Division of Emergency Ultrasound Overview

The University Hospitals (UH) Emergency Department Division of Emergency Ultrasound strives to advance the practice of high-quality diagnostic and therapeutic point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in the emergency setting.

Division members provide ultrasound education to emergency department residents, fellows, medical students, advance practice providers, and attendings at UH Cleveland Medical Center as well as the community sites across the UH system. The Division oversees the longitudinal POCUS curriculum for the UHCMC Emergency Medicine Residency. The Division also collaborates with and provides ultrasound didactics and hands-on education to UH colleagues across multiple specialties including Critical Care, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Anesthesia, Family Medicine, and Internal Medicine.

The division also manages the emergency department’s ultrasound image archiving, reporting, and quality assurance program to maintain excellence in clinical practice.

Our team runs the Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasonography (AEMUS) Fellowship program, accredited by the Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Accreditation Council (EUFAC). The one-year fellowship equips trainees with the knowledge and skills to become future leaders in emergemcy ultrasound.

Division faculty are actively involved in regional, national, and international ultrasound organizations and give lectures, present abstracts, and lead teams in ultrasound competitions at academic meetings.

The Division has six core ultrasound faculty in addition to several adjunct faculty who have completed an emergency ultrasound fellowship or have expertise in advanced ultrasound techniques, including advanced transthoracic echocardiography, resuscitative and intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography, and musculoskeletal ultrasound through fellowship training in anesthesia-critical care, cardiothoracic anesthesiology, and sports medicine.