Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship

Become an Expert in the Science of Ultrasound Technology

 

An ultrasound fellowship will educate an emergency physician in the science of ultrasound technology and improve your clinical implementation and billing practices in this important technology. Graduating ultrasound fellows are prepared to teach ultrasound at a GME-level or build new ultrasound programs in community emergency departments. Training in ultrasound sets you apart by giving you the ability to improve both patient care and practice revenue.

 

Applications are accepted via the SCUF NRMP match.

 

Desert Regional Medical Center, Palm Springs, CA

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Welcome to the Desert Regional Medical Center/Hi-Desert Medical Center Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship! We offer a one-year curriculum focused on interdisciplinary point-of-care ultrasound education from medical students to attendings across multiple specialties.

 

As a regional level 2 trauma referral center as well as a stroke and STEMI center, DRMC sees over 70,000 patients per year and provides plenty of opportunity for pathology and procedural experience for our ultrasound fellow.

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Curriculum

Fellows will help teach EM residents on clinical scanning shifts, provide a portion of the monthly ultrasound grand rounds, participate in department QA, and will have opportunities to broaden teaching experience to other specialties as well as local and regional conferences. Fellow will be expected to pursue an original research project during their fellowship.

 

  • Weekly one-on-one scanning shifts and didactics with ultrasound faculty for dedicated education on advanced clinical ultrasound concepts and techniques
  • Monthly didactic lectures to EM residents and critical care rotators
  • Journal clubs and bi-annual fellowship retreat
  • Weekly EM resident clinical teaching shifts
  • Off-service rotations including TTE/TEE with ECHO boarded cardiologists, transvaginal ultrasound, focused US guided procedures rotation with interventional radiology

 

Program Leadership

 

Grant Nelson, MD
Ultrasound Director

 

Korbin Haycock, MD, RDMS, RDCS
Ultrasound Faculty

 

Sonia Reyes, MD
Ultrasound Faculty

 

 

Curriculum

Fellows will help teach EM residents on clinical scanning shifts, provide a portion of the monthly ultrasound grand rounds, participate in department QA, and will have opportunities to broaden teaching experience to other specialties as well as local and regional conferences. Fellow will be expected to pursue an original research project during their fellowship.

 

  • Weekly one-on-one scanning shifts and didactics with ultrasound faculty for dedicated education on advanced clinical ultrasound concepts and techniques
  • Monthly didactic lectures to EM residents and critical care rotators
  • Journal clubs and bi-annual fellowship retreat
  • Weekly EM resident clinical teaching shifts
  • Off-service rotations including TTE/TEE with ECHO boarded cardiologists, transvaginal ultrasound, focused US guided procedures rotation with interventional radiology

 

Program Leadership

 

Grant Nelson, MD
Ultrasound Director

 

Korbin Haycock, MD, RDMS, RDCS
Ultrasound Faculty

 

Sonia Reyes, MD
Ultrasound Faculty

 

 

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Kaweah Health Medical Center, Visalia, CA

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The Kaweah Health Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship is a one-year program that will give you the skills and knowledge to become ultrasound directors, innovators, educators and leaders in the field of emergency ultrasound. You will be EM faculty at this high acuity, high diversity, 400+ bed hospital that treats close to 80, 000 patients annually. Kaweah ED is a fully credentialled EUFAC site and is also ACEP Clinical Ultrasound Accredited. It hosts an ACS Verified Level 3 Trauma Center, Stroke and AHA STEMI Receiving Center. This is the first hospital in the United States to implement Sonosite Synchronicity as its middleware.

Curriculum

Kaweah Health follows the recommended EUFAC curriculum. As a fellow, you will have dedicated scanning shifts with US fellowship faculty and should expect to:

 

  • Perform at least 1000 exams including all core and advanced EUS applications
  • Take advantage of abundant TEE opportunities in the ED and ICU led by ED faculty
  • Learn, perform, and teach regional nerve blocks
  • Teach EM and other specialty residents, advanced practice providers, and medical students
  • Understand and assist with QA, documentation, coding, billing and reimbursement

 

Program Leadership

 

John Hipskind, MD, FACEP
Ultrasound Fellowship Director

 

Sidney James, DO, RDMS
Assistant Fellowship Director

 

 

Curriculum

Kaweah Health follows the recommended EUFAC curriculum. As a fellow, you will have dedicated scanning shifts with US fellowship faculty and should expect to:

 

  • Perform at least 1000 exams including all core and advanced EUS applications
  • Take advantage of abundant TEE opportunities in the ED and ICU led by ED faculty
  • Learn, perform, and teach regional nerve blocks
  • Teach EM and other specialty residents, advanced practice providers, and medical students
  • Understand and assist with QA, documentation, coding, billing and reimbursement

 

Program Leadership

 

John Hipskind, MD, FACEP
Ultrasound Fellowship Director

 

Sidney James, DO, RDMS
Assistant Fellowship Director

 

 

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Ascension Resurrection Medical Center, Chicago, IL

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Ascension Resurrection Medical Center is a 434-bed hospital located on the northwest side of Chicago. The emergency department (ED) has an annual volume of over 40,000 patient visits and is the referral institution for all travelers/employees from O'Hare International Airport, the busiest airport in the country. Fellows will also practice at our sister location, St. Francis Health.

