CURRICULUM VITAE Nilam J. Soni
GENERAL INFORMATION
PERSONAL DATA:
Address: 7703 Floyd Curl Drive MC 7885 San Antonio, TX 78229
Phone Number: 210-567-5792 Fax Number: 210-949-3006
Email Address: [email protected]
SELF DESCRIPTION: Speaks Languages: Spanish, Hindi and Gujarati
EDUCATION:
Year Degree Discipline Institution/Location
2016 MS Clinical Investigation & University of Texas Health San Antonio,
Translation Science San Antonio, TX, USA
2001 MD Medicine University of Texas - Southwestern
Medical School, Dallas, TX
TRAINING:
Internship
Year Discipline Institution/Location
2002-2003 Internal Medicine Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, Dallas, TX 2001-2002 General Surgery University of Texas - Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Residency
Year Discipline Institution/Location
2003-2004 Internal Medicine Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, Dallas, TX
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
09/2019 - Present Professor/Clinical University of Texas Health San Antonio, Department of Medicine, Division of General & Hospital Medicine, San Antonio, TX
09/2019 - Present Professor/Clinical University of Texas Health San Antonio, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care Medicine, San Antonio, TX
07/2015 - 08/2019 Associate Professor / University of Texas Health San Antonio, Department Clinical of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, San Antonio, TX
09/2013 - 08/2019 Associate University of Texas Health San Antonio, Department Professor/Clinical of Medicine, Division of General & Hospital Medicine, San Antonio, TX
04/2012 - 08/2013 Assistant University of Texas Health Science Center San Professor/Clinical Antonio, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, San Antonio, TX
07/2008 - 04/2012 Assistant Professor University of Chicago, Department of Medicine,
of Medicine Section of Hospital Medicine, Chicago, IL
07/2006 - 06/2008 Instructor of University of Chicago, Department of Medicine,
Medicine Section of General Internal Medicine, Chicago, IL
01/2006 - 06/2006 Assistant Professor University of Mississippi Medical Center, of Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine/Hypertension, Jackson, MS
07/2005 - 12/2005 Instructor of University of Mississippi Medical Center, Medicine Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine/Hypertension, Jackson, MS
07/2004 - 06/2005 Assistant Program Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, Department of
Director Medicine, Internal Medicine Residency, Dallas, TX
NON-ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: 10/2016 - 09/2019 Director, Point-of-care Department of Veterans Affairs, VHA Ultrasound Training Specialty Care Centers of Innovation Programs Details: As the Director of Point-of-care Ultrasound Training for VHA Specialty Care Centers of Innovation (SCCI), my primary roles are directing point-of-care ultrasound education at SCCI’s four regional Centers of Innovation and leading dissemination of point-of-care ultrasound use in the VA healthcare system in collaboration with SimLEARN.
10/2016 - Present Director, Point-of-care Department of Veterans Affairs, Ultrasound Training Simulation Learning Education and Programs Research Network (SimLEARN), Orlando, FL Details: As the Assistant Director of the SimLEARN Point-of-care Ultrasound Training Programs, my roles include directing the point-of-care ultrasound training courses held at
the SimLEARN National Simulation Center in Orlando, Florida; leading development of educational materials in point-of-care ultrasound for the VA providers; and guiding longitudinal point-of-care ultrasound training for VA providers through SimLEARN.
CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE:
Board Certification
Description/Agency Status Date Number Expiration
Acquired
Testamur, Advanced Critical Care Active 04/2019 00037268 n/a Echocardiography - National Board of Echocardiography
Diplomate in Internal Medicine - American Certified 10/2005 257059 12/2025
Board of Internal Medicine
Certification
Description/Agency Status Date Number Expiration
Acquired
Critical Care Ultrasonography - American Certified 01/2014 none n/a
College of Chest Physicians
Controlled Substance Registration Certified 01/2011 BS9384912 02/2020 Certificate - Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
Texas Controlled Substance Registration - Certified 08/2003 30130559 08/2016
Texas Department of Public Safety
Provider, Advanced Cardiac Life Support - Certified 05/2001 #FL20779 08/2018
American Heart Association
Provider, Basic Life Support - American Certified 05/2001 #FL20779 08/2018 Heart Association - American Heart Association
License to Practice
Description/Agency Status Date Number Expiration
Acquired
Medical License - Minnesota Board of Certified 10/2009 52537 10/2015
Medical Practice
Medical License - State of Illinois Certified 07/2006 036116371 07/2014
Medical License - Mississippi State Board Certified 08/2005 19039 06/2014
of Medical Examiners
Medical License - Texas State Board of Certified 08/2003 L7566 08/2020
Medical Examiners
HONORS AND AWARDS: 10/2019 2019 Distinguished CHEST Educator: During the 2019 annual conference of the American College of Chest Physicians, I was recognized as a Distinguished Educator by the organization.
09/2015 Young Investigator Award: World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical
Care Medicine.
09/2015 President’s Choice Award: 2015 British Medical Association Book Awards. Our book, Point-of-care Ultrasound, was selected amongst 633 medical books published in 2015
to receive the British Medical Association‘s President‘s Choice Award, one of the grand prizes given by the Association.
09/2015 Highly Commended in Internal Medicine: 2015 British Medical Association Book Awards. I am the chief editor and co-author of a new book, Point-of-care Ultrasound,
that received an award for being highly commended in the internal medicine category by the British Medical Association.
01/2013 Fellow of the American College of Physicians: Fellowship status in the American College of Physicians is awarded based on a commitment to the specialty of internal medicine.
10/2012 Technology Innovation in Novel Translation Program Abstract Award: The Technology Innovation in Novel Translation Program at UTHSCSA focuses on innovations to translate basic and clinical sciences to the bedside. This award was received for development of a simulation-based program to teach faculty ultrasound- guided procedures.
04/2012 Fellow in Hospital Medicine: The Fellow in Hospital Medicine designation is awarded by the Society of Hospital Medicine to hospitalists that have demonstrated a commitment to hospital medicine, system change, and quality improvement principles.
03/2010 Outstanding Faculty Award: This award was given by the annual meeting committee for the Society of Interventional Radiology‘s 35th Annual Scientific Meeting in Tampa, Florida, based on feedback from attendees.
06/2006 Teacher of the Year: During my brief tenure at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi, the internal medicine residents selected me as "Teacher of the Year," the most prestigious teaching award for faculty.
01/2005 Chief Resident in Internal Medicine: Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas
04/2004 Second Place in Clinical Vignettes Competition: This award was for a clinical poster at the regional meeting of the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine in Dallas, Texas
06/2003 Jose Garcia Outstanding Intern Award: This is the highest award given to graduating interns at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas based on nominations from attending
physicians and program directors for outstanding patient care, clinical knowledge, and hospital service.
01/1996 Dean-Elected College Scholar: The award was given by the Dean of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Texas at Austin based upon academic excellence and institutional citizenship.
03/1993 Dean‘s List for Academic Excellence: The Dean of the College of Natural Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin selected students with a cumulative grade point average >3.50.
07/1992 Houston Northwest Medical Center Scholarship: This scholarship was awarded to graduating high school students interested in health professions and was based on academic achievements and community service.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Clinical Date Description C.E. Units/Hours 08/16/2019 - 08/17/2019 72nd Annual KOPPA Conference 10.25 / 10.25
07/19/2019 - 07/26/2019 Updates in Hospital Medicine 2019: Evidence-based 15.00 / 15.00 Reviews on the Management 10/03/2018 - 10/06/2018 19th Southern Hospital Medicine Conference 12.00 / 12.00
03/26/2018 Professional Ethics: Privacy and Social Media 3.75 / 3.75
05/02/2017 - 05/04/2017 Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting 2017 14.00 / 14.00
02/01/2016 - 02/02/2016 American College of Physicians - Cardiovascular 12.50 / 12.50 Medicine 02/01/2016 - 02/02/2016 American College of Physicians - Dermatology 10.25 / 10.25
02/01/2016 - 02/02/2016 American College of Physicians - Gastroenterology 14.00 / 14.00 & Hepatology 02/01/2016 - 02/02/2016 American College of Physicians - Hematology & 14.75 / 14.75 Oncology 02/01/2016 - 02/02/2016 American College of Physicians - Neurology 12.50 / 12.50
02/01/2016 - 02/02/2016 American College of Physicians - Rheumatology 14.50 / 14.50
10/01/2015 - 10/20/2015 SHM SPARK 21.00 / 21.00
05/05/2015 - 05/08/2015 American College of Physicians Annual Conference 22.50 / 22.50 2015 07/25/2014 - 07/31/2014 Focused Cardiac Ultrasound, American College of 9.00 / 9.00 Chest Physicians 01/18/2014 - 01/25/2014 Updates in Hospital Medicine 2014: Evidence-based 11.00 / 11.00 Reviews, Johns Hopkins University 05/15/2013 - 05/19/2013 Hospital Medicine 2013, Annual meeting of the 16.00 / 16.00 Society of Hospital Medicine 04/11/2013 - 04/14/2013 Internal Medicine 2013, American College of 16.00 / 16.00 Physicians Annual Conference 2013 02/03/2013 - 02/10/2013 Updates in Hospital Medicine 2013, Evidence-based 12.00 / 12.00 reviews on the management of hospitalized patients
that covers the most important medical literature from the past year. 09/22/2012 - 09/23/2012 Critical Care Echocardiography, Bedside ultrasound 13.50 / 13.50 course by the American College of Chest Physicians that counts toward the Critical Care Ultrasound Certificate. 09/20/2012 - 09/21/2012 Focused Pleural and Vascular Ultrasound, A hands- 13.75 / 13.75 on bedside ultrasound course that counts towards the Critical Care Ultrasound Certificate Program by the American College of Chest Physicians. 04/02/2012 - 04/06/2012 Hospital Medicine 2012, Society of Hospital 11.25 / 11.25 Medicine Annual Conference
Teaching Date Description C.E. Units/Hours 06/10/2019 - 06/11/2019 New York Point-of-Care Ultrasound Course 14.50 / 14.50
03/25/2019 - 03/27/2019 SHM Annual Conference 2019 16.00 / 16.00
03/24/2019 SHM Point-of-care Ultrasound Pre-course 4.75 / 4.75
07/21/2018 - 07/23/2018 AIUM/OHSU Point-of-Care &General Medicine 14.00 / 14.00 Ultrasound 04/09/2018 - 04/11/2018 SHM Annual Meeting 2018 14.00 / 14.00
04/08/2018 SHM Point-of-care Ultrasound Pre-course 9.50 / 9.50
03/01/2018 - 03/02/2018 Point-of-care General Ultrasound Hands-on 15.25 / 15.25 Workshop 12/01/2017 - 12/03/2017 Chest Ultrasonography: Essentials in Critical Care 20.50 / 20.50
05/04/2017 SHM Point-of-care Ultrasound Pre-course 9.50 / 9.50
07/23/2016 - 07/24/2016 Point-of-care & General Medicine Ultrasound 2016 14.00 / 14.00
03/07/2016 - 03/09/2016 SHM Annual Meeting 2016 13.25 / 13.25
03/07/2016 - 03/09/2016 Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Conference 13.25 / 13.25 2016 10/25/2015 - 10/28/2015 Chest Annual Meeting 2015 34.00 / 34.00
10/08/2014 - 10/11/2014 15th Annual Southern Hospital Medicine 19.75 / 19.75 Conference 08/05/2014 - 08/09/2014 Central and Peripheral Vessels, American College of 9.00 / 9.00 Chest Physicians 07/15/2014 - 07/19/2014 Pleural & Lung Ultrasound, American College of 3.50 / 3.50 Chest Physicians 04/03/2014 - 04/05/2014 Ultrasonography: Essentials in Critical Care, 20.75 / 20.75 American College of Chest Physicians 03/21/2014 Portable Ultrasound for the Hospitalist, Society of 8.50 / 8.50 Hospital Medicine Annual Conference 2014 10/18/2013 - 10/19/2013 Bedside Ultrasound for Clinicians Workshop, 13.50 / 13.50 University of Texas Health Science Center San
Antonio 05/16/2013 Portable Ultrasound for the Hospitalist, Society of 8.50 / 8.50 Hospital Medicine Annual Conference 2013 09/24/2012 - 09/25/2012 2012 Palo Alto Clinical Instructor Code Team 12.50 / 12.50 Training, Simulation training course for clinical instructors that is part of the national SimLEARN
program sponsored by the Veterans Health Administration 01/27/2012 - 02/01/2012 12th Annual International Meeting on Simulation in 7.75 / 7.75 Healthcare, Society of Simulation in Healthcare‘s
annual conference.
