Meet the BaroMedical Team
Mission statement
Our mission is to provide access to timely and safe hyperbaric oxygen therapy for any user making an informed and educated health care decision. We are dedicated to education, research and promotion of the field of hyperbaric medicine and are continuously updating or training in using the latest techniques and technologies.
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Our therapy programs can be customize for the individuals need to tie into the existing healthcare program. We provide feedback reports and evaluations to your doctor, naturopath or other health care professional in charge of your care.
“At Baromedical we focus on preventive health care with hyperbaric oxygen therapy. We are proud to be recognized as top hyperbaric service provider and educators in our community. We maintain highest standards of expertise and ethics in our work for the twelve years of our operations, for which we have earned respect and trust of our clients and health care referral centers.”
Dr. Sanja Savić Kallesoe Ph.D., President and Safety Director
Baromedical was founded in 1999 by Dr. Savić Kallesoe based on her academic background and experience in biomedical systems (B. Sc.), rehabilitation engineering (M.Sc.), and environmental physiology (PhD).
She has been involved in the field of hyperbaric physiology since 1986 and initiated establishment of the first hyperbaric centre in her native country Slovenia in 1989. She was a staff member for five years at Slovenia’s largest university institute for rehabilitation engineering – the Jozef Stefan Institute – in the capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana, where she was part of a group pionering the European development and implementation of electrical stimulators in people with stroke and spinal cord injury at the rehabilitation centre “Soca”.
In the early 1990′ies the Slovenian Ministry of Science and Technology awarded her reseach grants to persue academic collaborations in Canada on the use of two successful modalities in faster wound healing: electrical stimulation and hyperbaric oxygenation.
Throughout the ’90′ies she spent her time teaching and leading research at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, successfully collaborating with the local medical community (Medical Hyperbaric Unit at Vancouver General Hospital, as well as BC Cancer Control Agency) and with international diving industries (CanDive, International Hard Suits, CanDive Marine Services and Mustang Industries).
With her academic and industry experiences she identified the need for general public access to hyperbaric oxygen therapy in BC and founded the first private medical health care hyperbaric centre – BaroMedical. The centre provides adjunct services to other healthcare providers recognizing the value of oxygen in treatment of various ailments. The centre includes a complete microvascular assessment laboratory (first in Canada) for non-invasive screening of peripheral vascular insufficiencies.
The BaroMedical Centre operates as both a therapy clinic as well as teaching facility. So far she has trained 17 physicians and hosted countless seminars and presentation on hyperbaric medicine and microvascular assessment .
Dr. Savić Kallesoe is a regular attendend and speakers at national and international symposia on hyperbaric medicine and wound care.
Dr. Klaus Kallesøe Ph.D., CTO
Dr. Kallesoe joined Baromedical in 2001 with an extensive background in neurophysiology research (Ph.D.) and rehabilitation engineering (M.Sc.)
He acquired his academic background in biomedical Systems Engineering in his native country Denmark and has worked and trained in Canada since 1990. He has co-authored several biotech patents related to neuroscience and rehabilitation inventions and has been involved in startup of biotech industries.
In BaroMedical his technical expertise in diagnostic technologies has been the foundation for development of microcirculation assessment procedures where the main idea has been to improve the success of medical treatments and speed up recovery in rehabilitation.
He has been featured in talk shows and news media and is a regular attandend at national and international symposia on hyperbaric medicine.
Dr. Per-Olof Barr, Scientific advisor Ph.D., M.D., B.Sc.
Dr. Barr has pioneered the field of hyperbaric medicine since the 1960′ies and continues to guide, support and inspire researchers and practitioners worldwide.
He is a protector and scientific advisor to BaroMedical.
Dr. Barr is a recipient of the prestigious Boerema award in 1996 for his life time achievements and contributions to the field of Hyperbaric Medicine.
He is an inventor and author of several key articles in hyperbaric medicine and rarely misses any hyperbaric meetings world wide.
Dr. Vesna Stajic, Hyperbaric physician
