Fellowship Program in Emergency Ultrasound

Our Mission

The Mass General Brigham Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship program began in 2007 and is recognized nationally for its excellent clinical and research training. The program was presented the inaugural national “Stellar Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship” award from the Society for Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships in 2020, a reflection of the dedication of the program to training well-rounded, clinically guided leaders in the field of emergency ultrasound.

The program’s mission is multifaceted but is centered in training fellows equipped to lead ultrasound departments and divisions, advancing the field of clinical and emergency ultrasound across the world.

The fellowship additionally is focused on ensuring graduates are fully equipped educators, leaders and researchers with robust faculty and fellowship time dedicated to each of these areas.

Our Program

The Mass General Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Program, initiated in 2007, joined forces with the Ultrasound Fellowship Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital in 2021. Now called the Harvard Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship at Mass General Brigham, this one-year program aims to equip emergency medicine residency graduates with the expertise to become ultrasound program directors and leaders in the field. Additionally, the fellowship program frequently collaborates with the Division of General Internal Medicine at Mass General, with the goal of increasing multidisciplinary collaborative efforts using point-of-care ultrasound to care for patients. There are four components to the fellowship program:

• Developing skills in image acquisition, image interpretation and integration into clinical care for both basic and advanced emergency and point-of-care ultrasound applications
• Understanding the administrative aspects required to run an emergency ultrasound program, including technological innovations and learning how to best utilize them for image archiving and quality assurance
• Understanding the state of emergency ultrasound research by participating in weekly ultrasound journal club activities and developing an independent research project from its inception to publication
• Developing lecturing and teaching skills by developing an emergency ultrasound lecture portfolio and contributing to the program’s educational mission

Our program is particularly focused on preparing leaders within the field. Our goal is to equip you with the tools you would need to become an ultrasound director of any emergency department, with all the skill sets, teaching and leadership experiences, and image acquisition skills necessary to do this job with great success. Because of this, the educational component of the Ultrasound Fellowship involves a large amount of both learning and teaching ultrasound within the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency (HAEMR). 

Curriculum

The educational component of the Ultrasound Fellowship involves both a large amount of learning and teaching ultrasound.

Learning Highlights

• Lecture series covering a longitudinal curriculum on core ultrasound applications
• In-depth analysis of standard applications and advanced applications, with a focus on the evidence behind what we do
• Journal club - review of recent literature
• Research updates during dedicated weekly research meetings
• Image and video processing
• Scan review
• Scanning shifts with directors
• Independent reading
• Diverse hospital-wide learning opportunities with sonographers at the MGH Vascular Lab, Rheumatology Clinic, OBGYN 1st and 2nd trimester, Gastroenterology IBD clinic, Cardiac Echocardiography lab, and Operating Room for regional anesthesia and TEE.
• Independent scanning
• Completion and review of a minimum of 1,000 scans

Teaching Highlights

• Assist with teaching resident rotation: four-week rotation as PGY-1 and for Harvard Medical School students
• Develop and give core lecture series to HAEMR residents (Ultrasound 101)
• Teaching to other services (Surgery, ICU, Pediatrics, Neurology)
• Outside courses to community hospitals
• Harvard CME courses
• Faculty credentialing process
• International courses
• Rotation for visiting residents
• Opportunities for international rotations though Mass General Center for Global Health & Disaster Response, PURE, or many other international contacts
• Simulation opportunities through the MGH Learning lab, STRATUS Simulation Center at BWH, with access to SonoSim, Vimedix simulators (with TEE)

Clinical Experience

The Massachusetts General Hospital and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Emergency Department are busy, high-acuity Level 1 Trauma Centers, with an annual census of more than 120,000 patients. The fellowship is designed as a part-time attending position at both emergency departments, working approximately 16 hours a week, supervising EM (PGY1-4), pediatric, anesthesia, internal medicine residents and advanced practice providers. In addition, fellows are expected to devote approximately 30 hours a week to ultrasound related activities. Responsibilities include but are not limited to image acquisition (independently, with residents, and with directors), scan review, lecturing, participation and development of outside courses, attendance at administrative and financial meetings, and research (development of an independent project and participation in ongoing studies).

