About Dr. Colvard

David F. Colvard, M.D. is a board-certified psychiatrist (now retired from private practice), clinical investigator, and PADI divemaster who works with anxious and traumatized divers. He learned to dive in 1971 in West Palm Beach, FL and has logged over 1,000 dives in oceans around the world. In 2000 Dr. Colvard began conducting paper and online surveys of thousands of divers around the world. His first study on diver panic involved over 12,000 divers.

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“So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living and moving thing with which the water teems… And God saw that it was good.” Genesis 1:21

David's Underwater Videos on YouTube

David's Underwater Photos on Flicker (2014 - current)

David's Underwater Photos on Flicker (2000 - 2013)

David's Condominium Rental on Bonaire

Financial Disclosures: Dr. Colvard has been a consultant to and representative of NeilMed Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of SinusRinse™. He has been on the speaker panels of Bristol-Myers Squibb (BuSpar™ and Serzone™) and other pharmaceutical companies. He has been a clinical investigator or sub-investigator for CIBA-Geigy (Anafranil™ for OCD), Abbott Laboratories (Sertindole™ for schizophrenia), ORGANON USA (Remeron™), GlaxoSmithKline (Lamictal™), NeilMed Pharmaceuticals (SinusRinse™), Astra Zeneca (investigational medication for Generalized Anxiety Disorder), and Pfizer (Varenicline for smoking cessation). He has been a psychiatric consultant to Wake Research Associates for Boehringer Ingelhein (flibanserin) and other IND trials.