The Ultrasound Fellowship Program at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University is a fully accredited EUFAC Ultrasound fellowship. Fellows develop hands-on ultrasound skills, and they learn how to handle the administrative duties that are involved with running a clinical ultrasound program.

Fellowship opportunities are available for board eligible graduates in Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Pediatrics.

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Fellowship Meeting Schedule

Fellowship meetings are scheduled for 3 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

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Assignments:

Meetings: 

  • July 5 - 3pm Welcome/Intro
  • July 12 - 11:30 Emergency Medicine Residency Lecture
  • July 14 - Central Line Training
  • July 17 - Central Line Training
  • July 19 - Physics 1
  • July 26 - QA Intro/Hands On

Assignments:

Meetings:

  • August 23 - (Fellowship Conference at CUSE at 3pm)
  • August 30 - (Fellowship Conference at CUSE at 3pm)
    • Intro to QA
      • Bring some images to discuss

Assignments:

Meetings:

  • September 1 - Fellowship Meeting: Gallbladder, Liver
  • September 8 - EM Residency Lecture 11:30am
  • September 15 - Fellowship Meeting: Liver Doppler
  • September 22 - Fellowship Meeting: Kidney
  • September 29 - Fellowship Meeting: Pancreas/Spleen

Meetings:

  • October 6 - Fellowship Meeting: Male GU
  • October 13 - EM Residency Lecture 11:30am
  • October 20 - Fellowship Meeting: Abdominal Cases
  • October 27 - Tropical Medicine

Meetings:

  • November 3 - Fellowship Meeting: Ocular
  • November 10 - EM Resident Lecture
  • November 17 - Fellowship Meeting: Vascular
  • November 24 - Thanksgiving

Meetings:

  • December 6 - Fellowship Meeting: Ultrasound Guided Procedures
  • December 13 - EM Residency Lecture 11:30am
  • December 20 - Fellowship Meeting: Testicular 
  • December 27 - Winter Break
    • QI and Scholarly Activity Update

Semi-Annual Evaluations

Meetings:

  • January 5 - Fellowship Meeting: Advanced Cardiac 1 
  • January 12 - EM Residency Lecture 11:30am
  • Lecture
  • January 19 - Fellowship Meeting: Cardiac
  • Lecture
  • January 26 - Fellowship Meeting: Cardiac
  • Lecture

Meetings:

  • February 2 - Fellowship Meeting: Cardiac
  • Lecture
  • February 9 - EM Residency Lecture 11:30am
  • February 16 - Fellowship Meeting: Pelvic Ultrasound
  • February 23 - Fellowship Meeting: Early OB
  • Lecture

Meetings:

  • March 2 - Fellowship Meeting: 2nd and 3rd Trimester OB
  • March 9 - EM Residency Lecture 11:30am
  • March 16  - Fellowship Meeting: Ovaries
  • March 23 - Fellowship Meeting: Administration Lecture - Starting a Program
  • March 28- Caridac - Lauren East
  • March 30 - Fellowship Meeting: Administration. Lecture - Billing

Meetings:

  • April 6 - Master's Week
  • April 13 - EM Residency Lecture 11:30am
  • April 20 - Fellowship Meeting: QA
  • April 27 - Fellowship Meeting: QA
    • QI and Scholarly Activity Update

Meetings:

  • May 4 - Pediatric Ultrasound
  • May 11 - EM Residency Lecture 11:30am
  • May 18 - Pediatric Congenital Ultrasound
  • May 25 - Bubble Contrast Ultrasound

Meetings:

  • June 1 - MSK 1
  • June 8 - EM Residency Lecture 11:30am
  • June 15 - MSK 2
  • June 29 - Project Presentations

 