TEACHING
COURSE BASED TEACHING:
Date Course Name Level Role
07/2016 - Present INTD3002 SOM Research Elective Graduate Preceptor
Since 2016, I have served as a research mentor and elective preceptor for first and second year medical students. During the 2015-2016 academic year, I served as the research elective preceptor for 2 students. All of the students that I have mentored for this research elective have presented their work at least once at a local, regional, or national conference, including live presentations at the national conferences of the Society of Hospital Medicine and American College of Chest Physicians.
07/2016 - Present MEDI7001 Special Topic Graduate Clinical Faculty
I have served as the supervising clinical faculty for approximately 20 medical students during their participation in a new elective in point-of-care ultrasound. In addition to providing the students with didactics, they have received individual mentored scanning practice on actual patients and practiced invasive ultrasound-guided procedures with simulation models.
07/2014 - Present CIRC5005 Clinical Skills Graduate Discipline Coordinator
In addition to leading the construction of the Center for Clinical Ultrasound Education in the School of Medicine, I have served as a Discipline Coordinator and one of the primary teaching faculty for the Longitudinal Medical Student Ultrasound Curriculum which is part of the medical student Clinical Skills Course. As one of only two discipline coordinators and faculty for this curriculum, I teach basic bedside ultrasound skills to approximately 450 medical students from the first and second years of medical school each year.
09/2012 - 06/2013 NURS6427 ACNP DX & MGT II: Graduate Lecturer CLINICAL AP
I served as a faculty lecturer for large group didactics and small group hands on sessions to teach approximately 40 nursing students the use of ultrasound to perform bedside procedures, including paracentesis, thoracentesis, and placement of peripheral IV‘s and midline catheters.
09/2012 - Present MEDI4170 Internal Medicine Graduate Course Director Intership Readiness Elective
Every spring I have served as the course director for a "boot camp" in point-of-care ultrasound for graduating medical students that are pursuing residencies in internal medicine and family medicine. The boot camp is offered several times in the spring and approximately 120 students have attended since 2012..
07/2012 - 06/2015 CIRC5005 Clinical Skills Clinical Faculty
I served as a group facilitator and clinical preceptor for the 1st year medical student clinical skills course which is part of the core medical school curriculum. Additionally, I have served as a clinical preceptor for 1st year medical students during the Longitudinal Preceptorship Program. I met with each student individually approximately once per month, took them to the bedside to practice physical exam skills, and assisted with their final writing assignment.
04/2012 - Present MEDI3046 General Medicine Graduate Clinical Faculty Ward Rotation
Since 2012, I have served as Clinical Faculty for approximately 65 third-year medical students during their inpatient ward rotation at the Audie L. Murphy VA Hospital. My teaching has focused primarily on the hospital medicine topics and specifically on the use of point-of-care ultrasound for bedside diagnostics and ultrasound-guided procedures.
04/2012 - Present MEDI4046 General Medicine Graduate Clinical Faculty Ward/Subinternship UH/VA
Since 2012, I have served as their Clinical Faculty for approximately 12 fourth-year medical students during their inpatient Internal Medicine Sub-internship. In addition to providing clinical teaching, I guide students in their applications for residency, write letters of recommendation, and provide general career development advising during their rotation.
OTHER TEACHING:
Group Instruction
Date Description Institution #
Students
11/2019 - 11/2019 Critical Care Ultrasound XXX Reunión del Grupo de Trabajo 16 Course de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Sepsis
de la Semicyuc, Tarragona, Spa As the course director, I designed and led this hands-on ultrasound course in Spain in collaboration with local faculty. My roles included coordinating faculty and staff; setting up
equipment; and providing hands-on instruction during the course.
09/2019 - Present Regional Point-of-Care Society of Hospital Medicine 60
Ultrasound Course Minnesota Chapter During the regional point-of-care ultrasound course organized by the Society of Hospital Medicine Minnesota Chapter, I served as lecturer, hands-on teaching faculty, and senior
faculty to provide oversight of the overall hands-on training.
06/2019 - 06/2019 New York Point-of–Care NYU Langone School of Medicine & 45 Ultrasound Course Donald and Barbara Zucker School of
Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell As invited faculty, I delivered three lectures on different applications of point-of-care ultrasound, taught hands-on skills in small groups, and provided oversight of the hands-on
training.
11/2018 - 11/2018 Course Director, X Legado Cuidado Intensivo, La 120 Ultrasonografía en el Universidad de la Sabana, Bogotá,
Paciente Crítico Colombia As the course director, I designed and led the implementation of this hands-on educational event in Colombia that included recruiting and coordinating faculty and staff; acquiring and setting up equipment; training new skills to faculty; and providing hands-on instruction during the course.
10/2018 - 10/2018 Course Director, 19th Annual Southern Hospital 30 Ultrasound-guided Medicine Conference, Atlanta Georgia
Bedside Procedures Workshops As the course director, my roles include designing the educational curriculum, organizing
faculty, delivering educational content, and coordinating logistics for this CME workshop with approximately 30 learners.
10/2018 - 10/2018 2018 Pulmonary and CHEST Annual Meeting 2018 120 Critical Care Medicine
Fellows Course This course is part of the American College of Chest Physicians annual meeting, and is designed for pulmonary and critical care fellows. I serve as faculty to teach point-of-care ultrasound and provide mentoring for pulmonary and critical care fellow interested in ultrasound projects.
10/2018 - 10/2018 Faculty, Point of Care University of California San 36 Ultrasound for the Francisco, San Francisco, California
Hospitalist As the Director of the SHM POCUS Certificate of Completion training program, I supervised workshop operations and provided constructive feedback to the course directors, and as a faculty for this regional POCUS course, I provided hands-on small group instruction and presented lectures.
03/2018 - 03/2018 Course Director, Point-of- Internal Medicine Conference 2018, 24 care Ultrasound Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, United
Workshop for Internists & Arab Emirates Hospitalists I was invited to serve as course director of a new point-of-care ultrasound workshop offered by the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi for 24 learners in March 2018. My roles included designing the educational program, recruiting and organizing faculty, procuring supplies
and equipment, delivering lectures and hands-on instruction, and meeting with the conference leadership to explore future possibilities to offer training.
12/2017 - 12/2017 Director, Ultrasound- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 16 guided Thoracentesis & Michigan
Paracentesis Hands-on Workshop I was invited to serve as course director for this small hands-on workshop at the University of Michigan for 16 learners. I organized the workshop faculty, supplies, and equipment;
delivered all of the lectures; and provided hands-on instruction.
12/2017 - Present Faculty, Ultrasonography: American College of Chest 120
Essentials in Critical Care Physicians, Chicago, Illinois As the national director for the Society of Hospital Medicine‘s Point-of-care Ultrasound Certificate program, I serve as faculty for this immersive 3-day training course for 120 learners offered in collaboration by the American College of Chest Physicians and Society of Hospital Medicine. During the course, I provide didactic and hands-on instruction. This workshop is offered 3 times per year at the CHEST Innovation, Simulation, and Training Center in Chicago.
10/2017 - 10/2017 Course director, 18th Annual Southern Hospital 40 Ultrasound-guided Medicine Conference, New Orleans, Lumbar Puncture, Louisiana
Vascular Access, Thoracentesis & Paracentesis Wo I was invited to serve as the course director for this series of ultrasound-guided procedure workshops for approximately 40 learners at the 18th Southern Hospital Medicine Meeting. My roles included developing the educational curricula; recruiting and organizing faculty;
delivering lectures and hands-on instruction; procuring supplies and equipment; and collaborating with the conference leadership to plan for future offerings.
10/2017 - 10/2017 Director, Point-of-care 18th Annual Southern Hospital 16 Ultrasound Workshop for Medicine Conference, New Orleans,
Hospitalists Louisiana As the course director of this diagnostic point-of-care ultrasound workshop for 16 learners at the 18th Southern Hospital Medicine Meeting, my roles included developing the educational curricula; recruiting and organizing faculty; delivering lectures and hands-on instruction; and procuring supplies and equipment.
03/2017 - Present Co-Director, Point-of-care Japanese Society of Hospital General 240 Ultrasound Workshop for Medicine Semi-Annual Conference,
the Hospitalist Tokyo, Japan Since 2016, I have served as a co-director of a point-of-care ultrasound CME workshop offered every twice yearly by the Japanese Society of Hospital General Medicine for 60 learners. As a course co-director, I collaborate with the local Japanese co-director to lead this workshop My roles include developing the educational curriculum, preparing
educational materials, and serving on the steering committee to guide longitudinal development of the program. During the actual workshops in Japan, I direct onsite activities, deliver lectures, and supervise hands-on teaching.
11/2016 - 11/2016 Course Director, Faculty Japanese Society of Hospital General 22 Development in Point-of- Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
care Ultrasound I was invited to serve as course director of a "train-the-trainer" faculty development workshop in point-of-care ultrasound by the Japanese Society of Hospital General Medicine. The workshop was held in Tokyo, Japan, and 22 faculty from across Japan attended. These faculty were trained to lead the semi-annual point-of-care ultrasound
offered by the Society. My roles included designing the train-the-trainer program, developing and delivering lectures and hands-on instruction, and evaluating each faculty's teaching skills.
10/2016 - Present Course Director, VA VA SimLEARN National Simulation 210 Point-of-care Ultrasound Center, Orlando, Florida
Training Workshops Since 2016, I have led the Department of Veterans Affairs national initiative to train providers primarily from emergency, critical care, and hospital medicine in point-of-care ultrasound applications. I direct the training workshops and serve as faculty to teach didactics and hands-on sessions. All training courses take place at the VA‘s SimLEARN National Simulation Center in Orlando, Florida. Since the launch of the program in 2016,
training workshops have been held every 1-2 months and approximately 210 VA providers have been trained through fiscal year 2018. Due to the demand, the course enrollment is being expanded, and educational offerings for advanced users and "champions" are being developed for launch in 2019.
