Saint Vincent Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Clinic

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The Saint Vincent Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Clinic is an outpatient center based within Saint Vincent Health Center that offers hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the treatment of chronic and non-healing wounds.  


Led by medical director Marc Mancinelli, DO, FAPWCA, the Clinic provides comprehensive evaluation and wound management by full-time physicians and staff with specialized training in chronic wound care and hyperbaric medicine. 


Saint Vincent offers expert care and innovative treatment to those suffering from chronic and complex wounds related to:

  • Diabetes
  • Circulatory disorders
  • Trauma/injury
  • Sustained pressure
  • Surgical incisions
  • Burns  

What is hyperbaric oxygen therapy?
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a medical treatment in which the entire body is placed under increased atmospheric pressure and the patient breathes 100% oxygen. It is administered to patients in a comfortable, spacious chamber.  

Patients undergoing hyperbaric oxygen therapy are placed under two to three times more atmospheric pressure than usual, and the amount of oxygen that they breathe in is increased to 100%, as compared to 20% under normal air conditions. This combination causes large amounts of oxygen to dissolve in the patient’s blood and tissues.  

This oxygen-rich environment allows the body’s natural wound-healing processes to function more effectively, dramatically speeding up the healing of chronic wounds.

An average treatment lasts about two hours on 30 to 35 consecutive days (excluding weekends). Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is painless and typically requires neither pain medication nor sedation. Patients undergoing other types of treatment at the Clinic receive topical or oral pain management as needed. Early intervention with hyperbaric oxygen therapy can prevent unnecessary pain and suffering, and support a patient’s return to a normal lifestyle.  

Who is a candidate for hyperbaric oxygen therapy?
Ideal candidates for hyperbaric oxygen therapy include patients with:

  • Full or partial thickness wounds that fail to show significant improvement within four weeks
  • Full thickness wounds with exposed tendons, bones and/or joints
  • Wounds in compromised patients, especially those with diabetes mellitus
  • Radiation tissue injury
  • Clostridal myonecrosis (gas gangrene)
  • Other necrotizing soft tissue (subcutaneous muscle, fascia) infections
  • Refractory osteomyelitis
  • Crush injury, compartment syndromes and other acute traumatic ischemic injuries
  • Compromised or failing skin grafts and flaps
  • Thermal burns
  • Carbon monoxide poisoning  

For additional information or to schedule an appointment, please call 814-452-7878 or visit www.serenagroup.net.