Emergency Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship

Welcome to the Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship at the University of Rochester!
We have a large and social ultrasound faculty, new Mindray TE7 and M9 machines, a large dedicated critical care and trauma bay, and lots of opportunities to teach.  Our 1 year program develops expertise in bedside ultrasound while fellows work in fast paced clinical environments including free-standing emergency department, rural hospitals, and a large tertiary referral center. We encourage fellows to focus on areas of interest while providing broad ultrasound training.

Program Highlights:

The fellow will understand the principles of emergency ultrasound program administration through support roles in various program projects, and gain invaluable experience through different exposures, including:

• Maintenance of new ultrasound equipment with PACS support
• High volume, high acuity training sites
• Large ultrasound faculty group and diverse teaching styles
• Clinical work at a wide range of sites from which to choose, including multiple regional community EDs, a free-standing ED, and our large academic referral center
• Rigorous image review and quality assurance (QA) process, with ongoing quality improvement (QI)

Learn More About the Program Messages from Program Directors

Where Are They Now

Dr. Kvamme completed his Emergency Medicine residency at URMC and focused his Ultrasound Fellowship efforts on teaching POCUS to Emergency Medicine residents in Vientiane, Laos. He subsequently works for Kaiser Permanente in Sacramento, CA.

Erik Kvamme, MD

Dr. Weaam Alshenawy completed her EM residency at Michigan State and came to URMC EM after working in community Emergency Medicine. She is currently working at King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Weaam Alshenawy, MD

Currently director of emergency ultrasound for Tacoma Emergency Care Physicians, a private EM group that staffs 3 emergency departments in Pacific Northwest. In addition to clinical duties, I have time each month dedicated to ultrasound, including meetings/administration, image QA, education, and billing."

Josh “J-Smoove” Smith, MD

After completing fellowship in summer 2020 I took a position as assistant professor and ultrasound faculty at the University of Vermont. I am working clinically at the University of Vermont Medical Center as well as midsized UVM Health Network community hospital in Plattsburgh, NY. "

Daniel Stratz, MD

Building on the skill set I developed at URMC, I am learning and developing a critical care TEE curriculum, am involved with critical care fellow ultrasound education/quality assurance, and teach the internal medicine residents as part of their POCUS interest group."

Matthew Gorgone, DO