07/2016 - Present Point-of-Care General AIUM/ACP/SUSME & Oregon 120 Medicine Ultrasound Health Science University, Portland,
Course Oregon Since 2016, I have served as ultrasound faculty to present lectures and teach hands-on sessions at this national conference sponsored by the American Institute for Ultrasound in Medicine, American College of Physicians, and the Society of Ultrasound in Medical Education.
04/2016 - 04/2016 Faculty, Thoracic CHEST World Congress 2016, 50 Ultrasonography for the Shanghai, China
Pulmonary and Critical Care Consultant I was invited to serve as faculty for the ultrasound courses offered at the CHEST World Congress in Shanghai, China organized by the American College of Chest Physicians. My primary role was to provide hands-on instruction to approximately 50 learners during a series of workshops.
01/2016 - 01/2016 Director, Point-of-care American Academy of Family 24 Ultrasonography for Practice Regional Conference,
Family Medicine Deadwood, South Dakota Physicians I was invited to serve as course director and faculty to present lectures and lead a hands-on workshop in point-of-care ultrasound at this regional meeting of the American Academy of
Family Practice (AAFP) in Deadwood, South Dakota.
07/2015 - 07/2015 Faculty, Pediatric Point- Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2015 32
of-care Ultrasound Conference, San Antonio, Texas As senior faculty, my primary role was to mentor junior pediatric faculty interested in developing this point-of-care ultrasound workshop for approximately 32 learners at the national Pediatric Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting in 2015. Besides guiding the junior faculty's delivery of the workshop, I presented lectures on the essential applications for pediatric hospitalists. The workshop was sold out and received excellent reviews by learners.
02/2015 - 02/2015 Course Director, Pediatric Continuing Medical Education, 20 Point-of-care Ultrasound University of Texas Health Science
Workshop Center, San Antonio, Texas As the course director, I designed this new workshop in collaboration with nationally recognized pediatric faculty from Johns Hopkins and Children‘s Hospital of Philadelphia. This was the first pediatric point-of-care ultrasound CME workshop in San Antonio, Texas. The workshop was sold out with 20 pediatric physicians from across the country.
10/2014 - 10/2014 Director, Point-of-Care Annual Southern Hospital Medicine 24 Ultrasound for Conference, Atlanta, Georgia
Hospitalists Workshop I served as course director and faculty for a new point-of-care ultrasound workshop with approximately 24 learners at the 2014 Southern Hospital Medicine Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. In addition to recruiting faculty and supplies, I developed the educational
curriculum, taught the hands-on training sessions, and presented multiple lectures on different topics related to point-of-care ultrasound.
10/2014 - 10/2014 Director, Portable Hospital Universitario Austral, Bueno 80 Ultrasound for Aires, Argentina
Hospitalists Workshop I was invited by the Hospital Universitario Austral and Pan-American Society of Hospitalists to serve as course director and faculty for point-of-care ultrasound lectures and hands-on training sessions. Approximately 80 learners attended this international conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina. My roles included designing the educational curriculum for the training sessions, delivering educational content in lectures and hands- on sessions, and organizing faculty and supplies.
09/2014 - 09/2014 Faculty, Point of Care Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, 32
Ultrasound Workshop Virginia I was invited to serve as faculty to present lectures and teach hands-on sessions at this training workshop at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia.
06/2014 - 06/2014 Faculty, International Beijing, China 250 Symposium of Point of
Care Ultrasound I was invited to serve as guest faculty to lecture on various point-of-care ultrasound applications at this international symposium in Beijing, China with over 250 attendees.
04/2014 - Present Faculty, Ultrasonography: American College of Chest 80
Essentials in Critical Care Physicians, Chicago, Illinois I have served as faculty for this 3-day critical care ultrasound course multiple times since 2014. The course is component of the Certificate in Critical Care Ultrasonography offered by the American College of Chest Physicians and is held at the CHEST Innovation, Simulation, and Training Center outside of Chicago, Illinois.
03/2014 - 09/2014 Faculty, Ultrasound- San Antonio Emergency Nurses 35 guided Peripheral Venous Association, San Antonio, Texas
Access Workshop I served as faculty to teach approximately 35 nurses ultrasound-guided peripheral IV insertion at two annual conventions of the San Antonio Emergency Nurses Association in
2013 and 2014.
01/2014 - 01/2014 Director, Clinical Cherokee Nation W.W. Hastings 12 Ultrasound for Hospital, Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Hospitalists Workshop As course director, I organized a point-of-care ultrasound workshop to train 12 hospitalist physicians that work for the Cherokee Nation. The training took place at a hospital that is
part of the Indian Health Service located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
10/2013 - Present Director, Point-of-care University of Texas Health Science 284 Ultrasound for Clinicians Center San Antonio
Workshop After joining as faculty of University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio in 2013, I started a new Continuing Medical Education workshop titled, "Point-of-care Ultrasound for Clinicians." I have served as the course director and faculty of 8 workshops from 2013 until 2018. The workshop has been extremely popular, and 224 participants have attended from
across the country and internationally. The workshop has sold out on every occasion, and course evaluations have been excellent with >95% of attendees rating the course as "good‘ to "excellent" in effectiveness for enhancing knowledge and skills.
07/2013 - 07/2013 Director, Portable Pontificia Universidad Católica de 24
Ultrasound for Hospitalist Chile, Santiago, Chile The Chilean Society of Hospitalists and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile invited me to direct a hands-on bedside ultrasound workshop during their annual meeting. My responsibilities included: recruiting international faculty; preparing and presenting lectures
on point-of-care ultrasound in Spanish; coordinating resources for the workshop; teaching during the hands-on skills sessions.
04/2013 - 04/2017 Faculty, Ultrasound- American College of Physicians 550 guided Lumbar Puncture Annual Meetings
Workshop From 2013 until 2017, I served as faculty yearly to teach ultrasound-guided lumbar puncture at the American College of Physicians Annual Conference. Each year approximately 110 participants attend a focused 90-minute hands-on session on the performance of lumbar puncture with ultrasound guidance. My roles included lecturing on
the use of ultrasound to guide lumbar puncture, mentoring chief residents to teach the workshop, providing hands-on instruction, and procuring supplies and ultrasound equipment. The course evaluations have been excellent with scores >4.5 on a 5-point scale.
03/2013 - 03/2013 Faculty, International Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam 30 Conference and Training
on Emergency Trauma Care As faculty of the international conference, I taught approximately 30 physicians the hands- on skills to perform trauma assessments using bedside ultrasound. The workshop concentrated on teaching the E-FAST exam (Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma) and other basic emergency medicine ultrasound applications.
02/2013 - 02/2013 Faculty, Critical Care San Antonio Military Medical Center, 16
Ultrasound Course San Antonio, Texas I served as faculty for a 2-day workshop to teach critical care physicians the hands-on skills to perform a focused cardiac ultrasound exam at the San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC). Critical care physicians from both UTHSCSA and SAMMC attended the course, along with fellows in training.
02/2013 - 02/2013 Faculty, Introduction to University of Texas Medical Branch, 40 Internal Medicine Point- Galveston, Texas
of-Care Ultrasound I was invited to serve as faculty to teach 40 residents, fellows, and faculty basic ultrasound skills at a hands-on workshop at UTMB. Additionally, I met with the directors of graduate medical education and the internal medicine residency, and I presented various ideas for development of a formal ultrasound curriculum in their department of medicine.
11/2012 - 11/2012 Course Director, Focused American Society of 30
Cardiac Ultrasound Echocardiography, Chicago, Illinois The American Society of Echocardiography invited me to direct the society‘s first hands-on workshop to teach focused cardiac ultrasound. My responsibilities included collaborating with the Society and cardiology colleagues to develop a curriculum in focused cardiac
ultrasound; recruiting faculty, trainers, and models; overseeing logistics; presenting lectures; and ensuring smooth operations at the event.
07/2012 - 07/2012 Director, Hands-on 3ra Jornada Chilena y Panamericana 24 Ultrasound Workshop: de Medicina Interna Hospitalaria,
Diagnostics & Procedures Santiago, Chile During the combined annual meetings of the Pan-American Society of Hospitalists and Chilean Society of Hospitalists in 2012, I served as course director and faculty for a new hands-on ultrasound course for approximately 24 hospitalists. The annual planning committee invited me to serve as course director to develop the program (topics, schedule, curriculum), recruit faculty, procure supplies (ultrasound machines, simulation models), and present the lectures.
01/2012 - 01/2012 Faculty, Fundamentals of University of Chicago-Pritzker School 40 Ultrasound, MS2 Clinical of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Skills Course A new, half-day curriculum to introduce second-year medical students to basic ultrasound skills was launched at the University of Chicago in 2012, and as faculty, I gave the "Fundamentals of Ultrasound Physics" lecture and planned an introductory hands-on teaching session.
09/2011 - 09/2011 Faculty, Simulation-Based 7th Annual Midwestern Hospital 40 Procedure Pre-course Medicine Conference, Chicago,
Illinois The Simulation-based Procedures Pre-course was part of the 7th Annual Midwestern Hospital Medicine Conference. As faculty, I gave the "Fundamentals of Ultrasound" lecture and taught the hands-on skills stations for ultrasound-guided thoracentesis and central venous catheter placement.
05/2011 - 05/2019 Course Director, Point-of- Society of Hospital Medicine Annual 706 care Ultrasound for the Conferences
Hospitalist Pre-course In 2010, I developed a new pre-course for the Society of Hospital Medicine titled, "Point-of- care Ultrasound for the Hospitalist." The pre-course has been offered every year at the Society‘s annual meetings and is the Society‘s highest-rated and longest-standing pre- course. Despite doubling the capacity, the pre-course has been sold-out since its inception. As the pre-course director and faculty, I lead development of the educational curriculum; recruitment and organization of faculty; conduct training sessions for faculty; organize an annual faculty retreat; coordinate the meeting space and procurement of equipment; and work with the Society staff to coordinate all on-site logistics. Each year I also give several of the lectures during the pre-course. My overall evaluations for this pre-course have been >4.5 on a 5-point scale.
05/2011 - 05/2011 Faculty, Medical Society of Hospital Medicine 2011 30 Procedures for the Annual Conference
Hospitalist Pre-course As faculty of the Medical Procedures for the Hospitalist Pre-course at the 2011 SHM Annual meeting, I reviewed and taught hospitalists how to perform bedside procedures with ultrasound guidance. Specifically, I taught the hands-on skills stations for ultrasound- guided central venous catheter placement and thoracentesis.
04/2011 - 04/2011 Course Director, St. Margaret Mercy Hospital, 12 Ultrasound-guided Central Hammond, Indiana
& Peripheral Venous Access Workshop As course director, I organized this small workshop as a continuing medical education event to teach hospitalists how to perform ultrasound-guided central and peripheral venous access. I directed the workshop which included designing the curriculum, recruiting faculty, obtaining supplies/simulation models, and delivering some of the lectures.
