Hyperbaric Vermont is a 501c3 nonprofit. Our mission is to raise awareness of the benefits of hyperbaric oxygen therapy and increase accessibility to this life-changing treatment.
We provide services directly at our treatment facilities in Montpelier and South Burlington, and support other physicians and organizations with a similar vision through our affiliated treatment centers.
Our Board of Directors
Dr. Grace Johnstone – Founder, President, and Medical Director
Dr. Grace Johnstone is the founder and President of Hyperbaric Vermont. Certified in Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine, Grace practices at Hardwick Chiropractic and teaches chiropractic worldwide for BioGeometric Integration Seminars.
Grace came to hyperbaric medicine through her experience contracting Lyme Disease, which resulted in severe meningitis and radiculoneuritis.
Grace was completely incapacitated for a year, until intensive hyperbaric oxygen therapy brought her back to the chiropractic practice she loves, the active lifestyle she enjoys, and the energy and determination to share this powerful healing modality with others.
She is committed to educating people about Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, and to creating a network of treatment facilities to care for anyone need of this powerful modality.
Grace graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, with a degree in Social Thought and Political Economy, received her Doctorate of Chiropractic from Logan University in St. Louis, Missouri, and has continued post-doctoral studies in chiropractic, osteopathy and hyperbaric medicine. She also has the best of intentions to continue learning to speak Spanish, Norwegian, and to play the bagpipes.
Liz Baum, Secretary
Liz is an attorney with a Masters in Public Health whose solo practice of 30 plus years focuses on providing fiduciary services for people with cognitive, psychiatric and physical challenges. As a substitute decision maker and advocate, Liz works closely with medical and other professional care providers to improve the lives of her clients.
She has presented at many professional continuing education conferences on topics such as legal capacity, substitute decision making, and guardianship. Liz has served as a member of human rights committees as well as serving on the board of several nonprofit social service agencies.
Bill Berman
Bill is a Clinical Professor of Law Emeritus and Clinical Research Professor at Suffolk University Law School. Bill has over 35 years of experience as a public sector litigator and clinical law professor. He and his clinical students have represented hundreds of indigent tenants in housing discrimination, eviction and other housing related matters. He is a scholar and frequent presenter on fair housing.
Bill co-founded Suffolk’s Housing Discrimination Testing Program and is the Academic Director of the program, where he helped raise over $5,000,000 in grant funding for the program.
Bill is also the former co-president of a non-profit board, has years of litigation experience as well as a decade of experience in program management. Bill is a user of and advocate for hyperbaric treatment and a big supporter of Hyperbaric Vermont’s mission of raising awareness of the benefits of hyperbaric treatment and making it accessible to all.
Hannah Schwartz, Treasurer
Hannah Schwartz formed and cofounded Heartbeet Lifesharing in 2000. She served as the community’s Executive Director and Development Director, drawing on her lifelong experience with social therapy and her commitment to bringing the lifesharing philosophy to community-based care for adults with developmental disabilities in Vermont.
Hannah dedicated over 20 years to Heartbeet and during her tenure there joined national and statewide conversations and action to expand meaningful options for adult life, removing barriers and increasing opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities.
Hannah pursued a Masters in Special Education at Antioch New England, graduating in 2016. In 2020, Hannah felt called to leave Heartbeet Lifesharing, and in an effort to deepen and expand her understanding of diversity, equity, justice and inclusion, through a social work and policy lens, she attended the University of Vermont’s Masters of Social Work program.
Hannah has dedicated her working life to learning and embodying alternative, diverse systems of care with a special focus on neurology. She is a social researcher, innovator and leader in cutting edge thinking who is dedicated to encouraging all to reach their very highest potential.
Our Patient Care Team
Megan Fogarty, Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
Megan graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and minor in Spanish from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, and with a 4.0 GPA Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) from Frontier Nursing University. She is a board certified FNP through the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
She has worked at the University of Vermont Medical Center for 21 years as a registered nurse (RN), two years in Internal Medicine and 19 years in Emergency Medicine. She is certified in basic life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), pediatric advanced life support (PALS), trauma nursing core course (TNCC) and emergency nursing pediatric course (ENPC).
