High Altitude Pulmonary & Pathology Institute (IPPA)

The IV Chronic Hypoxia Symposium September 20-22, 2012 in New Dehli, India Mark your calendar ! We are honored that this will be a grand scale meeting under the direction of Dr Shashi Bala Singh, Director of the Defence Institute of Physiology & Allied Sciences (DIPAS), Defense R  & D Organization Min. Of Defense, Govt on India. along with the coordination of: Dr, Kaushal K. Srivastava President. Dehli Chapter ACBI National Coordinator for Professional Programme,ACBI. Professor Emeritus, ACBR, Delhi University, Delhi 110007 and several other distinguished colleagues from … Read entire article »

The III Symposium on the Effect of Chronic Hypoxia on Diseases at High Altitude October 16-23, 2010 click here to go to the website ABSTRACTS BREATH-HOLD DIVING AND DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS. Hans Christian Møller Thorsen, Poul-Erik Paulev & Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen & High Altitude Pathology Institute (IPPA), Zubieta University. La Paz, Bolivia.                                                                           www.altitudeclinic.com Breath-hold diving is used in many parts of the world as a sport, in order to get pearls and as a record breaking activity. The Pearl divers in the South Pacific typically perform repetitive BH dives to depths of 30 m or more for 1.5–2.5 minutes for about 6 hours a day. Some of the divers developed what was called “Taravana,” a disease similar to DCS and suspected to be due to nitrogen accumulation. The divers who developed “Taravana” primarily were having … Read entire article »

Hello dear friends and colleagues around the world: You can now participate in our Symposium on the web, from your office or home with a Powerpoint presentation. We are once more going to write history! And this time thanks to Larry Silver, President of the International Society of Chronic Hypoxia. Why history? Because it is the first time a conference dealing with hypoxia will be held from high altitude sites through the internet. That is, from a chronic … Read entire article »

Dear Colleagues and friends: Several colleagues were asking us about the next symposium.  It is here. Mark you calendar for October 16-23, 2010! The III Symposium on the Effect of Chronic Hypoxia on Diseases at High Altitude is coming up. And yes, it will also be itinerant, so that conferences are carried out at different altitude sites: click here to read about it. Bolivia is waiting for you! The city of La Paz at 3600 m. Our previous two symposium were very succesful and … Read entire article »

We are proud to present the new website of the International Society of Chronic Hypoxia (ISCH) whose President is Larry Silver, Vice-President Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja (Jr) and Directors, all the founding members from different parts of the globe that  gathered during the II Chronic Hypoxia Symposium. Please click below: International Society of Chronic Hypoxia Congratulations Larry!! … Read entire article »

The follow-up on the successful II Chronic Hypoxia Symposium Titicaca Lake 3800 mis now on-line. Read about the events, the locations, see pictures, who came, the subjects and more:click here http://www.altitudeclinic.com … Read entire article »

Dear distinguished colleagues: We are now elaborating the preliminary program for the II Symposium on the effect of Chronic Hypoxia on Diseases at High Altitude. Some of you are in our lists of scientists that have expressed their interest in participating. If you have not, our apologies. Please send us the titles of your talks. Remember that the themes are: Adaptation and acclimatization to high altitude Adaptation of highlanders to sea level Soccer and other sports at high altitude Diving at high altitude Chronic Mountain Sickness Adaptation to extreme hypoxia The carotid body at high altitude High altitude ophthalmology Aviation hypoxia High Altitude Anthropology Other high altitude diseases However some of you have expressed their interest in presenting other hypoxia related subjects. You are most welcome! We will have oral and … Read entire article »

Dear Colleagues and friends from around the globe: We are proud to send this 1st Announcement of the forthcoming: Lake Titicaca 3800 m. One place of the itinerant symposium. II Symposium THE EFFECT OF CHRONIC HYPOXIA ON DISEASES AT HIGH ALTITUDE Aug 2-9, 2008 La Paz, Bolivia Lake Titicaca 3800 m. Part of the itinerant symposium Please visit our website: http://zuniv.net/symposium2 We look forward to seeing you in 2008 !!! Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Castillo (Sr) and Prof. Dr. Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja (Jr) http://altitudeclinic.com http://www.altitudeclinic.com … Read entire article »

Once more our good friend Hanns-Christian Gunga was in La Paz in Dec, 2006 and we had a wonderful visit at the High Altitude Pathology Clinic and a great dinner at a local ***** restaurant. This time he came with Prof. Karl Kirsch of the Department of Physiology, Charite-Universitatsmedizin and Center of Space Medicine, Berlin, Germany. We made plans for joint research in our Pyramid in Chacaltaya.This photo is in the waiting room of IPPA. http://www.altitudeclinic.com … Read entire article »