12/2010 - 03/2012 Director, Hospital University of Chicago Medical Center, 20 Medicine Procedure Chicago, Illinois
Training Course I developed an ultrasound-guided procedures training program for the Section of Hospital Medicine at the University of Chicago. The hospitalists cared primarily for solid organ transplant patients, and these high-risk patients often needed bedside procedures. I obtained institutional funding for a portable ultrasound machine and simulation models, developed simulation-based training modules for different procedures, and taught the modules to approximately 20 hospitalist physicians and mid-level providers.
10/2010 - 10/2010 Faculty, Simulation-Based 6th Annual Midwestern Hospital 16 Procedure Course Medicine Conference, Chicago,
Illinois I served as faculty of a simulation-based procedures course at the 6th Annual Midwestern Hospital Medicine Conference, a regional meeting of the Society of Hospital Medicine. As a faculty for the course, I taught 2 hands-on skills stations, ultrasound-guided thoracentesis and lumbar puncture, to approximately 16 learners.
04/2010 - 04/2010 Faculty, Ultrasound Society of Hospital Medicine Annual 24 Imaging Skills for Meeting, Washington D.C.
Invasive Bedside Procedures Workshop As faculty of the Ultrasound Imaging Skills for Invasive Bedside Procedures workshop, I taught the hands-on skills stations for ultrasound-guided internal jugular line placement to
approximately 24 learners at the Society of Hospital Medicine‘s 2010 annual meeting.
04/2010 - 04/2010 Faculty, Essential Society of Hospital Medicine Annual 30 Procedures for Hospitalist Meeting, Washington D.C.
Pre-course As faculty of the Essential Procedures for the Hospitalist pre-course at the Society of Hospital Medicine‘s 2010 annual meeting, I taught approximately 24 practicing hospitalists the hands-on skills for ultrasound-guided central venous catheter placement, fine needle aspiration, and skin punch biopsy.
05/2009 - 05/2009 Faculty, Essential Society of Hospital Medicine Annual 30 Procedures for the Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
Hospitalist Pre-course As faculty of the Essential Procedures for the Hospitalist pre-course at the Society of Hospital Medicine‘s 2009 annual meeting, I taught approximately 30 practicing hospitalists the hands-on skills to perform ultrasound-guided central venous catheter placement and paracentesis during the morning and afternoon sessions.
Post Graduate Rotation Supervision
Date Description Institution #
Students
09/2013 - Present Director, Critical Care University of Texas Health San 16 Ultrasound Education Antonio, Division of Pulmonary and
Critical Care Medicine As the Director of Critical Care Ultrasound Education in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, my primary responsibility is to ensure the ACGME fellowship requirements for critical care ultrasound education are fulfilled by each fellow prior to graduation. I have built a longitudinal 3-year curriculum which entails a boot camp, lecture series, image portfolio development by fellows, ICU ultrasound teaching rounds, and a final skills and knowledge assessment prior to graduation. Additionally, I assist fellows and faculty with the use of ultrasound to guide performance of bedside procedures. Since 2013, I have trained 16 critical care fellows.
06/2012 - 06/2017 Faculty, Procedure University of Texas-Health Science 120 Service and Patient Safety Center, San Antonio, Texas
Rotation The goal of the procedure service/patient safety rotation was to teach internal medicine residents ultrasound-guided bedside procedures and fundamental concepts in patient safety. From 2012 to 2017, I served as the course director for the rotation which has been taken over by one of my mentees, Robert Nathanson. I continue to teach residents how to perform ultrasound-guided bedside procedures, assist with more complex procedures at the bedside, and provide guidance on the operations at the University and VA Hospitals in San Antonio.
04/2012 - Present Teaching Attending South Texas Veterans Health Care 60 Physician, Inpatient System, San Antonio, Texas
Medicine Wards As an attending physician on the internal medicine ward service, I have supervised and taught approximately 60 internal medicine residents. My primary roles are to supervise the medical care provided by the interns and residents; provide clinical education through didactics and bedside teaching; and provide guidance for individual career development.
04/2007 - 04/2012 Teaching Attending Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, 40
Physician, Inpatient Chicago, Illinois Medicine Wards I spent 2-3 months per year as a teaching attending on the general medicine inpatient service at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, a partnering hospital of the University of Chicago Medical Center. My primary responsibilities were teaching the residents and students clinical medicine, providing oversight of the team‘s clinical care, and serving as
faculty discussant at morning report. During the past 3 academic years, my evaluations ranged from 3.63 to 4.00 (max of 4.0), and all 40 residents recommended that I continue as a teaching attending.
07/2006 - 04/2012 Teaching Attending University of Chicago, Chicago, 30 Physician, Inpatient Illinois
Medicine Wards During my six years at the University of Chicago, I taught approximately 30 residents during their 1-month rotation on the inpatient internal medicine teaching service at the University of Chicago Medical Center. My primary responsibilities were providing
oversight of the care delivered by the internal medicine residents, and teaching the residents and students hospital medicine.
Pre-Doctoral Student Supervision
Date Description Institution #
Students
01/2009 - 05/2009 Clinical Preceptor, Cross University of Chicago-Pritzker School 15 Cultural Communication of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Course The Cross Cultural Communication Course was designed to teach second year medical students cultural sensitivity in history taking. I proctored small groups of students as they
obtained medical histories from patients of diverse backgrounds.
01/2007 - 05/2010 Module Director for University of Chicago-Pritzker School 20 Procedural Skills, of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Capstone Course- Transitions to Internship The Transitions to Internship, or Capstone Course, was designed to prepare fourth year medical students for internship. I directed the procedural skills modules in lumbar puncture and paracentesis which included didactic and hands-on sessions for approximately 20
students. My evaluations from 2007-2009 showed scores ranging from 4.6-5.0 on a 5-point scale.
01/2005 - 01/2006 Clinical Medicine University of Mississippi Medical 4 Preceptor, Introduction to Center, Jackson, Mississippi
Clinical Skills Introduction to Clinical Skills was a course for second-year medical students to learn physical examination skills using one-on-one instruction. I taught 4 students physical exam skills by body systems, and helped students perform focused exams on selected patients with known abnormalities.
01/2002 - 01/2004 Clinical Medicine University of Texas-Southwestern 10 Instructor, Introduction to Medical School, Dallas, Texas
Clinical Medicine Introduction to Clinical Medicine was a second-year medical student course to teach history taking and physical examination skills. I gave the students brief, focused lectures, selected patients to practice history taking and physical exam skills, and prepared students for the final OSCE. In total, I served as a preceptor for 10 students over 2 years.
01/2000 - 03/2000 Gross Anatomy Teaching University of Texas-Southwestern 50
Assistant Medical School, Dallas, Texas As a teaching assistant of first year medical students‘ gross anatomy course, I assisted approximately 50 students to identify key anatomical structures, provided clinical
correlations, prepared students for the final exam, and proctored the final exam.
Undergraduate Student Supervision
Date Description Institution #
Students
01/2007 - 01/2009 Director, Undergraduate University of Chicago, Chicago, 20 Student-Hospitalist Illinois
Shadowing Program I directed this pilot program to expose approximately 20 undergraduate students to careers in medicine by allowing them to shadow hospitalist attending physicians on the inpatient
non-teaching services.
RESEARCH
EXPERTISE: Diagnostic Point-of-care Ultrasound - Since my final years in medical school, I have had an interested in bedside diagnostics which evolved into a passion for diagnostic and procedural applications of point-of-care ultrasound. During my residency and years as junior faculty, I learned how to perform focused diagnostic ultrasound examinations using portable ultrasound machines, and since 2006, I have been teaching other healthcare providers clinical applications of point-of-care ultrasound. Currently, I teach point-of-care ultrasound applications to medical students, residents, fellows, and faculty locally, as well as nationally and internationally. My research interests have centered on evaluating the impact of point-of-care ultrasound on health services. My current work focuses on the implementation of point-of-care ultrasonography in the VA healthcare system and measuring the long-term impact of integrating clinical use of bedside ultrasound in a large integrated healthcare system.
Ultrasound-guided Procedures - Use of ultrasound guidance to perform bedside procedures has evolved to become the standard of care for many bedside procedures. By collaborating with critical care, emergency medicine, and hospitalist physicians, I have developed training curricula to teach common bedside procedures with the use of ultrasound guidance. I have trained a variety of healthcare providers, ranging from students to physicians in practice, and I have led educational programs in ultrasound-guided procedures locally, nationally, and internationally. Currently, I continue teaching diverse groups of learners and pursuing health services research related to ultrasound-guided bedside procedures.
PROJECTS:
Clinical Research 10/2015- Pleural Fluid Echogenicity by Ultrasound Imaging and Computer Based Pixels, 07/2017 The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the sonographic appearance of both transudative and exudative pleural effusions and assess whether pleural fluid echogenicity measured by pixel density can be used to differentiate the two types of effusions.
07/2015- Pleural Ultrasonography to Rule out Post-bronchoscopy Pneumothorax, The goal 11/2017 of this study was to determine the sensitivity, specificity, and likelihood ratios of pleural ultrasonography to detect post-bronchoscopy pneumothorax compared to portable chest x-ray in lung transplant recipients.
01/2015- Pleural Fluid pH: Comparing analytical methods and impact on clinical data, 06/2017 Pleural fluid pH is used to guide immediate decision-making in the management of pleural effusions, but the most common method used today, pH meter, has not been validated against the gold standard method. The purpose of this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of a pH meter vs. arterial blood gas analysis and determine whether the pleural fluid pH is accurate enough to guide clinical decision-making.
10/2014- Cardiac Microlesion Formation During Invasive Pneumococcal Disease, This goal 09/2015 of this project was to better understand the invasion of cardiac myocytes by S. pneumoniae during severe pneumococcal sepsis that leads to cardiac injury, followed by cardiac scarring after antibiotic therapy in a non-human primate model.
Co-Investigator 07/2015- Myocardial fibrosis following pneumococcal pneumonia, 05/2017 The purpose of this study was to elucidate the pathophysiology of myocardial microlesion formation and cardiac scarring that occur during severe pneumococcal sepsis in a non-human primate model.
09/2009- Future Research Needs for Prevention and Treatment of Clostridium difficile, 09/2012 The purpose of this comparative effectiveness review was to provide an overarching assessment of the evidence for comparing the accuracy of diagnostic tests and the effectiveness of prevention and treatment interventions on initial and recurrent C. difficile infection-related patient outcomes in adults.
09/2009- Procalcitonin for Diagnosis and Management of Sepsis, The purpose of this 09/2012 systematic review was to synthesize comparative studies examining the use of procalcitonin to guide antibiotic therapy in patients with suspected local or systemic infections in different patient populations.
07/2005- Influence of Hypoalbuminemia or Hyperalbuminemia on the Serum Anion Gap, 06/2006 The purpose of this study was to examine the alteration in anion gap based on changes in serum albumin and total protein using a linear regression model. Our regression data obtained from a large database supported an adjustment factor of 2.3 per g/dL decrease or increase in serum albumin.
Investigator Initiated Projects 01/2013- Use of Ultrasound for Central Venous Catheterization (US-CVC), The purpose of 01/2016 this study was to assess the frequency of use of ultrasound guidance to insert central venous catheters by intensivists and hospitalists at different insertion sites and explore the potential provider, educational, and system barriers to use of ultrasound.