Curriculum

  • Clinical shifts: providing patient care to all emergency patients while acting as an instructor and supervising attending physician to all emergency medicine as well as off-service residents
  • Scan shifts with only ultrasound and no patient care responsibilities
  • The fellow will become an expert in the "big six" emergency ultrasound modalities (cardiac, biliary tract, renal, EFAST, vascular access, and pelvic) in addition to other common and novel EM ultrasound uses including: scrotal, ocular, DVT (upper and lower extremity), musculoskeletal, thoracic, regional anesthesia, IVC diameter, advanced echo, and fracture reduction
  • Coordinating/teaching ultrasound workshops for EM residents and faculty
  • Independent research project from research design to manuscript submission for publication

 

Program Leadership

 

Kayla Castellani, DO
Ultrasound Fellowship Director

 

Robert Rifenburg, DO
Ultrasound Fellowship Director

 

 

Curriculum

  • Clinical shifts: providing patient care to all emergency patients while acting as an instructor and supervising attending physician to all emergency medicine as well as off-service residents
  • Scan shifts with only ultrasound and no patient care responsibilities
  • The fellow will become an expert in the "big six" emergency ultrasound modalities (cardiac, biliary tract, renal, EFAST, vascular access, and pelvic) in addition to other common and novel EM ultrasound uses including: scrotal, ocular, DVT (upper and lower extremity), musculoskeletal, thoracic, regional anesthesia, IVC diameter, advanced echo, and fracture reduction
  • Coordinating/teaching ultrasound workshops for EM residents and faculty
  • Independent research project from research design to manuscript submission for publication

 

Program Leadership

 

Kayla Castellani, DO
Ultrasound Fellowship Director

 

Robert Rifenburg, DO
Ultrasound Fellowship Director

 

 

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Riverside Community Hospital, Riverside CA

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The Riverside Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship is a one-year program at a high-volume, high-acuity regional level 1 trauma center, comprehensive stroke center, and STEMI receiving/referral center that is home to a 3-year EM residency. Riverside Community Hospital is accredited by the Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Council (EUFAC) through 2025. Fellowship graduates from our program are eligible to sit for the Focused Practice Designation (FPD) examination through the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM).

Curriculum

Riverside Community follows the recommended EUFAA curriculum including at least 1000 exams of core and advanced POCUS applications.

 

  • Access to advanced ultrasound simulation equipment (e.g. TEE Simbionix, Transvaginal ScanTrainer)
  • Opportunities with University of California, Riverside School of Medicine US education
  • Active participation in Hospital-wide POCUS with Anesthesia, Internal Medicine, Transitional Year, and Surgery Residency program teaching
  • Access to state of the art simulation center with educational equipment such as US-guided task trainers and 3D-printer
  • Qpath-E POCUS archival and billing workflow

 

Program Leadership

 

Eva Tovar Hirashima, MD, MPH, AEMUS-FPD
Ultrasound Fellowship Director

 

Nhu-Nguyen Le, MD
Associate Fellowship Director

 

Lucas Friedman, MD, M.Ed., AEMUS-FPD
Ultrasound Division Director

 

 

Curriculum

Riverside Community follows the recommended EUFAA curriculum including at least 1000 exams of core and advanced POCUS applications.

 

  • Access to advanced ultrasound simulation equipment (e.g. TEE Simbionix, Transvaginal ScanTrainer)
  • Opportunities with University of California, Riverside School of Medicine US education
  • Active participation in Hospital-wide POCUS with Anesthesia, Internal Medicine, Transitional Year, and Surgery Residency program teaching
  • Access to state of the art simulation center with educational equipment such as US-guided task trainers and 3D-printer
  • Qpath-E POCUS archival and billing workflow

 

Program Leadership

 

Eva Tovar Hirashima, MD, MPH, AEMUS-FPD
Ultrasound Fellowship Director

 

Nhu-Nguyen Le, MD
Associate Fellowship Director

 

Lucas Friedman, MD, M.Ed., AEMUS-FPD
Ultrasound Division Director

 

 

Eligibility

The Ultrasound Fellowships are open to graduates of an AGME accredited residency program in Emergency Medicine. You must be board certified or board eligible and be able to obtain a medical license in the practicing state.

Eligibility

The Ultrasound Fellowships are open to graduates of an AGME accredited residency program in Emergency Medicine. You must be board certified or board eligible and be able to obtain a medical license in the practicing state.

Compensation and Benefits

Fellows receive regular compensation for clinical hours as an attending physician and Vituity Partner (including Partnership advancement) and are eligible for the full benefits available to all physicians.

 

 

 

Compensation and Benefits

Fellows receive regular compensation for clinical hours as an attending physician and Vituity Partner (including Partnership advancement) and are eligible for the full benefits available to all physicians.

 

 

 

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