Research Experience

There are numerous research opportunities within the departments as well as with faculty throughout Mass General, Brigham and Women’s and the Harvard Medical School. In the past ten years, faculty and fellows have produced research and published more than 100 articles on point-of-care ultrasound. These are frequently awarded for the best articles of the year by the SAEM Academy of Emergency Ultrasound. The most recent projects have focused on teleultrasound for POCUS education, TEE in cardiac resuscitation, artificial intelligence in POCUS applications, lung ultrasound for COVID-19, development of nomograms on small bowel obstruction and a series of projects on procedural safety including innovative trans gluteal sciatic nerve block and prehospital training in ultrasound guided IV insertion.

In addition, our fellows have taught extensively in many resource-limited international settings such as Rwanda, Malawi, Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania, Lesotho, and Kenya. We believe in the valuable impact that point-of-care ultrasound can make in these settings on patient care and outcomes as well as on resource utilization. For interested applicants there are many opportunities to become involved in teaching and researching the potential in these settings.

State-of-the-art Equipment

There are 20 ultrasound machines across both sites from a variety of manufacturers for a diverse scanning experience. The list includes Mindray TE X M9, Me8 and T7, in addition to GE Venues, Sonosite X-Portes, and Philips machines housed in the different areas of Emergency Departments. Four Butterfly units and two lumify units are also available for clinical use.

In our training center, five additional ultrasounds including two Terason uSmart 3200T, two Philips, two Sonosite and one Zonare ultrasound machines, and portable Butterfly devices can be used during training sessions for educational purposes. We have access to the to SonoSim, Vimedix simulators (with TEE) through the Institute for Medical Simulation at Mass General and STRATUS.

Our People

Our division takes great pride in our faculty, fellows and collaborators within the fields of Critical Care, General Internal Medicine and General Surgery among others. The diverse leadership of our internal team and strong relationships across departments within Mass General Brigham ensure that fellows can hone their training to their areas of specific ultrasound. Meet our leadership team below!

Our Faculty

Mass General Brigham Chief of Emergency Ultrasound

Andrew Liteplo, MD is the Chief of the Mass General Brigham Division of Emergency Ultrasound. He founded the fellowship in 2007 and served as the fellowship director until 2018. He is a past president of the AEUS of SAEM, and an elected board member of SCUF. He enjoys innovation and created SonoGames, the SCUF Annual Conference and the AEUS Research Awards (SAEMMYs). He has lectured extensively nationally and internationally. His primary research interests include lung ultrasound, critical care ultrasound, ultrasound education and artificial intelligence. View his most recent publications at PubMed. Dr. Liteplo has been recognized with several prestigious national awards, including Excellence in Teaching Award in 2014, the Most Prolific Researcher in 2018 and 2021, and Distinguished Service Award in 2019.

Co-Director, Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship

Nour Al Jalbout, MD is the Co-Fellowship Director of the Harvard Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship at Mass General Brigham and Co-Program Director of the International Fellowship in Emergency Ultrasound Research at Mass General Brigham. She currently holds a teaching appointment as a Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School and works clinically as an attending physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital. She completed her residency at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 2019, earning distinction as the Chief Resident during the academic year of 2017-2018. After her residency, Dr. Al Jalbout joined the faculty at the American University of Beirut Medical Center in Beirut, Lebanon, where she gained valuable experience and practiced for two years. In 2021, she became an inaugural ultrasound fellow for the merged Mass General Brigham program at the Harvard EM Ultrasound Fellowship. Her exceptional leadership abilities led her to serve in her current roles. Dr. Al Jalbout's research interests revolve around ultrasound in simulation and medical education, POCUS in critical resuscitation, and advanced echocardiography. Her primary focus lies in the utilization and training for Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE) in the ED. View her most recent publications in PubMed. When she isn’t working, she enjoys cooking, traveling, hiking, and biking!