07/2004- Use of Serum Chloride Sodium Ratio in Assessing Acid-Base Disorders in Hosp, 06/2006 The purpose of this study was to examine how water disturbances, manifested as hypo- or hypernatremia, and metabolic acidosis with increased anion gap alter relationships between serum chloride and bicarbonate concentrations in hospitalized internal medicine patients.
PUBLICATIONS: ('*' indicates Peer Reviewed)
Abstract * 1. Pham C, Coss E, Soni NJ, Govani SM. Adherence to Guidelines Remains Poor among Patients Hospitalized with Inflammatory Bowel Disease 2019 May. (American Gastroenterological Association - Digestive Diseases Week).
* 2. Lucas BP, Tierney DM, Soni NJ, Jensen TP, Lopresti CM, Franco-Sadud R, Cho JB, Maw A, Reierson K, Mathews B, Galen BT, Dversdal R, Boesch B, Liu G, Johnson G.. Can Multiple Providers Reliably Track the Inferior Vena Cava Across Handoffs with Point-of-care Ultrasound? 2019 Mar. (Society of Hospital Medicine 2019 Annual Meeting).
* 3. LoPresti CM, Mader M, Boyd J, Schott C, Core M, Lucas BP, Finley E, Colon-Molero A, Kessler C, Pugh J, Soni NJ. National Survey of Current Use and Training Needs in Point-of-care Ultrasound Among VA Hospitalists 2019 Mar. (Society of Hospital Medicine 2019 Annual Meeting).
* 4. Veazey S, Lindsey T, Vega S, Grisell R, Lee R, Kheirabadi B, Necsoiu C, Soni NJ, Walter R, Salinas J. Augmented Ultrasound Intelligence Protocol for Detection of Pneumothorax 2019. (Special Operations Medical Association Scientific Assembly).
* 5. DeHoyos P, Mader M, Boyd JB, Schott C, Lucas BP, Lopresti C, Core M, Finley E, Okada Y, Colon-Molero A, Kessler C, Pugh JA, Restrepo MI, Soni NJ. Point-of-Care Ultrasonography Use and Training Needs in VA Healthcare System ICUs 2018. (Critical Care Medicine).
* 6. Boyd JS, Soni NJ, Mader M, Lopresti CM, Schott C, Jordan MK, Core M, Lucas BP, Finley E, Afshar N, Okada Y, Colon-Molero A, Kessler C, Pugh JA. Current Use of Point-of-care Ultrasound in Emergency Departments in VA Health Care System 2018. (Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine).
* 7. Yamada T, Minami T, Soni NJ, Hiraoka E. Improvement in Point-of-care Ultrasound Image Interpretation Skills is Similar for Novice Faculty vs. Trainees after Brief Training Course. 2018. (Journal of Hospital Medicine).
* 8. Morris AE, Woan J, Adamson R, Ma I, Schnobrich D, Soni NJ. Development of a Multidisciplinary Consensus-based Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Assessment Tool 2018. (American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine).
* 9. Veazey S, Lindsey T, Vega S, Grisell R, Lee R, Kheirabadi B, Necsoiu C, Soni NJ, Walter R, Salinas J. Augmented Ultrasound Intelligence Protocol for Detection of Pneumothorax 2018. (Special Operations Medical Association Scientific Assembly 2018).
* 10. Reyes LF, Hinojosa CA, Babu BL, Soni NJ, Restrepo MI. Streptococcus pneumoniae Invade the Heart and Induce Cardiomyocyte Death During Severe Pneumonia in Non-Human primates. American thoracic Society International conference: 2017 May.
* 11. Reyes LF, Hinojosa BL, Babu NJ, Soni NJ, Restrepo MI. Prevalence and Risk Factors of Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Patients with Community-Acquired pneumonia: A multinational Point Prevalence Study 2017 May. (American Thoracic Society International Conference).
* 12. Ali, S, Dreyfuss, ZS, Enenmoh, A, Smith, S, Soni, NJ. Computer-based pixilation of pleural fluid echogenicity by ultrasound to differentiate transudative vs. exudative effusions 2017. (Journal of Hospital Medicine; vol. 12, no. 2).
* 13. Reyes LF, Hinojosa C, Soni N, Orihuela C, Restrepo M. Pneumococcal pneumonia in baboons; a novel translational science model 2016. p. 48. (European Respiratory Journal).
* 14. Reyes LF, Hinojosa BL, Soni NJ, Orihuela C, Restrepo MI. Troponin I levels increase after pneumococcal pneumonia infection in a non-human primate model. 2015 Oct. (CHEST Annual Meeting).
* 15. Reyes LF, Orihuela C, Hinojosa CA, Anzueto AR, Peters JI, Rodriguez AH, Soni NJ, Restrepo MI. The heart-type fatty acid-binding protein (H-FABP) is associated with higher ICU mortality in severe septic patients. 2015 Oct. (CHEST Annual Meeting).
* 16. Restrepo MI, Reyes LF, Hinojosa CA, Hunt DA, Rodriguez A, Johnson R, Soni NJ, Anzueto AR, Peters JI, Moyer MP, Orihuela CJ. Mesenchymal stem cells improve survival in a mice model of severe pneumococcal pneumonia 2015 Aug. p. 829-829. (Journal of Critical Care; vol. 30, no. 4).
* 17. Reyes LF, Hinojosa CA, Soni NJ, Restrepo MI, Orihuela CJ. Cardiac Complications During Pneumococcal Pneumonia in a Non-human primate Model 2015 Jun. (American Society of Microbiology conference).
* 18. Reyes FL, Orihuela CJ, Hinojosa CA, Anzueto A, Peters JI, Rodriguez A, Soni NJ, Restrepo MI. The Heart-Type Fatty Acid-Binding Protein (H- FABP) Is Associated with Higher ICU Mortality in Severe Septic Patients 2015 May. p. A6257-A6257. (American Thoracic Society; vol. D106).
* 19. Keyt HL, Adams SG, Levine SM, Houlihan T, Arango A, Gelfond J, Restrepo MI, Soni NJ. Understanding the Use of Ultrasound Guidance for Central Venous Catheterization 2015. p. A510. (Chest; vol. 148, no. 4).
Book Chapter * 1. Proud K, Habib SA, De Hoyos P, Soni NJ. Chapter 13: Point of Care Ultrasound in Critical Care In: Mechanical Ventilation. 1st ed. Jones & Bartlett Publishing; 2020. p. 577 - 590.
2. Soni NJ. Preface In: Focused Ultrasound Techniques for the Small Animal Practitioner. 2nd ed.. Iowa: Wiley-Blackwell; 2020.
* 3. Franco -Sadud R, Cardenas-Garcia J, Tafur JD, Luján M, Cid X, Aizman A, Soni NJ. Procedimientos Practicos In: Hernández A, Martin I, Restrepo MI, Sabaté A, Torres A. Medicina Intensiva en el Enfermo Crítico, 1st ed. Madrid, Spain: Editorial Panamericana; 2018.
* 4. Bana MT, Lynch M, Gonzalo García de Casasola Sánchez G, Soni NJ. Ecografia Vascular In: Hernández A, Martin I, Restrepo MI, Sabaté A, Torres A. Medicina Intensiva en el Enfermo Critico, 1st ed. Madrid, Spain: Editorial Panamericana; 2018.
* 5. García de Casasola Sánchez G, Macho JT, Soni NJ. Ecocardiografia In: Hernández A, Martin I, Restrepo MI, Sabaté A, Torres A. Medicina Intensiva en el Enfermo Crítico, 1st ed. Madrid, Spain: Editorial Panamericana; 2018.
* 6. Chang AL, Soni NJ. Imagen Pulmonar In: Hernández A, Martin I, Restrepo MI, Sabaté A, Torres A. Medicina Intensiva en el Enfermo Critico, 1st ed. Madrid, Spain: Editorial Panamericana; 2018.
* 7. Burguete SR, Dearmond D, Soni NJ, Peters JI. Chapter 78: Pneumothorax In: Grippi MA, Elias JA, Fishman JA, Kotloff RM, Pack AI, Senior RM. Fishman’s Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders. 5th ed. New York: McGraw Hill; 2015. p. 1197 - 1214.
Book/Monograph 1. Soni NJ, Arntfield R, Kory PD. Point-of-care Ultrasound. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders; 2020. 525 p.
2. Soni NJ, Arntfield R, Kory PD. Point-of-care Ultrasound (Japanese). 2nd ed. Tokyo: Elsevier Japan; 2020. 525 p.
3. Soni NJ, Arntfield R, Kory PD. Ecografía a Pie de Cama: Fundamentos de la Ecografía Clínica (Spanish).2nd ed. Madrid: Elsevier España; 2020. 525 p.
4. Soni NJ, Arntfield R, Kory PD. Point-of-care Ultrasound (Korean). 1st ed. Seoul: Koonja Publishing Inc; 2020.
5. Soni NJ, Arntfield R, Kory PD. Ecografía a Pie de Cama: Fundamentos de la Ecografía Clínica (Spanish). 1st ed Madrid, Spain: Elsevier Espana; 2016.
6. Soni NJ, Arntfield R, Kory PD. Point-of-care Ultrasound (Chinese). 1st ed Bejing, China: Peoples Medical Publishing House; 2015.
7. Soni NJ, Arntfield R, Kory PD. Point-of-care Ultrasound. 1st ed Philadelphia: Elsevier; 2014.
* 8. Soni NJ, Samson DJ, Galaydick JL, Vats V, Pitrak DL, Aronson N. Procalcitonin-Guided Antibiotic Therapy. Comparative Effectiveness Review No. 78. AHRQ Publication No. 12(13)-EHC124-EF Rockville, Maryland: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2012.
* 9. Noorani HZ, Soni N, Pitrak D, Belinson S, Aronson N. Future Research Needs for Prevention and Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection. Future Research Needs Paper No. 17. AHRQ Publication No. 12-EHC100 Rockville, Maryland: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2012.
Editorial * 1. Soni NJ, Tierney DM, Jensen TP, Lucas BP. Certification of Point-of-care Ultrasound Competency Journal of Hospital Medicine 2017 Sep;12(9):775- 776.
2. Mangat M, Amalakuhan B, Habib, Sheila, Reyes, LF, Hinojosa CA, Rodriguez AH, Soni NJ, Anzueto AR, Levine SM, Peters JI, Aliberti S, Sibila O, Rello J, Witzenrath M, Waterer G, Martin Loceches, Blanquer J, Sanz F, Marcos PJ, Sole-Violan, Chalmers JD, Feldman C, Wunderink RG, Cruz CSD, Orijuela CJ, Restrepo MI. High Endocan levels are associated with the need for mechanical ventilation among patients with severe sepsis Eur Respir J 2017 Jul;50(1):1-4.
* 3. Soni NJ, Franco-Sadud R. In reference to "Use of paracentesis in hospitalized patients with decompensated cirrhosis and ascites: Opportunities for quality improvement". Journal of Hospital Medicine 2015 May;10(5):342
Journal Article * 1. Reyes LF, Severiche-Bueno DF, Bustamante CA, Murillo S, Soni NJ, Poveda M, Gomez E, Buitrago R, Rodriguez A. Serum levels of neutrophil Gelatinase associated Lipocalin (NGAL) predicts hemodialysis after coronary angiography in high risk patients with acute coronary syndrome BMC Nephrology 2020 Apr;21(1)
* 2. Salame G, Soni NJ, Northcutt N. Focused cardiac ultrasonography for left ventricular systolic function New England Journal of Medicine 2020 Mar;382(10):976-977.
