Ultrasound fellowship program

INTRODUCTION

The Department of Emergency Medicine at Prisma Health Richland has been a leader in emergency ultrasound since 1997. Residents in our emergency medicine program are trained in the use of ultrasound to facilitate the diagnosis and management of a wide variety of serious and life-threatening pathologies.

The mission of the Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship is to develop highly motivated emergency physicians into future educators and researchers with expertise in the wide application of ultrasound technology to direct patient care.

Our fellowship is EUFACS certified and graduations of our program will be able to sit for the FPD through ABEM upon completion.

To achieve these goals, we offer the following:

State-of-the-art facilities
Dedicated support on the department, hospital, and university levels
10+ ultrasound systems (5 Sonosite X-portes, 2 Sonosite SIIs, 1 Terason, 3 Lumify, Butterfly, Clarius)
Nationally recognized leaders in emergency ultrasound
Great compensation and benefits
$10K for CME and travel

Tremendous opportunities for travel with national and international exposure to other leaders in emergency ultrasound through 3rd Rock Ultrasound.

Past course locations include:

Hawaii
Alaska
China
Mexico
Costa Rica
Las Vegas
Chicago
Austria
Over 40 U.S. states

Participate with the Global Health initiatives in

Uganda

Tanzania

FELLOWSHIP DETAILS

Length of Training

The fellowship is twelve months in length. The start date is negotiable but typically begins on July 1.

Applicant Qualifications

All applicants must have graduated from an ACGME accredited Emergency Medicine residency and be board-eligible/certified with the American Board of Emergency Medicine.

In addition, the applicant must qualify for South Carolina medical licensure. Applicamts must complete an application and submit three letters of recommendation through the EUS website. Once letter must be from the residency program director.

All approved Emergency Ultrasound Fellowships are now required to use the NRMP Match. Fellowship applications will be accepted after September 1 of the preceeding year. An interview is required prior to selection.

Completion of Training

Upon completion of training, the fellow will receive a certificate of fellowship training from Prisma Health Richland and the University of South Carolina.

CURRICULUM OBJECTIVES

Develop clinical expertise in EUS
All primary applications of EUS
Secondary applications including:
- Ultrasound-guided procedures
- Critical Care ultrasound
- Advanced Cardiac
- Pulmonary
- Musculoskeletal
- Vascular ultrasound
- Resuscitation
- TEE
- Nerve blocks
- Pediatric
Develop educational skills to instruct clinicians in ultrasound techniques
- Educational software skills
- Video and Image management skills
- Public speaking
Develop administrative skills to direct EUS program
- Image archiving
- Physician credentials
- Equipment maintenance
- Curriculum development
Involvement with National Organizations that promote EUS
- American College of Emergency Physicians
- Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
- American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine

RESPONSIBILITIES

Ultrasound Examinations
- Perform a minimum of 1000 reviewed studies over the course of fellowship
- Rotations with echocardiology
- Rotations with vascular ultrasound
American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonograhers Certification (ARDMS) if desired
- Physics
- Instrumentation
- Abdomen
- One other area of choice
Education and Lectures
- Annual journal club assignment (with EUSF director)
- Optional participation in outside CME course (The Emergency Ultrasound Course)
Clinical Instruction
- Sixteen hours per month of bedside instruction in the emergency department
- EM resident on ultrasound rotation
- USC medical students on ultrasound rotation
800 hours per year as clinical attending in the emergency department
Administrative Duties
- Departmental ultrasound QA and exam review
- Working with EUSF director to administer resident EUS rotation
- Scheduling
- Resident and Medical Student Testing Professional Organization Participation

RESOURCES

Ultrasound Equipment
- 7 machines in the ED (Sonosites)
- Travel Lumify with 3 probes
- Also have Clarius and Butterfly
- Ultrasound Office
- Simulation Medicine Center - Vimidex and SonoSim ultrasound simulators

GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCY MEDICINE ULTRASOUND FELLOWSHIP

Since 2017, the Prisma Health Richland Department of Emergency Medicine began offering an International Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Fellowship. This unique fellowship opportunity focusing on the destinctive skills needed to integrate an ultrasound program into the International Emergency Medicine (IEM) environment. This fellowship is one of only a handful available in the country to provide you with the necessary skills needed to practice in this environment.