Co-Director, Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship
Lauren Selame, MD is an Emergency Medicine physician practicing as clinical faculty at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. She completed her Medical Degree at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, PA), specialty training in Emergency Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals (Philadelphia, PA), and Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA).  She holds academic roles as Co-Fellowship Director of the Harvard Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship at Mass General Brigham and Co-Program Director of the International Fellowship in Emergency Ultrasound Research at Mass General Brigham. Lauren is Ultrasound Faculty at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital Emergency Departments with clinical appointments at Massachusetts General Hospital, Fort Defiance Indian Hospital in Arizona, and Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Her clinical and research interests include integration of effective diagnostic POCUS, procedural ultrasound, TEE, and integration of simulation. She is part of the national teaching faculty for the Resuscitative TEE Project. Outside of the Emergency Department you are most likely to find Lauren either on the Esplanade, a yoga mat, or the Cape. Recent honors include her 2021 SCUF Newbie Award and 2022 SAEM AEUS Rising Star Award. 

MGH Director of Emergency Ultrasound

Hamid Shokoohi, MD, MPH, FACEP is the MGH Director of Emergency Ultrasound, and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He has completed his residency and fellowship at the George Washington University, Washington DC in 2007 and is currently practicing at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA.

Dr. Shokoohi is a nationally and internationally renowned leader in clinical ultrasound education and research. He has contributed extensively to the world medical literature with publications appearing in high-ranking journals. He has authored more than 140 peer-reviewed publications and presented at many national and international scientific meetings. His research involves GI ultrasound, ultrasound use in shock, and carotid flow time and ultrasound-guided procedures. He is the recipient of the 2013 and 2019 National SAEM-Academy of Emergency Ultrasound “Award for Academic Excellence”. One of Dr. Shokoohi’s most notable contributions is the successful leadership in training many international fellows and residents. He has established several educational programs around the world and participated in medical education in underdeveloped countries. He continues to be an advocate for providing the highest quality of care, social health, diversity, and equal opportunity of medical education and training.

BWH Director of Emergency Ultrasound

Nicole Duggan, MD is a clinical instructor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the BWH Director of Emergency Ultrasound and the Director of research at BWH for the MGB EM ultrasound Division. After her post-graduate training at the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency program, she completed clinical fellowship in Emergency Ultrasound at the Harvard Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship. Dr. Duggan’s work focuses on developing innovative applications for point-of-care ultrasound, and, more broadly, integrating such advances and technology into clinical care. Her current work focuses on developing machine learning models for ultrasound-based procedures such as peripheral nerve blocks and intravenous access, as well as developing objective measures of procedural competency. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, she loves spending her as much of her free time outdoors hiking, biking, and traveling.

Mass General Brigham Director of Ultrasound Education

Calvin Huang, MD, MPH is an Ultrasound faculty at the MGH Department of Emergency Medicine. As an alumnus of the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency (HAEMR 2011), he completed his ultrasound fellowship at MGH in 2012 while simultaneously earning his MPH at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, with a focus on clinical effectiveness. Dr. Huang holds vital roles within the department, serving as the Director of Ultrasound Education for HAEMR residents and as the Director of Student Clerkship Programs for Emergency Medicine at MGH/HMS. Moreover, he is the course director for the MGH/BWH Emergency Ultrasound Elective at HMS. With a profound interest in medical education and ultrasound procedural guidance, Dr. Huang remains committed to advancing medical education and ultrasound practices, contributing significantly to the growth of the field. Dr. Huang's dedication and outstanding contributions have earned him recognition, as evidenced by his frequent selection as Faculty of the Year by HAEMR residents and his well-deserved honor of Clinical Excellence in 2022. His most recent publication in PubMed.

Mass General Brigham Director of Global Ultrasound

Onyinyechi Eke, MD is a faculty and director of global ultrasound in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Eke completed her residency at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, IL and her Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in 2020. Dr. Eke’s global ultrasound program has an inspirational mission on increasing the healing capacity of health care providers in resource-limited areas by providing training and mentorship. Her research interests include the development of point-of-care ultrasound education and training in resource-limited settings, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the efficient utilization of point-of-care ultrasound to facilitate patient care in the emergency department. Her most recent publications in PubMed.