* 3. Maw A, Lucas BP, Soni NJ. Discharge-ready volume status in acute decompensated heart failure: A survey of hospitalists Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives 2020
* 4. Adamson R, Morris A, Woan J, Ma I, Schnobrich D, Soni NJ. Development of a Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Image Acquisition Assessment Tool American Thoracic Society Scholar 2020
* 5. Aliberti S, Cook GS, Babu BL, Reyes LF, H Rodriguez A, Sanz F, Soni NJ, Anzueto A, Faverio P, Sadud RF, Muhammad I, Prat C, Vendrell E, Neves J, Kaimakamis E, Feneley A, Swarnakar R, Franzetti F, Carugati M, Morosi M, Monge E, Restrepo MI; GLIMP investigators. International prevalence and risk factors evaluation for drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia Journal of Infection 2019 Oct;79(4):300-311.
* 6. Soni NJ, Franco-Sadud R, Kobaidze K, Schnobrich D, Salame G, Lenchus J, Kalidindi V, Mader MJ, Haro EK, Dancel R, Cho J, Grikis L; SHM Point- of-care Ultrasound Task Force, Lucas BP. Recommendations on the Use of Ultrasound Guidance for Adult Lumbar Puncture: A Position Statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine Journal of Hospital Medicine 2019 Oct;14(10):591-601.
* 7. Franco -Sadud R, Schnobrich D, Mathews BK, Candotti C, Abdel-Ghani S, Perez MG, Chu-Rodgers S, Mader MJ, Haro EK, Dancel R, Cho J, Grikis L, Lucas BP, the SHM Point-of-care Ultrasound Task Force, and Soni NJ. Recommendations on the Use of Ultrasound Guidance for Central and Peripheral Vascular Access in Adults: A Position Statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine Journal of Hospital Medicine 2019 Sep:E1-E22.
* 8. oPresti CM, Boyd JS, Schott C, Core M, Lucas BP, Colon-Molero A, Kessler C, Mader MJ, Haro EK, Finley EP, Restrepo MI, Pugh J, Soni NJ. A National Needs Assessment of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training for Hospitalists Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2019 Sep;94(9):1910-1912.
* 9. Boyd JS, LoPresti CM, Core M, Schott C, Mader MJ, Lucas BP, Haro EK, Finley EP, Restrepo MI, Kessler C, Colon-Molero A, Pugh J, Soni NJ. Current use and training needs of point-of-care ultrasound in emergency departments: A national survey of VA hospitals American Journal of Emergency Medicine 2019 Sep;37(9):1794-1797.
* 10. Villafuerte D, Aliberti S, Soni NJ, Faverio P, Marcos PJ, Wunderink RG, Rodriguez A, Sibila O, Sanz F, Martin-Loeches I, Menzella F, Reyes LF, Jankovic M, Spielmanns M, Restrepo MI; GLIMP Investigators. Prevalence and risk factors for Enterobacteriaceae in patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia Respirology 2019 Aug
* 11. Villavicencio C, Leache J, Marin J, Oliva I, Rodriguez A, Bodí M, Soni NJ. Basic critical care echocardiography training of intensivists allows reproducible and reliable measurements of cardiac output The Ultrasound Journal 2019 Apr;11(5)
* 12. Di Pasquale MF, Sotgiu G, Gramegna A, Radovanovic D, Terraneo S, Reyes LF, Rupp J, González Del Castillo J, Blasi F, Aliberti S, Restrepo MI; GLIMP Investigators. Prevalence and Etiology of Community-acquired Pneumonia in Immunocompromised Patients Clinical Infectious Diseases 2019 Apr;68(9):1482-1493.
* 13. Villavicencio C, Leache J, Marin Corral J, Oliva Zalaya I, Rodriguez A, Bodí Saera M, Soni NJ. Critical Care Echocardiography: a Reproducible and Reliable Method for Measuring Cardiac Output in Critically Ill Patients The Ultrasound Journal 2019 Mar;11(1)
* 14. Maw A, Hassanin A, Ho PM, McInnes M, Moss A, Juarez-Colunga E, Soni N, Migioranza M, Platz E, DeSanto K, Sertich A, Salame G, Daugherty S. Diagnostic Accuracy of Lung Ultrasound and Chest X-ray in suspected Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: A Comparative Accuracy Systematic Review and Meta-analysis JAMA Network Open 2019 Mar;2(3)
* 15. Cho J, Jensen TP, Reierson K, Mathews BK, Bhagra A, Franco-Sadud R, Grikis L, Mader M, Dancel R, the Society of Hospital Medicine Point-of- Care Ultrasound Task Force, and Lucas BP. Recommendations on the Use of Ultrasound Guidance for Adult Adult Abdominal Paracentesis: A Position Statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine Journal of Hospital Medicine 2019 Jan:E7-E15.
* 16. Soni NJ, Schnobrich D, Mathews B, Tierney DM, Jensen TP, Dancel R, Cho J, Dversdal RK, Mints G, Bhagra A, Reierson K, Kurian L, Liu GY, Candotti C, Boesch B, Lopresti C, Lenchus J, Wong T, Johnson G, Maw A, Franco-Sadud R, Lucas BP. Point-of-care Ultrasound for Hospitalists: a position statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine Journal of Hospital Medicine 2019 Jan:E1-E6.
* 17. Radovanovic D, Sotgiu G, Jankovic M, Mahesh PA, Marcos PJ, Abdalla MI, Di Pasquale MF, Gramegna A, Terraneo S, Blasi F, Santus P, Aliberti S, Reyes LF, Restrepo MI; GLIMP Study Group. An international perspective on hospitalized patients with viral community-acquired pneumonia Eur J Intern Med 2018 Nov:30413-30418.
* 18. Carugati M, Aliberti S, Reyes LF, Franco Sadud R, Irfan M, Prat C, Soni NJ, Faverio P, Gori A, Blasi F, Restrepo MI.. Microbiological testing of adults hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia: an international study. ERJ Open Res 2018 Oct;4(4)
* 19. Yamada T, Minami T, Soni NJ, Hiraoka E, Takahashi H, Okubo T, Sato J. Skills Acquisition for Novice Learners after a Point-of-care Ultrasound Course: Does Clinical Rank Matter? BMC Medical Education 2018 Aug;18(1):1310-1313.
* 20. Restrepo MI, Babu B, Reyes LF, Chalmers, JD, Soni NJ, Sibila O, Faverio P, Cilloniz C, Rodriguez-Cintron W, Aliberti S.. Burden and Risk Factors for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Community-acquired Pneumonia: a Multinational Point Prevalence Study of Hospitalised Patients Eur Respir J 2018 Aug;52(2)
* 21. Morrow D, Cupp J, Schrift D, Nathanson R, Soni NJ. Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Established Settings South Med J 2018 Jul;111(7):373-381.
* 22. Maw AM, Soni NJ. Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - Why should hospitalists use point-of-care ultrasound? Ann Intern Med 2018 Apr;168(8):H02-H03.
* 23. Dancel R, Schnobrich D, Puri N, Franco-Sadud R, Cho J, Grikis L, Lucas BP, El-Barbary M, the Society of Hospital Medicine Point of Care Ultrasound Task Force, and Soni NJ. Recommendations on the Use of Ultrasound Guidance for Adult Thoracentesis: A Position Statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine Journal of Hospital Medicine 2018 Feb;13(2):126-135.
* 24. Lucas BP, Tierney DM, Jensen TP, Dancel R, Cho J, El-Barbary M, Franco- Sadud R, the Society of Hospital Medicine Point-of-Care Ultrasound Task Force, and Soni NJ. Credentialing of Hospitalists in Ultrasound-Guided Bedside Procedures: A Position Statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine Journal of Hospital Medicine 2018 Feb;13(2):117-125.
* 25. Carugati M, Aliberti S, Reyes LF, Franco R, Irfan M, and Prat C, Soni NJ, Faverio P, Gori A, Blasi F, Restrepo MI. Microbiological testing of adults hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia: an international study Chest 2018
* 26. Jensen TP, Soni NJ, Tierney DM, Lucas BP. Hospital privileging practices for bedside procedures: a survey of hospitalist experts. Journal of Hospital Medicine 2017 Oct;12(10):836-839.
* 27. Reyes LF, Restrepo MI, Hinojosa CA, Soni NJ, Anzueto AR, Babu BL, Gonzalez-Juarbe N, Rodriguez AH, Jimenez A, Chalmers JD, Aliberti S, Sibila O, Winter VT, Coalson JJ, Giavedoni LD, Dela Cruz CS, Waterer GW, Witzenrath M, Suttorp N,, Dube PH,, Orihuela CJ. Severe Pneumococcal Pneumonia Causes Acute Cardiac Toxicity and Subsequent Cardiac Remodeling. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 Sep;196(5):609-620.
* 28. Marcos PJ, Restrepo MI, González-Barcala FJ, Soni NJ, Vidal I, Sanjuàn P, Linares D, Rabade C, Ferreira-Gonzalez L, Otero-González I, Marcos P, Verea-Hernando H.. Discordance of Physician Clinical Judgment vs. Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) score to Admit Patients with Low Risk Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Prospective Multicenter Study Journal of Thoracic Disease 2017 Jun;9(6):1538-1546.
* 29. Amalakuhan B, Habib SA, Mangat M, Reyes LF, Rodriguez AH, Hinojosa CA, Soni NJ, Gilley RP, Bustamante CA, Anzueto AR, Levine SM, Peters JI, Aliberti S, Sibila O, Chalmers JD, Torres A, Waterer GW, Martin- Loeches, Bordon J, Blanquer J, Sanz F, Marcos PJ, Rello J, Ramirez J, Sole- Violan, Luna CM, Feldman C, Witzenrath M, Wunderink RG, Stolz D, Wiemken TL, Shindo Y, Dela Cruz CS, Orihuela CJ, Restrepo MI. Endothelial Adhesion Molecules and Multiple Organ Failure in Patients With Severe Sepsis. Cytokine 2016 Dec;88:267-273.
* 30. Aliberti S, Reyes LF, Faverio P, Sotgiu G, Dore S, Rodriguez AH, Soni NJ, and Restrepo MI on behalf of the GLIMP Investigators.. Global Initiative for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Pneumonia (GLIMP): an International, Observational Cohort Study Lancet Infectious Diseases 2016 Dec;16(12):1364-1376.
* 31. Soni NJ, Reyes LF, Keyt H, Arango A, Gelfond JA, Peters JI, Levine SM, Adams SG, Restrepo MI. Use of Ultrasound Guidance for Central Venous Catheterization (US-CVC): A National Survey of Intensivists Journal of Critical Care 2016 Dec;36:277-283.
* 32. Bhagra A, Tierney D, Sekiguchi H, Soni NJ. Point-of-Care Ultrasonography for Primary Care Physicians and General Internists Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2016 Dec;91(12):1811-1827.