Upon completing her nurse practitioner degree, Megan worked at Northwestern Medical Center and Champlain College Student Health Center as a Family Nurse Practitioner.
Taking a deeper interest in modalities that can heal patients with virtually no side effects or harm, Megan was fascinated at the amazing benefits of hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Every day she is inspired by the level of healing this therapy can provide and is working towards her certification as a Functional Medicine Hyperbaric Clinician.
Dr. Jenna Scott, Physician
Dr. Scott attended Lipscomb University and graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in Biology.
She earned her doctorate in naturopathic medicine from the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, Arizona, followed by a two year residency in naturopathic and integrative medicine at Progressive Medical Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
In addition, she has completed training in Lyme and co-infections with Richard Horowitz, MD, and neurodegenerative disorders with Terry Wahls, MD.
Dr. Scott was introduced to Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in 2017, and has experience with Lyme disease, mold toxicity, chronic fatigue syndrome, diabetes & cardiovascular disease, as well as autoimmune including Hashimoto’s, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, lupus, and sarcoidosis.
Jeri Belisle, Patient Care – South Burlington
Jeri studied molecular biology and cognitive neuroscience at Princeton University and University College London, only to discover that the questions she’s most interested in can’t be answered in a laboratory. For the past 20 years she has alternately worked as a freelance scientific editor, massage therapist, homeschool mom, and homecare LNA. She has also dug in the dirt at a few farms and retreat centers, and considers herself a hobby herbalist and wild edible stalker. Her favorite thing about HBOT is that it stimulates and amplifies the body’s innate healing capacities — powerful but not too fancy. Jeri feels honored to support so many wise and dedicated people in their healing process, and to be part of a life-giving nonprofit right in her neighborhood.
Zoie Weisendanger, Patient Care – South Burlington
Originally from Minnesota, Zoie moved to Vermont 3 years ago to pursue her studies in Psychology and English at the University of Vermont. Her interests have always consisted of health care where she has worked locally in Vermont as a Home Health Aid and a Mental Health Worker. Zoie is passionate about her studies, and is working towards becoming a licensed therapist and a psychopharmacology researcher. She loves Hyperbaric Vermont for its welcoming community and its willingness to provide the care patients deserve. The benefits HBOT gifts to patients continues to amaze her, and she is honored to be a part of something so special. While not in class or at HyperBaric Vermont, Zoie can be found deep in the woods hiking or soaking up rays near Lake Champlain.
Angela Cicioni, Patient Care, Montpelier
Angela received her teaching degree in 2001, and taught preschool for 15 years. She then took Saul Goodman’s Shin Thi program, and decided to change career paths. Angela graduated from The International School of Shiatsu in 2011, completing their Foundation Program, which included an understanding of the 5 Element Theory and Zen Shiatsu, Shin Thi, Cupping, Grau-Sha, and Moxa, along with a number of self care techniques and modalities. Angela loves to help people by providing relief from pain and stress, and gets great joy from working at Hyperbaric of Vermont, and expanding the range of people she’s able to help.
Our Staff
Kathryn Blume, Managing Director
Kathryn is a public speaker, award-winning solo performer, writer, and passionate advocate for creative, justice-infused, world-saving action. She was co-founder and Executive Director of the award-winning climate and sustainability game Vermontivate!, and served as Communications Director for the cannabis media and events company Heady Vermont.
Kathryn founded the environmental news radio show Earth On The Air, co-founded the Lysistrata Project, the first worldwide theatrical event for peace, and is the author of Dancing To The Beat Of The Great, Green Heart, a collection of essays and speeches on building a climate movement of hope and power. She served as board chair of the climate action group 350 Vermont, and on the boards of Transition Town Charlotte, The Willowell Foundation, The Lewis Creek Association, and The Vermont Conservation Education Fund.
A yogini with a 30+ year practice, Kathryn is studying for her MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at NVU, received her BA from Yale with a self-designed degree in environmental studies and theater, and works as a wedding officiant in her spare time. She lives in the woods with her husband Mark and two very sexy cats.
Hyperbaric Vermont, Inc. does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, immigration status, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.
People are at the center of what we do. ALL ARE WELCOME at Hyperbaric Vermont, regardless of education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.