Joseph Dituri, Ph.D.
CDR, US Navy Saturation Diving Officer (ret)
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering / Medicine – University of South Florida
Director, Undersea Oxygen Clinic LLC
Chairman, Florida Chapter of The Explorers Club FN-‘14
Executive Director, International Board of Undersea Medicine
Commander Joseph Dituri is a retired Naval Officer and Ph.D. who enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1985. He continuously served on various ships and shore stations where he was involved in hyperbaric system maintenance, saturation diving, rescue, and ship repair. After retirement from 28 years of active service, Commander Dituri earned a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering with research areas that include life support equipment design, high carbon dioxide environments, as well as hyperbaric and hypobaric medicine.
He is a contributing author to Hyperbaric Medical Practice (4th edition), the author of numerous diver-training manuals, a co-author of the Navy Diving Manual, as well as the “Tao of Survival Underwater”, which has become required reading for all International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers (IANTD) programs and is regarded as an irreplaceable resource for all levels of extended range divers. He is also the publisher of the new text “The Art and Science of Hyperbaric Medicine” Additionally, he has been published in several journals including those produced by the Undersea Hyperbaric Medical Society, the American Society of Naval Engineers, and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Above water and away from work, Dr. Dituri has three grown children and enjoys writing books, skydiving, and is pursuing his lifelong goal of becoming a civilian astronaut.