A CERTIFICATION PROGRAM OF THE AAOM

Evidence-Based Protocols

Discover the clinical research and proven methodologies behind medical ozone therapy. Learn exactly how to apply these techniques safely and effectively in your practice, backed by years of clinical data.

Comprehensive Mastery

From foundational science to advanced applications, this course takes you from curious practitioner to confident expert. You'll understand the mechanisms, contraindications, and optimization strategies that separate good results from exceptional ones.

Competitive Edge

Stay ahead of the curve. As more patients seek alternative and integrative solutions, positioning yourself as an ozone therapy expert opens new revenue streams and deepens patient trust and loyalty.

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Course Description

The Integrative Oxidative Therapies Certification Program is a comprehensive, two-part educational experience designed to provide healthcare professionals with both the foundational knowledge and practical skills needed to approach medical ozone therapy thoughtfully, safely, and systematically.

Rather than treating ozone therapy as a collection of isolated techniques, the program integrates science, clinical reasoning, patient safety, equipment proficiency, procedural principles, and hands-on skills development into a unified educational pathway.

A Two-Part Learning Experience: Knowledge First. Skills Second. Integration Throughout.

The certification program combines two complementary components:

Part I — Online Learning

The self-paced online curriculum provides the scientific and clinical foundation for the program. Across eight chapters, participants explore the principles of medical ozone therapy, ozone generation and equipment, concentration and dosing, patient selection and contraindications, emergency preparedness, integration with regenerative injection therapies, evidence across orthopedic applications and routes of administration, and the regulatory, consent, and documentation considerations that accompany clinical practice.

The online curriculum is designed to establish the knowledge, vocabulary, safety framework, and clinical reasoningparticipants need before progressing to hands-on training.

Part II — Hands-On Clinical Training

The in-person component moves from knowledge to application. In a clinical learning environment, participants work with faculty to develop practical familiarity with medical ozone equipment, preparation and handling, treatment planning, procedural workflows, and selected administration techniques.

Through faculty demonstration, case-based discussion, guided practice, and supervised skills development, participants have the opportunity to translate concepts from the online curriculum into practical clinical decision-making and procedural skills.

The two components are intentionally designed to work together.

The online curriculum answers the why behind medical ozone therapy: the science, evidence, dosing principles, safety considerations, patient selection, and clinical decision-making that inform responsible use.

The hands-on course focuses on the how: translating those principles into organized clinical workflows and developing procedural skills under faculty guidance.

Together, they create a structured certification pathway that emphasizes not simply learning how to perform a procedure, but understanding when it may be appropriate, why a particular approach is being considered, how to perform it safely, and how to evaluate and document the outcome.

Target Audience

The Integrative Oxidative Therapies Certification Program is designed for healthcare professionals who want a structured, clinically grounded approach to understanding and developing skills in medical ozone therapy.

The program is particularly well suited for clinicians interested in orthopedic, musculoskeletal, pain, sports medicine, regenerative, and integrative applications of medical ozone therapy. It is designed for participants who want more than procedural instruction alone—and who recognize that responsible clinical practice begins with understanding the science, patient selection, dosing principles, safety considerations, evidence, and clinical reasoning behind a procedure.

Designed for Healthcare Professionals

Depending on applicable scope-of-practice requirements, participants may include:

  • Physicians (MD/DO)

  • Nurse practitioners

  • Physician associates/assistants

  • Dentists and other appropriately licensed clinicians

  • Other qualified healthcare professionals whose professional scope permits relevant aspects of medical ozone therapy

Because professional scope of practice varies by license type, jurisdiction, institution, and procedure, participation in the course does not independently authorize a clinician to perform any specific procedure.

Especially Relevant for Clinicians Who Want To...

  • Build a strong scientific foundation in medical ozone therapy before incorporating it into clinical practice

  • Develop a more systematic approach to patient selection, contraindications, precautions, and treatment planning

  • Understand the relationship between ozone concentration, gas volume, total dose, route of administration, and biological exposure

  • Become familiar with medical ozone generators, oxygen sources, materials compatibility, gas handling, and equipment safety

  • Explore the evidence supporting—or limiting—the use of ozone across different orthopedic and musculoskeletal conditions

  • Develop practical skills through faculty demonstration and supervised hands-on training

  • Integrate medical ozone thoughtfully with other regenerative and musculoskeletal treatment strategies

  • Strengthen informed consent, documentation, adverse-event recognition, and emergency preparedness

  • Approach medical ozone therapy as a clinical discipline rather than simply a procedural technique

Prior Experience With Ozone Therapy Is Not Required

Participants do not need previous experience with medical ozone therapy. The two-part structure is designed to establish the necessary foundation through the online learning program before advancing to the hands-on clinical experience.