* 33. Cubo -Romano P, Torres-Macho J, Soni NJ, Reyes LF, Rodriguez- Almodovar A, Fernandez-Alonso JM, Gonzalez-Davia R, Casas-Rojo J, Restrepo MI, De Casasola GG. Admission inferior vena cava measurements are associated with mortality after hospitalization for acute decompensated heart failure. Journal of Hospital Medicine 2016 Nov;11(11):778-784.
* 34. Reyes LF, Restrepo MI, Hinojosa CA, Soni NJ, Shenoy AT, Gilley RP, Gonzalez-Juarbe N, Noda JR, Winter VT, de la Garza MA, Shade RE, Coalson JJ, Giavedoni LD, Anzueto A, Orihuela CJ. A Non-Human Primate Model of Severe Pneumococcal Pneumonia PLoS One 2016 Nov;17(11)
* 35. Soni NJ, Franco-Sadud R, Schnobrich D, Dancel R, Tierney DM, Salame G, Restrepo MI, McHardy P. Ultrasound Guidance for Lumbar Puncture Neurology: Clinical Practice 2016 Aug;6(4):358-368.
* 36. Soni NJ, Franco R, Velez MI, Schnobrich D, Dancel R, Restrepo MI, Mayo PH. Ultrasound in the diagnosis and management of pleural effusions J Hosp Med 2015 Dec;10(12):811-816.
* 37. Soni NJ, Lucas BP. Diagnostic Point-of-care Ultrasound for Hospitalists Journal of Hospital Medicine 2015 Feb;10(2):120-124.
* 38. Soni NJ, Samson DJ, Galaydick JL, Vats V, Huang ES, Aronson N, Pitrak DL. Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy: A systematic review and meta- analysis Journal of Hospital Medicine 2013 Sep;8(9):530-40.
* 39. Sumrall, S, Soni NJ. Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans and Small Bowel Adenocarcinoma: Coincidental Occurrence or Genetic Association? International Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer 2006 Dec;37(4):146-148.
* 40. Feldman M, Soni NJ, Dickson B. Use of sodium concentration and anion gap to improve correlation between serum chloride and bicarbonate concentrations Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis 2006 Jul;20(4):154- 159.
* 41. Feldman, M, Soni NJ, Dickson, B. Influence of hypoalbuminemia or hyperalbuminemia on the serum anion gap Journal of Laboratory Clinical Medicine 2005 Dec;146(6):317-320.
Not Specified 1. Proud K, Habib SA, De Hoyos P, Soni NJ. Point of Care Ultrasound and Its Role in Critical Care 2020
Other 1. Yamada T, Minami T, Soni NJ. Japan could benefit from hospital medicine expansion, leadership. The Hospitalist 2017 Feb;21(2):2
2. Franco -Sadud R, Soni NJ. Pulmonary Perspectives: The Sun Should Not Set on an Un-ultrasound-ed Pleural Effusion Chest Physician 2016 Oct;11(10):8
3. Franco -Sadud R, Dancel R, Schnobrich D, Tierney DM, Puri N, Soni NJ. Hospitalist Procedure Services SGIM Forum 2016 2016 May;39(5):13-15.
4. Abbott E, Rodriguez JC, Aizman A, Newman J, Soni NJ. South American Hospitalist Conference Draws Record Attendance The Hospitalist 2012 Oct;16(10):32-34.
5. Saunders MR, Jung AJ, Kao, CK, Paesch EA, Pho MT, Soni NJ. In the Literature: Physician Reviews of HM-Relevant Research The Hospitalist 2012 Jun
6. Jung, AJ, Smith, S, Paesch, E, Saunders, MR, Soni NJ. In the Literature:HM-related research you need to know The Hospitalist 2011 Jun;17(7):11-16.
7. Badlani, S, Lam, G, Lovinger, D, Soni NJ, Meltzer, D. In the Literature: Reduce CR-BSI, Quality Performance Measures, Treat DVT. Plus Adult Bacterial Meningitis in Classic Lit. The Hospitalist 2007 Jan;11(3):53-54.
8. Soni NJ, Feldman, M. Reducing peptic ulcers in high risk patients: Is there an alternative? ACP Medicine 2005 Jan;28(6):1-2.
PRESENTATIONS: 11/2019 "Monitorización hemodinámica de la Sepsis Respiratoria" and "“Ecografía ¿Supone una Revolución en el Manejo de la Sepsis?”, XXX Reunión del Grupo de Trabajo de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Sepsis de la Semicyuc, Sociedad Española de Medicina Intensiva, Crítica y Unidades Coronarias, Tarragona, Spain (Invited Speaker) Details: During this annual conference of the Spanish Society of Intensive Care Medicine, I was invited to present two lectures, one as a debate and another formal didactic session. Additionally, I directed a hands-on point-of-care ultrasound workshop in collaboration with the local faculty.
11/2019 “Ultrasound-guided procedures and changing the paradigm of clinical practice with POCUS”, 2020 International Veterinary Point-of-care Ultrasound Conference, Austin, TX (Keynote Speaker) Details: As the keynote speaker at this international veterinary conference, I presented a lecture on the use of point-of-care ultrasound to guide invasive bedside procedures and the future directions of ultrasound in both human and veterinary medicine.
10/2019 "Focused Cardiac Ultrasound" and “Point-of-care Abdominal Ultrasound”, Japanese Society of Hospital General Medicine Semi-Annual Conference 2019, Kawagoe, Japan (Invited Speaker) Details: During this conference of the Japanese Society of Hospital General Medicine, I directed the point-of-care ultrasound workshop and presented two lectures on cardiac and abdominal ultrasound.
09/2019 "Point-of-care Ultrasound: Past, Present, Future”, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA (Invited Speaker) Details: I was invited to return after five years and present an update on point-of-care ultrasound at the department of medicine grand rounds at Inova Fairfax hospital outside of Washington D.C.
07/2019 “Updates in Critical Care and Hospital Medicine”, Updates in Hospital Medicine 2019: Evidence-based Reviews on the Management of Hospitalized Patients, Johns Hopkins University, Seattle, WA (Invited Speaker) Details: During this conference, I presented lectures on updates in critical care and hospital medicine based on the highest-yield literature from the past 2 years.
07/2019 "Integration of ACLS and Ultrasound", 72nd Annual Koppa Conference, University of Texas Health San Antonio, Hunt, TX (Invited Speaker) Details: During the 72nd Koppa Conference, an annual statewide retreat-like conference, I was invited to present a lecture on the use of point-of-care ultrasound in emergent management of cardiac arrest.
05/2019 “Point-of-care Ultrasound: 21st Century Medicine”, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New York, NY (Invited Speaker) Details: As an institution, Long Island Jewish Hospital and Northwell Health System have been leaders in point-of-care ultrasound training and implementation. I was invited to present medicine grand rounds and spend the day with trainees as visiting professor.
12/2018 "Bridging the Gaps in Point-of-care Ultrasound Training & Research", Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (Invited Speaker)
11/2018 “Evolución de Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS),” “Evaluación de pleura y pulmón en el paciente crítico,” “Evaluación del paciente en choque,” “Práctica de interpretación de imágenes: gasto cardíaco y respuesta a volume”, X Legado Cuidado Intensivo: Ultrasonografía en el Paciente Crítico, La Universidad de la Sabana, Bogotá, Colombia (Invited Speaker) Details: As the invited international speaker of this conference, I presented four different point-of-care ultrasound lectures and led small group image interpretation sessions.
10/2018 “What are you Missing without Point-of-care Ultrasound?”, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, Dallas, TX (Invited Speaker) Details: I presented an overview of the evolution of point-of-care ultrasound over the past 20 years and future directions during the Department of Internal Medicine Grand Rounds at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas in Dallas, Texas.
09/2018 “Evolution of Point-of-care Ultrasound,” “Focused Cardiac Ultrasound,” and “Point-of- care Abdominal Ultrasound”, Japanese Society of Hospital General Medicine Semi- Annual Conference 2018, Gifu, Japan (Invited Speaker) Details: During this semi-annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Hospital General Medicine, I direct a point-of-care ultrasound workshop and present the fundamentals of ultrasound lecture and two specific lectures on cardiac and abdominal ultrasound.
07/2018 “Clinical Cases in Point-of-Care Ultrasound", Hospital Medicine Point-of-care Ultrasonography, Weill Cornell School of Medicine, New York, NY (Invited Speaker) Details: During this 5-day conference, I presented a series of clinical ultrasound cases, mentored hands-on scanning sessions, participated in small group sessions, and observed various sessions in order to provide constructive feedback to the course directors.
04/2018 “Point-of-care Ultrasound: 21st Century Medicine”, Medical Education Day, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS (Invited Speaker) Details: As the guest speaker for Medical Education Day at the University of Kansas Medical Center, my presentation focused on familiarizing the audience with the current diagnostic and procedural applications of point-of-care ultrasonography and appreciating the different training pathways for healthcare providers to become proficient in point-of-care ultrasound.
04/2018 “Development of a Point-of-care Ultrasound Training Certificate for Hospitalists”, Society of Hospital Medicine 2018 Annual Conference, Orlando, FL (Invited Speaker) Details: As the national director of the Society of Hospital Medicine’s new Certification in Point-of-care Ultrasound program, I presented this lecture to describe the certification pathway to the general audience during the Society’s 2018 annual meeting.
04/2018 “Time to Refocus POCUS Credentialing”, Society of Hospital Medicine 2018 Annual Conference, Orlando, FL (Invited Speaker) Details: During the 2018 annual conference of the Society of Hospital Medicine, I presented this lecture to review the history of hospital credentialing for bedside procedures and propose an updated model for credentialing considering the changes in modern healthcare.
03/2018 “Point-of-care Cardiac Ultrasound for Internists & Hospitalists”, Internal Medicine Conference 2018, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (Invited Speaker) Details: In addition to serving as the course director of a hands-on ultrasound workshop at this annual conference of the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, I presented a series of lectures on different point-of-care ultrasound applications.
03/2018 “Fundamentals of Point-of-care Ultrasound”, Japanese Society of Hospital General Medicine Semi-Annual Conference 2018, Tokyo, Japan (Invited Speaker) Details: A review of the most common clinical applications of point-of-care ultrasound for inpatient providers was presented at this semi-annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Hospital General Medicine.
03/2018 “Leveraging Common Interests for Advancing Ultrasound Research”, 2018 Point-of- Care Ultrasound Summit, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, New York, NY (Panel) Details: I was invited to lead an expert panel discussion on advancing research in point-of-care ultrasound during a special summit at the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine's 2018 Annual Conference.
03/2018 “Current Use of Point-of-care Ultrasound in Emergency Departments in VA Health Care System”, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 2018 Convention, New York, NY (Co-Presenter) Details: I co-presented a poster on the use of ultrasound by emergency medicine physicians in the VA healthcare system.
03/2018 “Point-of-care Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Acute Pulmonary Embolism”, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX (Invited Speaker) Details: I presented a grand rounds lecture on the use of point-of-care ultrasound for diagnosing and managing acute pulmonary embolism for the Department of Medicine at the University of Texas Health San Antonio.
