High Altitude

Erik R. Swenson, MD is a professor in the division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Washington. His research interests include adaptation and maladaptation in animals and humans to high altitude hypoxia: renal and pulmonary responses with emphasis on acute mountain sickness and high altitude pulmonary edema. Peter Bartsch, MD has participated in many field studies in the Alps, investigating the physiology, prevention and treatment of acute high altitude illnesses. From 1984 to 1989, he ran high altitude research projects at the Inselspital Bern, in co-operation with Oswald Oelz, and in 1990, he led the Exercise Physiology Laboratory at the Swiss School of Sports. In 1991, he was appointed Professor of Sports Medicine at the University of Heidelberg where he is currently the head of the Division of Sports Medicine. Peter Bartsch

• ​  1.      Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of O2 Sensing Paul Schumacher  2.      Cellular and Molecular Defenses Against HypoxiaJoachim Fandrey  3.      Control of Breathing Luc Teppema 4.      Lung Function and Gas Exchange Susan Hopkins and Andrew Luks 5.      Pulmonary Circulation Marco Maggiorini and Simon Gibbs 6.      Cardiovascular SystemBenjamin Levine 7.      Cerebral Circulation and Brain Chris Imray and Philip Ainslie  8.      Autonomic Nervous SystemRoger Hainsworth, Mark Drinkhill, and Victoria Claydon 9.      Skeletal MuscleHans Hoppler  10.  Blood and HemostasisJim Milledge and Peter Bartsch 11.  Renal Function and Fluid BalanceErik Swenson 12.   Endocrine Function John-Paul Richalet 13.  Gastrointestinal Function  Simon Travis and Noor Hamad 14.  Immune SystemRobert Mazzeo 15.  Nutrition and MetabolismGeorge Brooks 16.  Exercise Carsten Lundby and Bengt Saltin  17.  Sleep Konrad Bloch 18.   Reproductionand GrowthSusan Niermeyer 19.   Human Evolution at High AltitudeCynthia Beall 20.  Acute Mountain Sickness and High-Altitude Cerebral EdemaPeter Bartsch, Damian Bailey, and Ralf Baumgartner  21.  High-Altitude Pulmonary EdemaRobert Schoene and Erik Swenson 22.  Subacute and Chronic Mountain Sickness Fabiola Leon-Velarde 23.  High Altitude and Common Medical ConditionsAndrew Luks and Peter Hackett