Comprehensive information about diving and undersea medicine for the non-medical diver, the non-diving physician and the specialist.

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FRANK K. BUTLER, JR.
Captain, Medical Corps, U. S. Navy
Curriculum Vitae
January 1999

Education:
        1.  Georgia Institute of Technology 1967-1971
        B.S. Industrial Management 1971 (Magna Cum Laude)
        2.  Medical College of Georgia
                M.D. 1980
        3.  Internship (Family Practice)
                Navy Regional Medical Center, Jacksonville, FL:  1980-1981
        4.  Undersea Medical Officer Training
                Navy Undersea Medical Institute, Groton,
CT:  1981
        5.  Ophthalmology Residency
                National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland: 1986-1989
                Chief Resident 1988-1989

Current Positions:
        1.  Biomedical Research Director - Naval Special
Warfare Command
        2.  Staff Ophthalmologist - Naval Hospital, Pensacola, Florida
        3.  Ophthalmology Consultant - Diver's Alert Network

Previous Positions:
        1.  Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL Training - 1971-72
        1.  Underwater Demolition Team Twelve - Platoon Commander  1972-73
        2.  SEAL Team One - Platoon Commander  1974-75
        3.  Navy Experimental Diving Unit - Diving Medical Research Officer        1981-1986
        4.  Naval Hospital Pensacola - Chief of Ophthalmology  1989-1994
        5.  Chairman - U.S. Special Operations Command Biomedical Initiatives Steering Committee  1996-1998

Committees and Boards:
        1. Naval Special Warfare Command Representative - U.S. Special
        Operations Command Biomedical Initiatives Steering
        Committee
        2. U.S. Navy Representative - Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical
                Society Committee for Adjunctive Therapy in the Treatment
                of Decompression Illness  1998 - Present
        3. Special Operations Medical Association Board of Directors 1994 -1996

Military Awards
        1. Navy Achievement Medal - 1984
        2. Navy Commendation Medal - 1986
        3. Meritorious Service Medal - 1994
        4. Joint Service Commendation Medal - 1997
        5. Legion of Merit - 1997
        6. Defense Meritorious Service Medal - 1998

Publications:
        (See Below)

Professional Affiliations:
        1.  American Academy of Ophthalmology
        2.  Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society
        3.  Special Operations Medical Association
        4.  Association of Military Surgeons of the United States
        5.  Wilderness Medical Society

Medical Licensure:
        Florida

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Publications

1.  Butler FK, Thalmann ED.  Report of An Isolated Mid-Frequency Hearing
Loss Following Inner Ear Barotrauma.  Undersea Biomedical Research
10(2):131-134; June, 1983

2.  Butler FK, Thalmann ED.  Central Nervous System Oxygen Toxicity in
Closed-Circuit SCUBA Divers.  Proceedings of the Eighth International
Symposium on Underwater Physiology; Bachrach, AJ and Matzen,  MM Ed.; 15-30; 1981.

3.  Thalmann ED, Butler FK.  A procedure for Doing Multiple Level Dives on
Air Using Repetitive Groups.  Navy Experimental Diving Unit Report 13-83;
December, 1983.

4.  Thalmann ED, Zumrick JL, Schwartz HJC, and Butler FK. Accommodation to Decompression Sickness in He02 Divers.  Program and Abstracts of The
Undersea Medical Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Undersea Biomedical
Research 11 (1), Supplement, March 1984.

5.  Butler FK, Thalmann ED.  Purge Procedures For the Draeger LAR     V Closed Circuit UBA.  Navy Experimental Diving Unit Report 5-84; March, 1984.

6.  Butler FK, Thalmann ED.  Establishment of New Exposure Limits For U.S.
Navy Closed-Circuit Oxygen SCUBA Divers.  Programs and Abstracts of the
Undersea Medical Society Annual Scientific Meeting,  Undersea Biomedical Research 12(1), Supplement, March 1985.

7.  Butler FK.  Closed-Circuit Oxygen Diving.  Navy Experimental Diving Unit
Report 7-85; May, 1985.

8.  Butler FK, Knafelc ME.  Screening for Oxygen Intolerance in U.S. Navy
Divers.  Undersea Biomedical Research 13(1); 91-98; March, 1986.

9.  Butler FK, Thalmann ED.  Central Nervous System Oxygen Toxicity in
Closed-Circuit SCUBA Divers II.  Undersea Biomedical Research 13(12);
193-224; June 1986.

10. Pivinski SE, Mitchell RA, Goforth GA, Schwartz HJC and Butler FK.  A
Blitz of Bends:  Decompression Sickness in Four Students after Hypobaric
Chamber Training.  Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine 57; 600-602; June 1986.

11. Butler FK.  Central Nervous System Oxygen Toxicity in Closed-Circuit
SCUBA Divers III.  NEDU Report 5-86, May 1986.

12. Butler FK.  Underwater Purging Procedures for the Draeger LAR V
Closed-Circuit UBA.  NEDU Report 6-86, May 1986.

13. Butler FK, Pinto C. Progressive Ulnar Palsy as a Late Complication of
Decompression Sickness. Annals of Emergency Medicine 15(6); 738-741; June 1986.

14. Curley MD, Butler FK. Visual Reaction Time Performance Preceding CNS
Oxygen Toxicity. Undersea Biomedical Research 14(4); 301-310; July, 1987.

15. Butler FK. Ocular Manifestations of Decompression Sickness. The Eye in
Systemic Disease; Gold T. and Weinstein G. ed; J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, PA; 469-471; 1990

16. Butler FK. Decompression Sickness Presenting as Optic Neuropathy.
Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine 62; 346-350; April, 1991.

17. Butler FK, Harris DJ, and Reynolds RA. Altitude Retinopathy on Mount
Everest 1989. Ophthalomology 99(5); 739-746; May 1992.

18. Butler FK. Patient Encounter Skills Development. Navy Medicine 84(6);
14-16; November-December 1993.

19. Butler FK. Diving and Hyperbaric Ophthalmology.Survey of Ophthalmology
39(5); 347-366; March-April 1995.

20. Schallhorn SC, Blanton CL, Kaupp SE, Sutphin J, Gordon M, Goforth H,
Butler FK. Preliminary Results of Photorefractive Keratectomy in Active-Duty
United States Navy Personnel. Ophthalmology 103 (1); 5-21

21. Butler FK, Hagmann J, and Butler EG. Tactical Combat Casualty Care in
Special Operations. Military Medicine 161; Special Supplement; August 1996

22. Butler FK, Smith DJ. United States Navy Diving Techniques and Equipment. In: Diving Medicine, Bove AA ed. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders; 1997; 372-387

23. Butler FK, Smith DJ, eds. Tactical Management of Diving Casualties in
Special Operations. Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Workshop
Proceedings. Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society; Bethesda, Maryland; 1998

24. Butler FK, Zafren K, eds. Tactical Management of Wilderness Casualties
in Special Operations. Wilderness and Environmental Medicine 9 (2); 62-117

25. Butler FK. The Eye at Altitude. (Accepted for publication in International Ophthalmology Clinics)

26. Butler FK. Medical Support of Special Operations (Accepted for publication in U.S. Army Textbook of Military Medicine)

27. Butler FK, White E, Twa M. Hyperoxic Myopia in a Closed-Circuit SCUBA
Diver. (Accepted for publication in Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine)