”. van Ooij et al. EUBS 2010
  • “Alteration of the alveolocapillary membrane after a dive with a PO2 of 130 kPa”. Van Ooij et al. EUBS 2009
  • “Does the calculated maximal oxygen uptake reflect the measured maximal oxygen uptake correctly?”. Van Ooij et al. EUBS 2007.

Books and Chapters

  • “Pulmonary oxygen toxicity in professional diving: Scire est mensurare?” PhD Thesis University of Amsterdam 2013.
  • “Fysische Letsels” in ‘Acute Geneeskunde; een probleemgerichte benadering in acute genees- en heelkundige situaties’ [“Physical injuries” in ‘Acute medicine; a problem-oriented approach in acute medical and surgical situations’}. Zevende herzien druk 2009. Elsevier Gezondheidszorg, Maarsen.
  • “Duikongevallen” in Oranje Kruis Eerste Hulp bij Waterongevallen. [“Diving Accidents” in First Aid during water accidents).ThiemeMeulenhoff, Utrecht/Zutphen 2007

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Dive medical (related) meetings attended:

  • 2023: Annual Scientific Meeting UHMS, San Diego, USA
  • 2022: Seminar Diving Medicine SWOD, Delft, the Netherlands
  • 2022: Annual Scientific Meeting EUBS, Prague, Czech
  • 2021: Bergen International Diving Seminar 2021, Bergen, Norway
  • 2021: Seminar Diving Medicine SWOD, Delft, the Netherlands 
  • 2021: Webinar on COVID-19, EUBS
  • 2020: Webinar Evidence review for HBO2 treatment of COVID-19, UHMS
  • 2020: Annual Meeting Dutch Society of Respiratory Technicians, Ede, the Netherlands
  • 2019: Annual Scientific Meeting EUBS, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • 2018: Annual Scientific Meeting UHMS, Orlando, USA
  • 2017: Annual Scientific Meeting UHMS, Naples, USA
  • 2016: Annual Scientific Meeting UHMS, Las Vegas, USA
  • 2015: Annual Scientific Meeting EUBS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 2014: Annual Scientific Meeting UHMS, Saint Louis, USA
  • 2013: Annual Scientific Meeting, BPV, Oostende, Belgium
  • 2012: Annual Scientific Meeting DPG, Dresden, Germany
  • 2011: Annual Scientific meeting ERS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 2010: Annual Scientific Meeting EUBS, Istanbul, Turkey
  • 2008: Annual Scientific Meeting EUBS, Graz, Austria
  • 2007: Annual Scientific Meeting EUBS, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
  • 2006: Annual Scientific Meeting EUBS, Bergen, Norway
  • 2004: Annual Scientific Meeting EUBS, Ajaccio, France
  • 2003: Annual Scientific Meeting EUBS, Kopenhagen, Danmark
  • 2001: “Medical Assessments of Fitness to Dive” by David Elliott, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 1999: “Medical Assessments of Fitness to Dive – focussing on Decompression” by David Elliott, Manchester, UK
  • 1998: “Medical aspects of hyperbaric tunnelling construction and diving” Arthur Bornstein Work-shop, Hamburg, Germany
  • 1995: “Diving Medicine and Accident Treatment” by the Dutch Society of Diving Medicine (NVD), Bonaire, Dutch Antilles

Others:

  • Chairman DMAC: 2023 ….
  • Vice-Chairman DMAC: 2019 – 2023
  • National Medical Representative EDTC: 2014….
  • Member Project Team Dive Medical Affairs SWOD 2012…
  • Board member Dutch Society of Diving Medicine: 1998-2002
  • Secretary diving club “De Oester” Kampen: 1994-1997
  • 3* CMAS diver.