Ultrasound Fellowship Syllabus

2023/24 Ultrasound Fellow

photo of W. David Wynn, MD

W. David Wynn, MD

  • Emergency Medicine
photo of Ricardo Hughes, MD

Ricardo Hughes, MD

  • Emergency Medicine - Panama

2022/23 Ultrasound Fellows

photo of Daniel Palasz, MD

Daniel Palasz, MD

  • Emergency Medicine
photo of William Saunders, MD

William Saunders, MD

  • Family Medicine

2021/22 Ultrasound Fellows

photo of Stanton Royer, MD

Stanton Royer, MD

  • Emergency Medicine

2020/21 Ultrasound Fellows

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Robert Broughton, MD

  • Internal Medicine
photo of Inna Kaminecki, MD, PhD

Inna Kaminecki, MD, PhD

  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine
photo of Ricaurte Solis, DO

Ricaurte Solis, DO

  • Emergency Medicine

2019/20 Ultrasound Fellows

photo of Aimee Baer-Ellington, MD

Aimee Baer-Ellington, MD

  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine
photo of Michael Bursey, DO

Michael Bursey, DO

  • Emergency Medicine

2021-23 Resident Fellows

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Ben Caviston

  • Emergency Medicine
photo of Sam Lyon

Sam Lyon

  • Emergency Medicine
photo of Chris Rowley

Chris Rowley

  • Emergency Medicine
photo of Fakhra Sultan

Fakhra Sultan

  • Internal Medicine
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Michael Temple

  • Internal Medicine
photo of Zachary Walter

Zachary Walter

  • Internal Medicine

2022-24 Resident Fellows

photo of Karly Flemmons, MD

Karly Flemmons, MD

  • Emergency Medicine
photo of Ryan Hodgeman, MD

Ryan Hodgeman, MD

  • Emergency Medicine
photo of Nicholas Tannenbaum, MD

Nicholas Tannenbaum, MD

  • Emergency Medicine
photo of Isaac Fordjour, MD

Isaac Fordjour, MD

  • Internal Medicine

2021-23 Resident Fellows

photo of Daniel Ricci, DO

Daniel Ricci, DO

  • Emergency Medicine
photo of Joshua Shurley, DO

Joshua Shurley, DO

  • Emergency Medicine
photo of Jonathan Rivers, MD

Jonathan Rivers, MD

  • Emergency Medicine

2020-22 Resident Fellows

photo of Stephen Ingle, DO

Stephen Ingle, DO

  • Emergency Medicine
photo of Daniel Palasz, MD

Daniel Palasz, MD

  • Emergency Medicine
photo of Nick Schoenmann, MD

Nick Schoenmann, MD

  • Emergency Medicine

 

Fellows have both clinical and teaching responsibilities in their department. Upon completion of the program, the fellow will be able to obtain RDMS certification, be eligible to sit for the advanced EM ultrasonography FPD, be able to competently run a clinical ultrasound program, and be able to instruct other physicians in ultrasound techniques.

Ultrasound fellows will follow the SCUF/EUFAC guidelines for clinical duties and education that include: 

  • Functioning as an attending physician with a 0.5 FTE
  • Completing 5 dedicated ultrasound scanning shifts with credentialed faculty per month
  • Attending monthly ultrasound meetings
  • Attending monthly tape review meetings
  • Participating in resident ultrasound lectures throughout the year
  • Participating in a research project
  • Attending the 2-day ultrasound course for residents and medical students held each July

Additional fellowship opportunities include:

  • Teaching ultrasound courses to EMTs, paramedics, and nurses
  • Involvement in the medical student ultrasound elective
  • Participating as part of medical coverage for major sporting events
  • Potential opportunities for participating in international ultrasound projects
  • Eligible to sit for ABEM advanced EM ultrasonography FPD if ABEM eligible
Fellows receive a generous compensation package, including a competitive salary, CME, paid vacation (4 weeks), Mac laptop computer for use during the fellowship, two ultrasound texts, full benefits, and a dedicated Lumify ultrasound system for use throughout the fellowship.

Application Process

One to two fellows are accepted per academic year (beginning in July). Applications are through the SCUF/NRMP match program. For more information about our ultrasound fellowship, please contact Dr. Matt Lyon or Dr. Deborah Huang at emultrasound@augusta.edu.