Based in the Rocky Mountain range of central Colorado in the town of Frisco at 9000’/2743m, our mission is to conduct clinical research on the effects of high altitude on human health, develop treatment and interventions for high-altitude communities, and provide education and resources to healthcare providers and residents living above 2,500 meters to optimize health and prevent altitude-related illness.
Physician and founder Christine Ebert-Santos, MD, MPS leads our collaboration with clinicians and scientists who share a vision of advancing understanding of high-altitude health effects and establishing evidence-based protocols that improve health outcomes for mountain communities worldwide.
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We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Your donations help us continue our mission of research and access to information. That looks like paying our staff and offsetting the costs of the resources we publish and maintain, including our book and blog, which have been funded almost completely out of our own pockets.
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Surviving & Thriving at Altitude is a compilation of some of the fascinating and valuable articles over a decade of research and collaboration on highaltitudehealth.com: Dr. Chris’s peer-reviewed research, submissions by physician assistants, nurses and student doctors who have spent time in our high altitude clinic, interviews with high altitude athletes and emergency services professionals, information about backcountry excursions and more. We made sure to include information about the body’s various responses to being in a high altitude environment, so it’s a useful resource for visitors to the high country as well as long-term residents and athletes.
Copies are currently available in our hometown of Frisco, Colorado at Next Page Books, Rocky Mountain Coffee Roasters, and Base Camp Wine & Spirits. Copies will also be available at your local bookstores around other Colorado mountain towns soon, but in the meantime you can purchase the title directly from Amazon. Let us know which articles were most interesting or helpful!