Based on evolutions in the emergency ultrasound training landscape nationally, the MedStar Health & Georgetown University Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Program was officially sunset in 2024 following an impactful 15-year run. The program achieved EUFAC accreditation and has a rich history of training clinical and academic leaders in the field.
The MedStar Emergency Physicians (MEP) Division of Emergency Ultrasound, however, remains a core strength and area of focus for the department, and an essential element of the overall training experience throughout all 3 years of the EM residency program curriculum.
EM residents continue to receive top-tier ultrasound education from dedicated EM faculty with extensive point-of-care ultrasound subspecialty expertise at the bedside, complemented by ultrasound education in the simulation and didactic arenas.
SonoSite LX machines are utilized at all the clinical sites where EM residents work and scan. At the primary clinical sites, SonoSite SII machines are available for peripheral IVs and other procedures. Ultrasound images and clips are uploaded to the patient’s electronic health record and are available for real time review by both the ultrasound team and the broader patient care team.
The MEP Ultrasound Fellowship was initially established in 2009. The founding Fellowship Director, Dr. Michael Antonis, trained under the tutelage of pioneers in the subspecialty in Chicago before his relocating to the D.C. area to create the emergency ultrasound division and fellowship training platform.
The inaugural emergency ultrasound fellowship graduate, Dr. Kerri Layman, served as the program’s second fellowship director. The program was also skillfully piloted by Dr. Cory Wittrock and then Dr. Katie Voss as fellowship directors, both of whom are MEP Ultrasound Fellowship graduates.
We are proud to celebrate the enduring impact and legacy of the fellowship training program and its distinguished alumni.
Our central emergency ultrasound team includes seasoned faculty members, many of whom have achieved the Focused Practice Designation in Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasonography (FPD-AEMUS), who oversee continuous quality improvement of scanning across our 9 EDs within MEP and routinely lead education for our EM residents and Georgetown University medical students. Contact us at us_team@medstar.net.
Jennifer Nichols, MD
Kevin Kucharski, DO
Nicole Williams DO, Sports Medicine Fellow, George Washington University
Lindsea Abbott MD, MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Jonathan Watson MD, Core Ultrasound Faculty, Medstar Georgetown University/Washington Hospital Center
Erika Page MD, Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation, Arizona
Maria Dynin MD, Inova Fairfax Hospital Emergency Ultrasound Faculty
Kayla Dewey MD, Emergency Ultrasound Elective Director, University of Rochester Medical Center
Sakib Motalib MD, Inova Fairfax Hospital Emergency Ultrasound Faculty
Kathryn Voss MD, Program Director, Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship MedStar Georgetown University/Washington Hospital Center
Erica Peethumnogsin MD, Director of Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship, Duke University
Joseph Pate MD, MedStar Emergency Physicians, Former Emergency Department Ultrasound Coordinator for Washington Adventist Healthcare.
Elizabeth Kenez MD, Anne Arundel Medical Center, Maryland
Judy Lin MD, Director of Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship at UCF/Osceola Regional Medical Center, Former Program Director Emergency Ultrasound at Maimonides Medical Center
Brianne Steele MD, Director of Emergency Ultrasound, Central Maine Medical Center
Melissa Thomas MD, Vice Chair, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Emergency Medicine, The University of Kansas, Assistant Residency Director, Former Assistant Ultrasound Director
Abbi Reddy MD, MedStar Emergency Physicians, Former Director of Student Education Emergency Ultrasound
Cory Wittrock MD, Emergency Ultrasound Director, University of Iowa HealthCare, Former Program Director Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship MedStar Georgetown University/Washington Hospital Center
Danielle Silverman MD
Elizabeth Pontius MD, Associate Program Director Medstar Georgetown University/Washington Hospital Center Emergency Medicine Residency, Former Director of Resident Education, Emergency Ultrasound
Jamie Jenkins, MD, Emergency Department Medical Director, former Regional Ultrasound Director, Team Health, CHI Franciscan St Clare
Kristen Bendick, MD, Ultrasound Site Director, Northside Hospital/NEA
Kerri Layman MD, Chief of Service Georgetown University Emergency Medicine, Former Program Director Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship
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