FELLOWSHIP PERSONNEL

	Patrick Hunt, MD, MBA Department of Emergency Medicine Chair
	Laura Nolting, MD Fellowship Director Year of appointment: 2016 EM Ultrasound Fellowship: Prisma Health Midlands, Class of 2011 EM Residency: Wright State University Class of 2010 Medical School: Wright State University, Class of 2007
FELLOWS
Class of 2007
	Hunter Louis, MD Medical School: University of Louisville, Class of 2003 Residency Training: Prisma Health Midlands, Emergency Medicicne Current Position: EM Director, Roper Saint Francis Healthcare, Charleston, SC
Class of 2008
	Matthew Ahern, DO Medical School: Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Class of 2003 Residency Training: Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine Current Position: Staff physician, Scripts Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, California
Class of 2009
	Jeremy Johnson, DO Medical School: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Class of 2002 Residency Traning: Madigan Army Medical Center, Emergency Medicine Current Position: Ultrasound Director, Darnall Army Hospital, Fort Hood, TX, Department of Emergency Medicine
	Richard Preston Wendell, MD Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina, Class of 2005 Residency Training: Palmetto Health, Emergency Medicine Current Position: EM Director, Trident Hospital, Summerville, SC, Department of Emergency Medicine
Class of 2010
	Rob Ferre, MD Medical School: University of Wisconsin, class of 2003 Residency Training: Maine Medical Center, class of 2006 Current position: Ultrasound Director, Indiana University School of Medicine
	James Palma, MD Medical School: Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences, class of 2000 Residency Training: Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Emergency Medicine, class of 2006 Current Position: Faculty, Georgetown University EM Residency, Department of Emergency Medicine
	Jeremy Smith, MD Medical School: Albany Medical Center, Class of 2006 Residency Training: Baystate Medical Center, Emergency Medicine, Class of 2009
Class of 2011
	Laura Nolting, MD Medical School: Wright State University, Class of 2007 Residency Training: Wright State University, Emergency Medicine, Class of 2010 Current Position: Fellowship Director, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Prisma Health Midlands, Columbia, SC
	Jared Marx, MD Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Class of 2007 Residency Training: University of Nebraska, Class of 2010 Current Position: Ultrasound Director, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Class of 2012
	Matthew Flannigan, DO Medical School: Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Class of 2004 Residency Training: Michigan State University - Grand Rapids, Class of 2008 Current Position: Ultrasound Director, Michigan State University at Grand Rapids, Department of Emergency Medicine
	Brad Presley, MD Medical School: Univesity of Kentucky, Class of 2008 Residency Training: Medical University of South Carolina, Class pf 2011 Current Position: EM Attending, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
Class of 2013
	Scott Kurpiel, MD Medical School: SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn, New York, Class of 2009. Residency Training: Emory University, Class of 2012 Current Position: Director of Ultrasound, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas
	Joe Porres, DO Medical School: Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Class of 2007 Residency Training: Ohio University, Class of 2012 Current Position: Carolina Care, Columbia, South Carolina
Class of 2014
	Zubair Chao, MD Medical School: Georgia Health Sciences University, Class of 2010 Residency Training: Prisma Health Midlands, Class of 2013 Current Positions: Staff Emergency Physician, Methodist Charlton and Presbyterian Kaufman hospitals in Dallas, Texas. Assistant Clinical Professor at University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas.
	Chris Wilbert, MD Medical School: Florida State University, Class of 2010 Residency Training: New York Methodist Hospital, Class of 2013 Current Position: Director of Emergency Ultraosund, University of Tennessee at Murfreesboro / Nashville Emergency Medicine Residency
Class of 2015
	Ryan Barnes, MD Medical School: West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Class of 2011 Residency Training: University of Rochester Medical Center, Class of 2014 Current Position: Fellowship Director, Emergency Ultrasound, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
Class of 2016
	Zach Grambos, MD Medical School: Marshall University, Class of 2012 Residency Training: Prisma Health Midlands, Class of 2015 Current Position: Clinical Ultrasound Faculty, University of Tennessee at Murfreesboro / Nashville Emergency Medicine Residency
	Dustin Morrow, MD Medical School: Penn State University, Class of 2012 Residency Training: Duke University, Class of 2015 Current Position: Attending Physician, Prisma Health Upstate, Clinical Assistant Professor at USC School of Medicine Greenville
Class of 2017
	Sydney Hindley, MD Medical School: University of South Florida, Class of 2013 Residency Training: Prisma Health Midlands, Class of 2016 Current Position: Emergency Physician, St. Anthony's Hospital, Gig Harbor, WA
Class of 2018
Class of 2019
	Chet Patel, MD Medical School: Chicago Medical School Class of 2011 Residency Training: Prisma Health Midlands, Class of 2018 Current Position: Prisma Health Richland, Ultrasound faculty
	Jake Schoeneck, MD Medical School: SUNY Upstate, Class 2014 Residency Training: Yale, Class of 2018 Current Position: Ultrasound Director, Wake Forest Department of Emergency Medicine
Class of 2023
	David Sanders, DO Medical School: Residency Training: Prisma Health Richland, Class of 2022 Current Position: Attending Physician, Three Rivers Medical Center, Grants Pass, OR

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