Director of Pediatric Ultrasound

Sigmund Kharasch, MD is a 2018 graduate of the Mass General Ultrasound Fellowship and is currently the director of pediatric emergency ultrasound in the Pediatric Emergency Department at Mass General. Dr. Kharasch is greatly admired for his inspirational work and teaching around the world. He devotes his time, experiences and imagination to help others globally. He is entitled to the most inspirational and of course the oldest ultrasound fellow in our program. Teaching generations of students and residents, student is the last title Sig is giving up on. Sig’s research interest is in lung and diaphragm ultrasound in children with asthma, chronic lung disease and children requiring long-term mechanical ventilation. Sig is an avid student of classical piano in Boston. His most recent publications in PubMed.

Chanel Fischetti, MD

Chanel Fischetti, MD is a clinical instructor in the Department of Emergency Medicine and Ultrasound Division at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She completed residency at Duke University Hospital and fellowship at UC Irvine Medical Center under Drs. Shadi Lahham and Chris Fox. Her focus is on enabling low resource areas with point-of-care ultrasound technology. Prior to joining Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dr. Fischetti spent time in industry working as the Chief Medical Officer for a medical imaging artificial intelligence (AI) company. As a result, you'll often find her doing ultrasound consulting or researching the intersections of technology, business, AI and space.

When not working, she may or may not be found in the state: as traveling is one of her biggest interests and passions- and one of her most recent hobbies include learning German and Italian on Duolingo. She's also an avid runner and surfer and voracious reader. Chanel's recent honors include being selected as a 2022 Fulbright Specialist Scholar.

David F. Lee, MD 

David F. Lee, MD was born and raised in Buenos Aires and moved to the Miami in elementary school. He attended Vanderbilt University for his B.A in Chemistry & Philosophy and University of Illinois-Chicago for medical school in the global medicine program (GMED). He completed an internal medicine residency at Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School and is a current academic hospitalist in the Department of Medicine at BWH.  Dr. Lee completed an advanced ultrasound fellowship at the MGB Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Program. Dr. Lee's current practice includes inpatient services, including general medicine, oncology, and critical care.  He also serves as a proceduralist on the Bedside Procedure Service, providing inpatient teams with assistance with bedside procedures including thoracentesis, paracentesis, central venous catheters and lumbar punctures. He hopes to use his training to make procedural and diagnostic ultrasound more accessible to internists and internal medicine residents.  

Our Current Fellows

• Carrie Walsh, MD
• Kristofer Montoya, MD
• Graciela Maldonado, MD
• Arjun Balakumar, MD

Past Mass General Brigham Fellows

• David Chu, MD (2023-2024)
• Robert James Adrian, MD (2022-2023)
• Madeline Schwid, MD (2022-2023)
• Caitlin Azzo, MD (2022-2023)
• Nour Al Jalbout, MD (2021-2022)
• Nicole Duggan, MD (2021-2022)

Our Projects

Our division continues to publish regularly, with fellows integrated at the beginning of their training to many of our diverse research projects.