Clinicians who already use medical ozone may also benefit from the program as an opportunity to revisit foundational principles, examine current evidence, refine clinical reasoning, and develop a more standardized approach to safety and procedural practice.

An Important Distinction

This is a professional education and skills-development program. Completion of the certification course documents completion of the program's educational requirements; it does not confer professional licensure, board certification, specialty status, hospital privileges, or an expanded scope of practice.

Participants remain responsible for determining whether particular therapies and procedures are permitted under their professional license, applicable laws and regulations, institutional policies, and standards of practice.

Learning Objectives

Scientific Knowledge & Clinical Reasoning

By completing the program, participants should be able to:

  • Explain the scientific foundations of medical ozone therapy, including ozone chemistry, redox biology, oxidative signaling, hormesis, and proposed mechanisms of action.

  • Critically evaluate the clinical evidence for medical ozone therapy and recognize differences in evidence quality across indications, treatment protocols, and routes of administration.

  • Explain the principles of medical ozone generation and delivery, including medical oxygen sources, ozone generators, concentration, flow, materials compatibility, gas handling, and equipment quality assurance.

  • Calculate and interpret ozone concentration, gas volume, and total ozone dose, while distinguishing these parameters from biological exposure and clinical response.

  • Apply dose-response and therapeutic-window concepts when evaluating treatment strategies.

  • Evaluate the evidence for orthopedic and musculoskeletal applications, including osteoarthritis, tendinopathy, myofascial pain, discogenic and radicular conditions, and selected axial and peripheral pain targets.

  • Differentiate among routes of ozone administration and explain how diagnosis, anatomical target, route, concentration, volume, and technique influence treatment planning.

Patient Selection & Treatment Planning

Participants should be able to:

  • Conduct a structured pre-procedure assessment incorporating diagnosis, treatment goals, patient selection, contraindications, precautions, medications, and relevant clinical risk factors.

  • Develop an individualized treatment strategy based on the patient's condition, anatomical target, clinical objectives, available evidence, and risk-benefit considerations.

  • Use clinical reasoning to determine when not to proceed, recognizing that appropriate restraint is an essential component of safe practice.

  • Evaluate the role of medical ozone alongside other regenerative and musculoskeletal interventions, including dextrose prolotherapy, platelet-rich plasma, hyaluronic acid, local anesthetics, corticosteroids, and rehabilitation.

  • Determine when combination or staged therapy may be appropriate and recognize when additional interventions increase complexity without sufficient clinical justification.

  • Apply principles of informed consent and shared decision-making, including discussion of reasonable alternatives, anticipated benefits, material risks, uncertainty in the evidence, and off-label or nonstandard treatment when applicable.

  • Recognize regulatory and professional considerations, including scope of practice, licensure, institutional requirements, and jurisdiction-specific responsibilities.

Procedural Skills, Safety & Clinical Integration

Through the online curriculum and hands-on clinical training, participants should be able to:

  • Demonstrate practical familiarity with medical ozone equipment, including preparation, operation, concentration selection, gas handling, and appropriate materials.

  • Develop a systematic procedural workflow incorporating equipment preparation, infection prevention, sterile technique, patient positioning, anatomical considerations, procedural monitoring, and post-procedure assessment.

  • Perform selected course skills under faculty guidance and supervision, integrating the principles taught in the online curriculum with hands-on clinical application.

  • Recognize expected post-procedure responses and identify potential adverse events, including vasovagal, allergic, neurologic, respiratory, vascular, infectious, bleeding, and neurovascular complications.

  • Initiate an organized response to procedural emergencies and understand the roles of emergency equipment, medications, team preparation, escalation pathways, and simulation.

