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Altitude Clinic
ARC's altitude medicine clinic is housed on the 6th floor of the Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion (AOP) at the Fitzsimons campus of UCD. Map (link)
Clinic hours: 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month from 1 - 4 PM.
Clinic Phone: 720-848-2631 - Clinic fax: 720-848-2632
The Altitude Clinic has the expertise to evaluate the following patients
- Individuals who have recently moved to altitude and have medical problems
- Individuals with underlying diseases such as heart and lung conditions who live at or travel to altitude
- Individuals requesting evaluations prior to travel or work at higher altitudes.
The ARC Altitude Medicine Clinic includes the following medical consultants
- Peter Hackett MD,
Head Clinical Services for ARC
- Ben Honigman MD, Director ARC, Medical Director Altitude Clinic and Head Division of Emergency Medicine
- Vaughn Browne MD, PhD, Altitude and Emergency Medicine
- David Badesh MD, Pulmonary Medicine
- Eugene Wolfel MD, Cardiology
- Bert Groves. Invasive Cardiology
- Jim Kelly MD, Neurology
- Mike Yaron MD, Altitude and Emergency Medicine
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At Altitude Research Center, our skilled group of applied and clinical scientists engages in the study of high altitude medicine and physiology in a concerted effort
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• Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) is a combination of symptoms that represents your body not being acclimatized to its current altitude.
DO I HAVE AMS? >>>
• Anyone who goes to altitude can get AMS; despite age, gender, physical fitness, or previous altitude experience.
AM I AT RISK?>>>
• AMS can be prevented with certain physical and medical treatments.
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