Stanford University Medical Center is a Level-1 trauma center and world-renowned
quaternary care center located in beautiful northern California, in the city of Palo
Alto, just outside of San Francisco. Since 2007, Stanford has offered an EM
Ultrasound Fellowship open to outside application and is one year long starting in
August of every year. This fellowship is based on the ACEP and SAEM Guidelines for
Ultrasound Fellowships, and will be enhanced by training in both our Adult and
Pediatric Emergency Departments with ultrasound faculty experts both within the
emergency department and with close colleagues outside the emergency
department setting.
Education - The fellow will obtain advanced education in emergency ultrasound
(EUS). This occurs through didactic sessions, during regular high-yield hands-on
scanning shifts in the adult and pediatric ED with EUS faculty, and our weekly QA
sessions. Due to the outstanding relationship we have with the radiology
department, echocardiology lab, critical care units, and Lucile Packard’s Children’s
hospital, you also have the opportunity to obtain additional advanced hands-on
training. The sky is the limit here and many more opportunities exist.
Teaching - This is one of the fundamental elements of the fellowship. The fellow is
very active in medical student and resident lectures, US workshops (at Stanford as
well as national conferences or private workshops, and international). This also
includes US scanning shifts to teach other residents/medical students/mid-level
providers. The fellow will also have responsibilities to teach the residents/students
who are on our 2-4 week US elective, maintain our QA of the month blog.
Research - The fellow is responsible to do one original research project during their
time here, and that is not hard to accomplish! We have several original projects/US
reviews in progress. The fellow will also be coordinating the quarterly ultrasound
journal club article review to keep us all up-to-date on US research. The year is very
productive!
Administrative - The fellow is in charge of the Quality Assurance of all ultrasound
images from the ED ensuring compliance and credentialing. This is with faculty
support and supervision and allows for great independence/responsibility with our
program. The fellow is also responsible for doing one administrative project in the
year, this is not hard to accomplish and is usually quite enjoyable to the fellow. You
will truly learn how to create and maintain an US program anywhere.
Clinical - The fellow will be responsible to attend in the ED 8 shifts per month.
During those 8-hour shifts, they will have ample opportunity to continue US
teaching as well as emergency care and patient management. This can be some of
the most fun times!
International - During the year, the US fellow will have the opportunity to go
abroad for international ultrasound education programs.
For all questions in regards to the fellowship, please email:
Directors of the Stanford US fellowship:
Laleh Gharahbaghian, MD: Lalehg@stanford.edu
Sarah Williams, MD: srwilliams@stanford.edu
300 Pasteur Drive, Alway M121, Stanford CA 94305