Admin
Kisty Engel
Founder and Owner
Kisty is the Founder and Owner of the Utila Hyperbaric Chamber. She came to the island of Utila in 1993 with her Husband Jim Engel, daughter Rebecca and son Shawn. After knowing the obvious need for a Chamber and medical center on the island, Kisty began her search in 1994 for a Hyperbaric Chamber. Kisty and her family have been an asset to Utila and are constantly striving to make their community better.
REBECCA ENGEL
ADMINISTRATOR
Rebecca has been a part of The Utila Hyperbaric Chamber since she was young. You could find her helping the Doctor with patients and always curious and learning. It’s no surprise that she eventually became one of the Operators of the Chamber as well as the head Administrator.
ALICE HILL
ADMINISTRATOR
Alice is the Vice Mayor of Utila and is always looking for ways to improve the community. Among her many other projects, she plays an active roll in the Utila Hyperbaric Chamber
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Dr. Cornelio
Doctor
My name is Dr. Cornelio Corrales, I was born in Tegucigalpa which is the capital of Honduras. When I was 6 years old we moved south to Choluteca, located just 30 min away from the pacific coast. Choluteca is a town with a population of 160,000 people. The climate there is very warm (yes, hotter than Utila) and is the home of the most spectacular sunsets.
Biography
I moved back to Tegucigalpa, where I attended Med-School from 2007-2014. On one of my holidays from school in 2012, I visited Utila for the first time. While here I signed up for my open water certification, became a diver and fell in love with the island.
In October 2014 I was fortunate enough to be sent to Utila to work in Centro de Salud (public clinic). I’m currently doing my social service obligatory year of medical practice demanded by the government before getting our official license as a general physician.
Nine days after arriving on Utila, I got a late night call from the staff of the Utila Hyperbaric Chamber. There was a patient who needed medical evaluation for possible Decompression Sickness. Med-School did not prepare me for this type of condition. With the help of highly trained people at DAN, myself and the Utila Chamber staff as a team were able to administer the proper treatment. The patient/diver made an excellent recovery. Since then I’ve become the on-call physician of the Utila Hyperbaric Chamber. As the days have passed, I’ve submerged into a new medical field, learning something new every day about diving medicine. It is a mission that I happily accept.
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Operators
Shawn Engel
Operator
Kisty is the Founder and Owner of the Utila Hyperbaric Chamber. She came to the island of Utila in 1993 with her Husband Jim Engel, daughter Rebecca and son Shawn. After knowing the obvious need for a Chamber and medical center on the island, Kisty began her search in 1994 for a Hyperbaric Chamber. Kisty and her family have been an asset to Utila and are constantly striving to make their community better.
Alex Ebanks
Operator
Kisty is the Founder and Owner of the Utila Hyperbaric Chamber. She came to the island of Utila in 1993 with her Husband Jim Engel, daughter Rebecca and son Shawn. After knowing the obvious need for a Chamber and medical center on the island, Kisty began her search in 1994 for a Hyperbaric Chamber. Kisty and her family have been an asset to Utila and are constantly striving to make their community better.
REBECCA ENGEL
Operator
Kisty is the Founder and Owner of the Utila Hyperbaric Chamber. She came to the island of Utila in 1993 with her Husband Jim Engel, daughter Rebecca and son Shawn. After knowing the obvious need for a Chamber and medical center on the island, Kisty began her search in 1994 for a Hyperbaric Chamber. Kisty and her family have been an asset to Utila and are constantly striving to make their community better.
Willie Waterhouse
Operator
Kisty is the Founder and Owner of the Utila Hyperbaric Chamber. She came to the island of Utila in 1993 with her Husband Jim Engel, daughter Rebecca and son Shawn. After knowing the obvious need for a Chamber and medical center on the island, Kisty began her search in 1994 for a Hyperbaric Chamber. Kisty and her family have been an asset to Utila and are constantly striving to make their community better.
Kerinna Bush
Operator
Kisty is the Founder and Owner of the Utila Hyperbaric Chamber. She came to the island of Utila in 1993 with her Husband Jim Engel, daughter Rebecca and son Shawn. After knowing the obvious need for a Chamber and medical center on the island, Kisty began her search in 1994 for a Hyperbaric Chamber. Kisty and her family have been an asset to Utila and are constantly striving to make their community better.
SETH ESCOBAR
Operator
Kisty is the Founder and Owner of the Utila Hyperbaric Chamber. She came to the island of Utila in 1993 with her Husband Jim Engel, daughter Rebecca and son Shawn. After knowing the obvious need for a Chamber and medical center on the island, Kisty began her search in 1994 for a Hyperbaric Chamber. Kisty and her family have been an asset to Utila and are constantly striving to make their community better.
Nuts And Bolts
Shawn Engel
Nuts and Bolts
Kisty is the Founder and Owner of the Utila Hyperbaric Chamber. She came to the island of Utila in 1993 with her Husband Jim Engel, daughter Rebecca and son Shawn. After knowing the obvious need for a Chamber and medical center on the island, Kisty began her search in 1994 for a Hyperbaric Chamber. Kisty and her family have been an asset to Utila and are constantly striving to make their community better.
Alex Ebanks
Nuts and Bolts
Kisty is the Founder and Owner of the Utila Hyperbaric Chamber. She came to the island of Utila in 1993 with her Husband Jim Engel, daughter Rebecca and son Shawn. After knowing the obvious need for a Chamber and medical center on the island, Kisty began her search in 1994 for a Hyperbaric Chamber. Kisty and her family have been an asset to Utila and are constantly striving to make their community better.
Willie Waterhouse
Nuts and Bolts
Kisty is the Founder and Owner of the Utila Hyperbaric Chamber. She came to the island of Utila in 1993 with her Husband Jim Engel, daughter Rebecca and son Shawn. After knowing the obvious need for a Chamber and medical center on the island, Kisty began her search in 1994 for a Hyperbaric Chamber. Kisty and her family have been an asset to Utila and are constantly striving to make their community better.