Dennis J. Kathcart is the President and co-founder of Hyperbaric Oxygen Technologies, Incorporated, a medical service and management company that provides wound care and hyperbaric medicine services by contract to participating hospitals for the care and treatment of those patients in need of this advanced treatment modality. In addition, he provides personal agency staffing as a wound care specialist at wound care centers in the Fort Worth/Dallas Metroplex.

Dennis’ 30+ years in the medical field have included a variety of staff and leadership positions in several specialties including Aeromedical Evacuation, Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Critical Care, Medical Education, Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine. During his career, he spent 24 years in the United States Air Force where he achieved the highest enlisted rank and was the advisor to the CEO of the Department of Defense’s largest medical facility.

His background in hyperbaric medicine began in 1984 and includes the ground-up development, opening and operation of the first Department of Defense clinical hyperbaric medicine facility; five years as a supplemental staff member for the Jefferson C. Davis Center for Hyperbaric Medicine at Brooks Air Force Base, Texas; and two years on the clinical staff of the hyperbaric centers at Methodist and Nix hospitals in San Antonio, Texas and from 1998 until 2004, he was the Director of Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine Center at Osteopathic Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas.

Dennis is also currently, the Clinical Coordinator of the Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine at Huguley Memorial Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas, where he supervises the daily operation of a premier facility that sees over 5000 patients annually.

Dennis holds a bachelor degree in Social Psychology and associate degrees in both Allied Health and Nursing. He holds the additional certification as Advanced Certified Hyperbaric Registered Nurse. His recent awards include; “Great 100 Nurses of Dallas/Fort Worth”, “Nurse Week Nursing Excellence Award Finalist”, and Fort Worth Business Press “Medical Hero”.