Episodes

Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) is becoming a global movement. Listen to Dr. Carlos Gabriel Nardy Pereira, Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon from Brazil, talk about the state of POCUS and the challenges and opportunitis for it in Brazil.

Listen to Chris Davis, PA-CA, talk about his usage of POCUS, how POCUS is becoming essential for practice, and how it is helping demystify care for patients.

Dr Gédéon GELIN is a Haitian physician trained in Haiti from 1985 to 1992. He opened the first School of Ultrasound in Haiti in December 2017 to train Physicians and Nurses. It is a private but not-for-profit school. He is currently the only instructor. His goal is to make ultrasound services available (including Echocardiography) all over the country mainly in poor rural Haiti.He is looking for help and potential partners. Listen to his podcast to learn more. Hope you will want to help Dr. Geli...

Join Venay M. Uecke, CNM, MSN talk about POCUS for Midwives, her vision on how to learn POCUS, how POCUS will continue to evolve in the next 5 years, and the unique healthcare challenges in rural areas.

Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) is becoming a global movement. Listen to Dr. Modele Olowoyeye, PhD, POCUS Certified, Radiologist at the College of Medicine at the University of Lagos, Senior Lecturer, Honorary Consultant at Lagos University Teaching Hospital, talk about the state of POCUS and the challenges and the opportunities for it in Lagos, Nigeria.

Join Paul Bornemann, MD, RMSK, RPVI, Associate Professor of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, reflect on the Big Picture Perspective for POCUS and how Point-of-Care Ultrasound is coming to Family Medicine regardless of whether people want it to or not.

Join James A DellaValle, MD, MBA, Chairman of the POCUS Assessment Committee, talk about the Promise of POCUS, how it renewed his interest in his work, and his experience volunteering in Haiti. Dr. DellaValle graduated from Drexel University School of Medicine. Board-certified in Emergency and Family Medicine, focusing on those in rural areas and under-served populations. Served as medical advisor and member of the Board of Trustees of Hands Together. Involved in undergraduate and graduate medi...

Victor Rao, MBBS, DMRD, RDMS is a radiologist by training and is one of the pioneers to introduce and develop Point of Care ultrasound learning content for medical students, PA students and residents and CME content for physicians at the USC School of Medicine in Columbia. He was the director of ultrasound education at USC School of Medicine from May 2008 to Aug 2018. He also trained physicians overseas in Tanzania and Philippines to establish POCUS programs. He loves teaching ultrasound and to ...

A Cardiovascular Physician Assistant since 1997, the focus of Kollpainter’s career has been on endoscopic vessel harvest and post-operative patient care. Since its inception, Kollpainter has been involved with all aspects of endoscopic vessel harvest. He has been named a Diamond level harvester by Guidant, having one of the largest known harvesting experiences. He has been a contributor at the corporate level as a Clinical and Teaching Consultant as well as being an Advisory Board Member since 2...

Dr. Dawson specializes in vascular and endovascular surgery and is currently with Baylor Scott & White Health in Central Texas. His clinical practice includes carotid artery disease, aortic aneurysm repair, and treatment of mesenteric and renal artery disease, venous disorders, diabetic foot problems, and other complex circulation disorders. He is internationally recognized for his research and expertise with peripheral artery disease. He is a decorated Air Force veteran who, before joining the ...

Greg Fritz was in a compulsory post pregnancy ultrasound when he saw his son's forming bones inutero. He asked himself "Why don't we use this to look at bones and muscles on my patients?" This started his passion/obsession for POCUS MSK. Greg was one of 3 Physical Therapists in the nation to pass the pioneer RMSK certification in 2012. Greg lectures at the university of Washington and is on the training faculty for interventional POC orthobiologics.