View our recent publications

1. Duggan NM, Jin M, Duran Mendicuti MA, et al. Gamified crowdsourcing as a novel approach to lung ultrasound data set labeling: prospective analysis. J Med Internet Res. 2024;26:e51397.
2. Eke OF, Al Jalbout N, Selame L, Gullikson J, Deng H, Shokoohi H. Pericardial tamponade: a new perspective on echocardiographic features and application of a prediction score. Intern Emerg Med. Published online June 22, 2024.
3. Adrian RJ, Alerhand S, Liteplo A, Shokoohi H. Is pulmonary hypertension protective against cardiac tamponade? A systematic review. Intern Emerg Med. Published online April 15, 2024.
4. Al Jalbout N, Ma I, Shokoohi H, et al. A novel tool for predicting an abnormal echocardiogram in patients with pulmonary embolism: the peace score. The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2024;66(4):e403-e412.
5. Heyne T, Negishi K, Choi D, et al. Handheld lung ultrasound to detect covid-19 pneumonia in inpatients: a prospective cohort study. pocus. 2023;8(2):175-183.
6. Selame L, Walsh L, Schwid M, et al. Point-of-care ultrasound unveiling rotator cuff injuries in the emergency department: a case series. Cureus. Published online October 25, 2023.
7. Shokoohi H, Selame LA, Loesche MA, et al. Accuracy of "TICS" ultrasound protocol in detecting simple and complicated diverticulitis: A prospective cohort study. Acad Emerg Med. 2023;30(3):172-179. doi:10.1111/acem.14628 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36354309/
8. Shokoohi H, Mayes KD, Peksa GD, et al. Multi-center analysis of point-of-care ultrasound for small bowel obstruction: A systematic review and individual patient-level meta-analysis [published online ahead of print, 2023 Jun 1]. Am J Emerg Med. 2023;70:144-150. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2023.05.039 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37290251/
9. Barton MF, Al Jalbout N, Barton BL, Alnuaimi M, Shokoohi H. Novel techniques in performing extraoral ultrasound in diagnosing dental abscesses [published online ahead of print, 2023 May 9]. Am J Emerg Med. 2023;70:57-60. doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2023.05.002 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37201451/
10. Goldsmith AJ, Jin M, Lucassen R, et al. Comparison of pulmonary congestion severity using artificial intelligence-assisted scoring versus clinical experts: a secondary analysis of BLUSHED-AHF [published online ahead of print, 2023 May 23]. Eur J Heart Fail. 2023;10.1002/ejhf.2881. doi:10.1002/ejhf.2881 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37218619/
11. Lucassen RT, Jafari MH, Duggan NM, et al. Deep Learning for Detection and Localization of B-Lines in Lung Ultrasound [published online ahead of print, 2023 Jun 5]. IEEE J Biomed Health Inform. 2023;PP:10.1109/JBHI.2023.3282596. doi:10.1109/JBHI.2023.3282596 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37276107/
12. Eid AA, Habib RH, Chehab O, et al. Podocyturia: an earlier biomarker of cardiovascular outcomes. Sci Rep. 2022;12(1):21563. Published 2022 Dec 13. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-26162-6https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36513746/
13. McFadzean IJ, Francis R, Fischetti C, Morton V, Goodfellow S. Direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) monitoring within primary care: a quality improvement project. BMJ Open Qual. 2023;12(2):e002216. doi:10.1136/bmjoq-2022-002216 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37263737/
14. Lahham S, Moeller J, Choi H, et al. Application of Point-of-care Ultrasound for Screening Climbers at High Altitude for Pulmonary B-lines. West J Emerg Med. 2023;24(2):359-362. Published 2023 Feb 9. doi:10.5811/westjem.2022.11.54300 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36976605/
15. Shokoohi, Hamid, Lauren A. Selame, Michael A. Loesche, Abdullah Almulhim, Ahad A. Al Saud, Andrew J. Goldsmith, Onyinyechi F. Eke, et al. 2022. “Accuracy of ‘TICS’ Ultrasound Protocol in Detecting Simple and Complicated Diverticulitis: A Prospective Cohort Study.” Academic Emergency Medicine: Official Journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, November. https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.14628. 
16. Eke, O., N. Al Jalbout, L. Selame, J. Gullikson, S. Dutta, and H. Shokoohi. 2022. “369 Echocardiographic Features and the Prediction Score Validation in Predicting Adverse Outcomes in Emergency Department Patients with Pericardial Tamponade.” Annals of Emergency Medicine80 (4): S160–61. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35176659/ 