  • Document treatment appropriately before, during, and after a procedure, including clinical rationale, consent, procedural details, patient response, outcomes, adverse events, and follow-up.

  • Integrate knowledge, clinical judgment, procedural technique, and safety principles into a consistent approach to medical ozone therapy.

Schedule

At your pace, but before January 1, 2027, complete the online learning portion of the certification course.

Saturday, January 23
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Registration and continental breakfast
8:00 AM - 8:20 AM Welcome, course objectives, and review of the competency pathway
8:20 AM - 9:10 AM Principles of Musculoskeletal Ozone Therapy; Mechanisms, concentrations, dosing, low-dose strategies and safety
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Break  
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Teams Rotate Stations
  
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch and Product Theater
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Teams Rotate Stations  
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM Break  
3:15 PM - 5:30 PM Teams Rotate Stations  
6:30 PM Dinner  
     

Sunday • CERVICAL/THORACIC SPINE
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Breakfast & Q&A
8:00 AM - 8:05 AM Welcome and Team Deployment
8:05 AM - 9:30 AM Review and Hands-on Table Instruction
9:30 AM - 9:45 AM Break  
9:45 AM - 12:00 PM Teams Rotate Stations  
12:00 PM Close  

Logistics

Lodging

Participants are responsible for making their own lodging reservations. Suggested nearby hotels include:

  • AC Hotel Sawgrass (5 mins)
    1870 Sawgrass Mills Cr, Sunrise, FL, 33323
    Telephone: +1 954-846-0400 • Website

  • DoubleTree by Hilton Sawgrass (5 mins)
    13400 W Sunrise Blvd, Sunrise, FL 33323
    Telephone: +1 954-851-1020 • Website

  • Seminole Hard Rock (15 mins)
    1 Seminole Way, Hollywood, FL 33314
    Telephone: +1 866-502-7529 • Website

Location

Special thanks to RegenTX Medical for the use of their facility for this clinic. The clinic will be held at:

RegenTx Medical
13680 NW 5th St., Suite 210
Sunrise, FL 33325

Air Transit

Your destination airport is Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL). You must attend all scheduled programming to receive your certification. Plan your travel accordingly.

Include in Registration

  • Continental breakfast on Saturday and Sunday

  • Lunch on Saturday and Sunday

  • Complimentary snacks and beverages during your workshop days

  • All required equipment and supplies

All-Star Faculty

Taught by faculty at the forefront of interventional procedures and research, this clinic offers attendees the opportunity to learn about the latest advancements related to the medical ozone from leaders within their respective field. Faculty team subject to change.

Martin Gallagher, MD, DC, ABOIM, FAAOM
Course Director; ozone curriculum, evidence, dosing, demonstrations, and competency assessment

Paul Johnson, DO FAAOM
Board-Certified Sports Medicine; ultrasound-guided musculoskeletal procedures

Mike Carlson, DO FAAOM
Board-Certified Sports Medicine; ultrasound fundamentals and needle visualization

Brian Shiple, DO FAAOM
Sports Medicine; palpation-guided regenerative injection therapy

Charles Mahl, MD FAAOM
Regenerative injection therapy and complex regional planning

Steve Karageanes, DO FAAOM
Sports Medicine; palpation-guided and peripheral musculoskeletal procedures

Sebastian Klisiewicz, DO
PM&R; axial and complex musculoskeletal assessment

CANCELLATION POLICY

If a registrant is unable to attend an event for any reason they may substitute, by arrangement with the registrar, someone else to attend in their place.

Where the registrant is unable to attend, and is not in a position to transfer his/her place to another person, then the following refund arrangements apply:

  • Registrations cancelled more than ten working days before the event are eligible for a refund of the registration fees paid, less a 10% administration charge. No refunds are available for cancellations made within ten working days of the event.

  • Refunds will be made to the same debit/credit card that was used for the registration payment. Payments made for merchandise purchased, and available for pick-up at the event, will not be refunded. Registrants have the option to make arrangements with the registrar to have, at the registrant’s cost, the items shipped following the event. Any merchandise not claimed at the event for which no prior notice to the registrar has been made will be forfeited.

Any required changes or cancellations to lodging reservations are the responsibility of the person booking the room. AAOM is not responsible for changes or cancellations to hotel reservations.

Direct any questions by email.