HOPE FINE RRT. CHT.
Clinical Director

Hope Fine, a registered Respiratory Therapist and a Certified Hyperbaric Technologist, has been in health care for the past 25 years. She began her health care career assisting the renowned Cardiac Surgeon - Denton Cooley M.D. - in Houston Texas, focusing her skills in the Cardio Vascular Post Surgical Intensive Care Unit treating adults and children. Because of her specialized experience, in 1982, Hope was invited to join a leading Cardio Vascular Facility in South Florida (Northridge Hospital). She continued her career working in area hospitals expanding her skills in performing cardiac and pulmonary diagnostic testing including, but not limited to, Stress Tests, Pulmonary Function Tests, Bronchoscopies and Arterial Blood Gases. She has succeeded in the capacity as a Supervisor and an Education Coordinator. >Receiving Hyperbaric Training at the University of Pennsylvania, becoming certified shortly thereafter and because of her diverse achievements, Sechrist Industries, the leading manufacturer of Hyperbaric Chambers, employed her to start their Hyperbaric Oxygen Unit at Florida Medical Center in Ft. Lauderdale.

Expanding her knowledge and skills with neurological patients in the field of HBOT, Hope worked for Dr. Richard Neubauer, at the Ocean Hyperbaric Center in Lauderdale By The Sea, Florida. Assembling all her health care knowledge and skills, Hope opened the South Florida Center for H.O.P.E. (Hyperbaric Oxygen Producing Environment) in January 2002, creating a center with the highest code of ethics, concentrating on excellent patient care, safety, cleanliness and compassion. Hope has a philosophy that she emphasizes to her staff, "The people that arrive at this center for treatment are not clients; they are patients and should be treated with compassion and respect."