17. Al Jalbout, Nour, Andrew Liteplo, and Hamid Shokoohi. 2022. “Point-of Care Ultrasound in Stratifying Clinically Evolving Inguinal and Femoral Hernias.” The Journal of Emergency Medicine63 (2): 257-64. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35871988/ 
18. Al Hariri, Moustafa, Bachar Hamade, Maya Bizri, Oday Salman, Hani Tamim, and Nour Al Jalbout. 2022. “Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Emergency Department Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Care Center during a National Economic Crisis.” The American Journal of Emergency Medicine51 (January): 342–47. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34808456/ 
19. Goldsmith, Andrew J., Ahad Al Saud, Nicole M. Duggan, Irene W. Ma, Calvin K. Huang, Onyinyechi Eke, Tina Kapur, Sigmund Kharasch, Andrew Liteplo, and Hamid Shokoohi. 2022. “Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasound for Differentiating COVID-19 From Influenza.” Cureus14 (1): e21116 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35165573/ 
20. Kharasch, Sigmund J., Helene Dumas, Jane O’Brien, Hamid Shokoohi, Ahad Alhassan Al Saud, Andrew Liteplo, Jessica Schleifer, and Virginia Kharasch. 2021. “Detecting Ventilator-Induced Diaphragmatic Dysfunction Using Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Children with Long-Term Mechanical Ventilation.” Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine: Official Journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine40 (4): 845–52. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34714975/ 
21. Graglia, Sally, Calvin Huang, Hamid Shokoohi, and Andrew S. Liteplo. 2019. “Faculty Opinions Concerning Ultrasound Utilization in the Emergency Department.” The American Journal of Emergency Medicine37 (7): 1372–74. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30563715/ 
22. Khaliq, Waseem, Moeen Aboabdo, Che Matthew Harris, Noor Bazerbashi, Eric Moughames, Nour Al Jalbout, Karim Hajjar, Hind A. Beydoun, May A. Beydoun, and Shaker M. Eid. 2021. “Regional Variation in Outcomes and Healthcare Resources Utilization In, Emergency Department Visits for Syncope.” The American Journal of Emergency Medicine44 (June): 62–67. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0735675721000450 
23. Herrala, J., A. Nagdev, J. Gullikson, M. Sobrero, H. Schwimmer, N. Duggan, N. Leu, H. Shokoohi, L. Selame, and A. Goldsmith. 2022. “248 Ultrasound-Guided Transgluteal Sciatic Nerve Block in Emergency Department Patients with Sciatic Radiculopathy: A Multicenter Prospective Study.” Annals of Emergency Medicine80 (4): S108–9. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35176659/ 
24. Selame, Lauren Ann, Joshua J. Davis, Irene W. Y. Ma, Kathleen McFadden, Calvin Huang, Andrew Liteplo, Andrew J. Goldsmith, and Hamid Shokoohi. 2021. “Do Scan Numbers Predict Point-of-Care Ultrasound Use and Accuracy in Senior Emergency Medicine Residents?” The American Journal of Emergency Medicine48 (October): 342–44. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33612322/ 
25. Selame, Lauren Ann J., Bridget Matsas, Benjamin Krauss, Andrew J. Goldsmith, and Hamid Shokoohi. 2021. “A Stepwise Guide to Performing Shoulder Ultrasound: The Acromio-Clavicular Joint, Biceps, Subscapularis, Impingement, Supraspinatus Protocol.” Cureus13 (9): e18354. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34725606/ 
26. Saud, Ahad A. Al, Ahad A. Al Saud, Andrew J. Goldsmith, Sara Schulwolf, Abdullah Almulhim, Onyinyechi Eke, Calvin Huang, Sigmund J. Kharasch, Andrew S. Liteplo, and Hamid Shokoohi. 2021. “Ultrasound and Influenza: The Spectrum of Lung and Cardiac Ultrasound Findings in Patients with Suspected Influenza A and B.” Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2021.06.018. 
27. Eke, Onyinyechi F., Lauren Selame, Jamie Gullikson, Hao Deng, Sayon Dutta, and Hamid Shokoohi. 2022. “Timing of Pericardiocentesis and Clinical Outcomes: Is Earlier Pericardiocentesis Better?” The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 54 (April): 202–7. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35176659/ 
28. Goldsmith, Andrew J., Onyinyechi F. Eke, Ahad Alhassan Al Saud, Abdullah Al Mulhim, Sigmund Kharasch, Calvin Huang, Andrew S. Liteplo, and Hamid Shokoohi. 2020. “Remodeling Point-of-Care Ultrasound Education in the Era of COVID-19.” AEM Education and Training4 (3): 321–24. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32704607/ 
