POCUS Community

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Our community includes students, residents, and faculty from a range of specialties and subspecialties, united by a shared goal: to expand their POCUS knowledge and clinical skills.

By participating in collaborative lectures, hands-on training, and research projects, this passionate community furthers collective knowledge while also exploring innovative ways to optimize care using POCUS within their respective specialties.

Members of the POCUS community collaborating

POCUS Leadership

Alan Chiem

Director, POCUS Education

Edward Ha

Assistant Dean, Clinical Education

Daniela M. Ibanez Isidro

Coordinator, POCUS Education

Danny Kahn

Director, Bedside Ultrasound, Internal Medicine Residency Program

Jason Napolitano

Associate Dean, Curricular Affairs

Elena Stark

Vice Chair, Medical and Dental Education

Core Faculty

Kareem Agunbiade

Zahir Basrai

Heather Davis

Reece Doughty

Erica Kiemele-Giss

George Lim

Teresa Liu

Catherine Nameth

Mariam Navqi

Raffi Salibian

Jackie Shibata

Jeremy Shin

William Shyy

Manny Singh

Amir Tabibnia

Daniel Weingrow

Expanding POCUS knowledge and clinical skills.

Ultrasound Interest Group (USIG)

The Ultrasound Student Interest Group (USIG) provides opportunities for medical students to enhance their core ultrasound education and training.

USIG Highlights

Members of DGSOM's Ultrasound Interest Group

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Training in Medical Education and Practice (TMEP)

This Discovery program in the MS3 year trains selected students to become peer-to-peer educators in both anatomy and POCUS. The nine-month curriculum is co-directed by Drs. Alan Chiem, Cristina Ghiani, and Elena Stark. Each month focuses on a theme (e.g., MSK) that is aligned with the MS1 FoP/SFM schedule.

Ultrasound Peer Educator Program (USPEP)

Students in the program will benefit from training in the clinically relevant anatomy, the corresponding POCUS skills, as well as medical education theory. They will apply their training as small group instructors in the MS1 and MS2 year curriculum. In addition, each TMEP student will have an opportunity to work with their faculty mentor of choice on a scholarly project.

TMEP Highlights

Training in clinical anatomy and POCUS
Career exploration
Peer-to-peer education
Work closely with faculty over 9 months
Medical education training