29. Huang, Calvin, Christina Morone, Jason Parente, Sabian Taylor, Caitlin Springer, Patrick Doyle, Elizabeth Temin, Hamid Shokoohi, and Andrew Liteplo. 2022. “Advanced Practice Providers Proficiency-Based Model of Ultrasound Training and Practice in the ED.” Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open3 (1): e12645. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35036994/ 
30. Duggan, Nicole M., Andrew J. Goldsmith, Ahad Alhassan Al Saud, Irene W. Y. Ma, Hamid Shokoohi, and Andrew S. Liteplo. 2022. “Optimizing Lung Ultrasound: The Effect of Depth, Gain and Focal Position on Sonographic B-Lines.” Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology48 (8): 1509–17. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35527112/ 
31. Schleifer, Jessica I., Lauren Ann J. Selame, Jorge Short Apellaniz, Michael Loesche, Hamid Shokoohi, Carolyn Mehaffey, and Andrew Liteplo. 2021. “Sonographic Assessment of the Effects of Mechanical Ventilation on Carotid Flow Time and Volume.” Cureus13 (12): e20587. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8777169/ 
32. Duggan, Nicole M., Arun Nagdev, Bryan D. Hayes, Hamid Shokoohi, Lauren A. Selame, Andrew S. Liteplo, and Andrew J. Goldsmith. 2021. “Perineural Dexamethasone as a Peripheral Nerve Block Adjuvant in the Emergency Department: A Case Series.” The Journal of Emergency Medicine61 (5): 574–80. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34916056/ 
33. Eke, Onyinyechi, Onyeka Otugo, and Jessica Isom. 2021. “Black Women in Medicine-Rising above Invisibility.” The Lancet397 (10274): 573–74. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33581816/ 
34. Eke, Onyinyechi F., Christina C. Morone, Andrew S. Liteplo, and Hamid Shokoohi. 2021. “Non-Covid-19 Clinical Research in the Era of Pandemic.” The American Journal of Emergency Medicine39 (January): 231–32. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32414523/ 
35. Jalbout, Nour Al, Nour Al Jalbout, Kamna Singh Balhara, Bachar Hamade, Yu-Hsiang Hsieh, Gabor D. Kelen, and Jamil D. Bayram. 2019. “Shock Index as a Predictor of Hospital Admission and Inpatient Mortality in a US National Database of Emergency Departments.” Emergency Medicine Journal. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2018-208002. 
36. Liteplo, Andrew S., Jessica Schleifer, Keith A. Marill, Calvin K. Huang, Stacey K. Gouker, Daniel Ratanski, Eden Diamond, Michael R. Filbin, and Hamid Shokoohi. 2021. “Carotid Ultrasound in Assessing Fluid Responsiveness in Patients with Hypotension and Suspected Sepsis.” Shock 56 (3): 419–24. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33577247/
37. Liteplo, Andrew S., Jessica Schleifer, Keith A. Marill, Calvin K. Huang, Stacey K. Gouker, Daniel Ratanski, Eden Diamond, Michael R. Filbin, and Hamid Shokoohi. 2021. “Carotid Ultrasound in Assessing Fluid Responsiveness in Patients with Hypotension and Suspected Sepsis.” Shock 56 (3): 419–24. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33577247/
38. Schleifer, Jessica, Rachel M. Haney, Hamid Shokoohi, Calvin K. Huang, Daniel Ratanski, Heidi Kimberly, and Andrew S. Liteplo. 2021. “Longitudinal Accuracy Analysis of Ultrasound Performed during a Four-Year Emergency Medicine Residency.” AEM Education and Training5 (3): e10574. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32455479/ 
39. Liteplo, Andrew S., Calvin K. Huang, Hui Zheng, Ravish Patel, Daniel Ratanski, Nicholas J. Giordano, Christopher Kabrhel, and Hamid Shokoohi. 2021. “Left Ventricular Dysfunction Correlates with Mortality in Pulmonary Embolism.” The Journal of Emergency Medicine60 (2): 135–43. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33127261/ 
40. Shokoohi, Hamid, Michael A. Loesche, Nicole M. Duggan, Andrew S. Liteplo, Calvin Huang, Ahad A. Al Saud, Dustin McEvoy, Shan W. Liu, and Sayon Dutta. 2020. “Difficult Intravenous Access as an Independent Predictor of Delayed Care and Prolonged Length of Stay in the Emergency Department.” Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open. https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12222.
41. Duggan, Nicole M., Hamid Shokoohi, Andrew S. Liteplo, Calvin Huang, and Andrew J. Goldsmith. 2020. “Best Practice Recommendations for Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasound in Patients with Suspected COVID-19.” The Journal of Emergency Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2020.06.033.
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Eligibility

Applicants must be graduates of an ACGME-accredited emergency medicine residency program and have completed the program in good standing. Board-eligible or board-certified emergency medicine physician from 3 or 4-year ACGME-accredited emergency medicine residency programs are eligible.

Our Emergency Ultrasound Research Fellowship is a parallel program designed for foreign emergency physicians to learn about point-of-care ultrasound. Interested applicants should contact Dr. Al Jalbout and Dr. Selame. 

To Apply

Visit SCUF website

CV, cover letter and 2-3 letters of recommendation are required to complete an application. Interviews and final decisions are made based on SCUF and Match instructions and deadlines.

For IMGs, a letter of interest, three letters of recommendation, including a letter from the residency program director, and a current curriculum vitae should be submitted to Dr. Al Jalbout, Fellowship Director at naljalbout@mgh.harvard.edu. Interviews are conducted in the fall, and decisions are usually made in November.

Recent EM Ultrasound Fellowship Alumni

David Chu, MD
2023-2024
Attending Physician
Cornell University, Manhattan, NY

Caitlin Azzo, MD
2022-2023
Attending Physician
Brown University, Providence, RI

Robert Adrian, MD
2022-2023
Attending Physician
Saint Anthony Hospital, Chicago, IL

Madeline Schwid, MD
2022-2023
Attending Physician
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

Nour Al Jalbout, MD
2021-2022
Co-Director, Harvard Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA

Nicole Duggan
2021-2022
BWH Director of Ultrasound
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Lauren Selame, MD
2020-2021
Co-Director, Harvard Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Andrew Goldsmith, MD, MBA
2019-2020
Vice Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine Lahey Hospital

Onyinyechi Eke, MD 
2019-2020
Director of Global Ultrasound, Mass General Brigham
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA

Abdullah Al Mulhim, MD
2019-2020
Ultrasound Faculty | Department of Emergency Medicine
King Fahd Hospital, Dammam University, Saudi Arabia

Kay Negishi, MD
2018-2019
Ultrasound Faculty | Department of General Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA

Mike Halperin, MD
2018-2019
Ultrasound Fellowship Director 
Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY

Rachel Haney, MD
2017-2019
Ultrasound Faculty | Department of Emergency Medicine
Peacehealth Southwest Medical Center, Vancouver, WA, USA

Kharasch, Sigmund J, MD
2017-2018
Director of Pediatric Emergency Ultrasound 
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA

Jessica Schleifer, MD
2017-2018
Ultrasound Faculty | Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
University of Bonn - Medical Center, Germany

Nicholas Weinberg, MD
2016-2017
Ultrasound Faculty | Department of Emergency Medicine
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

Sally Graglia, MD, MPH
2016-2017
Ultrasound Faculty | Emergency Medicine
UCSF - San Francisco, CA

Thomas Heyne, MD
2016-2017
HMU POCUS Director | Department of Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA

Irene Ma, MD, PhD
2016-2017
Professor and Chair | Division of General Internal Medicine
The University of Calgary | Alberta, Canada

Contact Us

Nour Al Jalbout, MD
Co-Director, Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship
Email: naljalbout@mgh.harvard.edu

Lauren Selame, MD
Co-Director, Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship
Email: lselame@bwh.harvard.edu

Andrew Liteplo, MD
Chief, Mass General Brigham Division of Emergency Ultrasound
Email: aliteplo@partners.org

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