02/2018 “Point-of-Care Ultrasonography Use and Training Needs at VA Healthcare System ICUs”, Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Congress 2018, Society of Critical Care Medicine, San Antonio, TX (Sole Presenter) Details: A poster presentation of the current use and training needs of point-of-care ultrasound amongst VA critical care physicians was presented at the 2018 annual conference of the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
12/2017 “Diagnostic and Procedural Applications of Ultrasound for Bedside Procedures”, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (Invited Speaker) Details: I was invited to present grand rounds on the different procedural applications of point-of-care ultrasound for hospitalists at the University of Michigan Medical Center.
10/2017 “Clinical & Research Applications of Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Veterinarians”, International Veterinary Point-of-care Ultrasound Conference, Austin, TX (Keynote Speaker) Details: As the keynote speaker, I highlighted the potential translation of clinical and research applications of point-of-care ultrasound from human medicine to veterinary medicine.
10/2017 "Extraintestinal Recurrence of Clostridium difficile Infection Without Diarrhea", World Congress of Gastroenterology 2017, American College of Gastroenterology, Orlando, FL (Co-Presenter) Details: A poster presentation of this unique case was presented at the 2017 American College of Gastroenterology Annual Conference.
09/2017 "Evolution of Point-of-care Ultrasound", Japanese Society of Hospital General Medicine Semi-Annual Conference 2017, Tokyo, Japan (Invited Speaker) Details: I presented an overview of how point-of-care ultrasound has evolved in the clinical practice of medicine over the past 50 years.
08/2017 “Point-of-care Abdominal Ultrasound: Key Applications for Gastroenterologists”, Grand Rounds, Division of Gastroenterology & Nutrition, University of Texas Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX (Sole Presenter) Details: I was invited to present on abdominal point-of-care ultrasound applications during the Division of Gastroenterology's grand rounds at the University of Texas Health San Antonio.
05/2017 “Focus on POCUS - Introduction to Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Pediatric Hospitalists”, Society of Hospital Medicine 2017 Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV (Co-Presenter) Details: I served as a senior faculty to lead the discussion about the potential application and limitations of point-of-care ultrasound in pediatrics.
05/2017 “Hello: My Name is POCUS”, Society of Hospital Medicine 2017 Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV (Invited Speaker)
Details: I was selected by the senior leadership of the Society of Hospital Medicine to present a provocative talk on the use of ultrasound by non-imaging specialists.
05/2017 "Pleural fluid echogenicity by ultrasound to differentiate transudative vs. exudative effusions", Society of Hospital Medicine 2017 Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV (Co-Presenter) Details: A poster with the key findings of this research project were presented at the annual conference of the Society of Hospital Medicine.
03/2017 “Point-of-care Ultrasound in Hospital Medicine”, Japanese Society of Hospital General Medicine Semi-Annual Conference 2017, Okayama, Japan (Invited Speaker) Details: I presented an overview of the integration of point-of-care ultrasound in clinical medicine over the past few decades.
12/2016 “Evolution of Point-of-care Ultrasonography”, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL (Invited Speaker) Details: I was invited by the University of Illinois Chicago's Department of Medicine leadership to present on the integration of point-of-care ultrasound in medical education and clinical medicine.
11/2016 "Train-the-Trainer: Faculty Development in Point-of-care Ultrasound”, Japanese Society of Hospital General Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (Keynote Speaker) Details: I directed this educational seminar in collaboration with local Japanese hospitalists to train key faculty in point-of-care ultrasound. The faculty that received training came from all over Japan and now serve as local champions as their institutions and as the national faculty for the Japanese Society of Hospital General Medicine ultrasound courses.
10/2016 “Foreign Body Aspiration during Nebulization", CHEST 2016, American College of Chest Physicians, Los Angeles, CA (Invited Speaker) Details: This unique case highlighting the importance of human factors engineering and patient safety was presented at the Chest 2016 annual meeting in Montreal, Canada.
10/2016 “Ultrasound Cases”, CHEST 2016, American College of Chest Physicians, Los Angeles, CA (Invited Speaker) Details: As the director of this didactic session, I recruited two additional faculty presenters and presented unique ultrasound cases.
09/2016 “Point-of-care Ultrasound and Continuing Medical Education”, World Congress on Ultrasound in Medical Education Conference 2016, Lubbock, TX (Invited Speaker) Details: During this annual meeting of the Society of Ultrasound in Medical Education, I was invited to present a session on developing CME events for faculty development in point-of-care ultrasound.
09/2016 “Building an Ultrasound Education Center: Key Considerations for Success”, World Congress on Ultrasound in Medical Education Conference 2016, Society of Ultrasound in Medical Education, Lubbock, TX (Invited Speaker) Details: I was invited to present on the establishment of our Center for Clinical Ultrasound Education at the University of Texas School of Medicine in San Antonio.
07/2016 “Fundamentals of Point-of-Care Ultrasound”, Point-of-care General Medicine Ultrasound, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine/American College of Physicians/Society of Ultrasound in Medical Education, Portland, OR (Invited Speaker) Details: At this conference sponsored by 3 large national professional societies, I presented the opening session to kick of the meeting with a discuss of the evolution and fundamentals of point-of-care ultrasound.
04/2016 "Global Perspectives on Critical Care Ultrasonography", Chest World Congress 2016, American College of Chest Physicians, Shanghai, China (Invited Speaker) Details: As the director of this session, I recruited an international panel of speakers from China, Canada, and the United States. After presenting an overview of point-of- care ultrasound, I moderated the discussion between the faculty and audience.
04/2016 “Case-Based Ultrasound Diagnoses”, Chest World Congress 2016, American College of Chest Physicians, Shanghai, China (Invited Speaker) Details: As the lead faculty of this session, I recruited and coordinated 3 other faculty, and I presented a unique set of ultrasound cases.
01/2016 "Bedside Ultrasound: Unique Hands-On Primer to Enhance Practitioner Knowledge in Capturing Specific Images", 41st Annual Conference of the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions, Washington, DC (Co-Presenter) Details: This conference focuses on Continuing Medical Education programs. The unique characteristics and impact on learner skill acquisition of our recurring "Point- of-care Ultrasound for Clinicians" CME event was presented.
10/2015 "Understanding the Use of Ultrasound Guidance for Central Venous Catheterization", CHEST 2015, American College of Chest Physicians, Montreal, Canada (Sole Presenter) Details: An abstract from a research project evaluating the current use of ultrasound to guide central line insertion was presented at this national conference.
03/2015 "Bedside Procedures: The Evidence and the Cost of Doing Business", Society of Hospital Medicine 2015 Annual Conference, Washington, DC (Invited Speaker) Details: As the lead faculty for this session, I presented a didactic session on how to build a hospital procedure service, and I recruited 5 other hospitalists with expertise in bedside procedures to serve as panel members.
03/2015 "Extraintestinal Recurrence of Clostridium difficile Infection without Diarrhea", Society of Hospital Medicine 2015 Annual Conference, Washington, DC (Invited Speaker) Details: A poster of this rare case was presented at the 2015 annual conference of the Society of Hospital Medicine.
10/2014 "Ecografia para Hospitalistas", Hospital Universitario Austral, Pan-American Society of Hospitalists (PASHA), Buenos Aires, Argentina (Sole Presenter) Details: During this international conference, I presented a lecture in Spanish on the use of ultrasound to perform a focused cardiac exam.
07/2014 "Point-of-care Ultrasound Applications for Hospitalists", Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA (Invited Speaker) Details: I was invited by Department of Medicine at Inova Fairfax Hospital to present on the use of ultrasound by internal medicine-trained physicians.
01/2014 "Privileging with Simulation-based Assessment for Hospital Based Procedures: A Survey of Current Programs at Simulation Centers in the United States, 14th International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, Society for Simulation in Healthcare, San Francisco, CA (Co-Presenter) Details: The results of a national survey on the use of simulation to credential and privilege providers was presented at this international meeting on simulation.
10/2013 "Perioperative and Consultative Medicine Workshop", 5th Annual Hospital Medicine Boot Camp, American Academy of Physician Assistants, New Orleans, LA (Invited Speaker) Details: A new workshop at a national conference geared towards physician assistants and nurse practitioners that practice in an inpatient setting.
07/2013 "Ultrasonido Portátil para Hospitalistas", Jornada de Medicina Interna Hospitalaria 2013, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (Sole Presenter) Details: I presented at this international conference on the different diagnostic applications of portable ultrasound for hospitalists. The conference was sponsored by the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Additionally, I was the course director for a hands-on ultrasound course that took place during this annual conference.
04/2013 "Point-of-Care Ultrasound", Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, TX (Sole Presenter) Details: I presented an overview of the various applications of point-of-care ultrasound that are broadly applicable to different specialties, along with limitations and training considerations.
03/2013 "Thoracic and Abdominal Trauma Ultrasound", 2013 International Conference and Training on Emergency Trauma Care, Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam (Sole Presenter) Details: In addition to teaching several hands-on sessions at this international conference in Vietnam, I presented lectures on the use of ultrasound to evaluate the thorax and abdomen in trauma patients.
02/2013 "Updates in Hospital Medicine 2013: Evidence-based Reviews on the Management of Hospitalized Patients", University of Chicago & Society of Hospital Medicine, Ft Lauderdale, FL (Invited Speaker) Details: As course director, I developed this collaborative continuing medical education event between the University of Chicago, Society of Hospital Medicine, and Continuing Education, Inc. Three nationally recognized academic hospitalists and I presented case-based reviews of the most recent medical literature from the past 18 months relevant to hospital medicine.
11/2012 “Focused Cardiac Ultrasound: Indications & Limitations", Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Workshop, American Society of Echocardiography, Chicago, IL (Invited Speaker) Details: I presented two lectures on applications of focused cardiac ultrasound at this national hands-on workshop through the American Society of Echocardiography.
11/2012 "Procalcitonin-guided Antibiotic Therapy", Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, Dallas, TX (Sole Presenter) Details: The clinical utility of procalcitonin for guidance of antibiotic therapy was presented based on data from our AHRQ-funded comparative effectiveness review that I had led.
10/2012 “Updates in Perioperative Medicine”, 4th Annual Hospital Medicine Boot Camp, American Academy of Physician Assistants, New Orleans, LA (Invited Speaker) Details: I co-presented an update on perioperative medicine at this national conference aimed at advanced practice providers in hospital medicine.
10/2012 “Inpatient Management of Atrial Fibrillation”, 4th Annual Hospital Medicine Boot Camp, American Academy of Physician Assistants, New Orleans, LA (Invited Speaker) Details: I presented a review and update of atrial fibrillation at this national conference geared toward physician assistants and nurse practitioners in hospital medicine.
07/2012 “Ultrasonido para Hospitalistas”, La Tercera Jornada de Medicina Hospitalaria Panamericana y Chilena, La Sociedad Chilena de Hospitalistas y La Sociedad Panamericana de Hospitalistas (PASHA), Santiago, Chile (Invited Speaker) Details: I presented on diagnostic applications of portable ultrasound in Spanish at this international conference of the Pan-American Society of Hospitalists (PASHA). Also, I was the course director and faculty for the first hands-on ultrasound course at this annual meeting.
04/2012 “Global Health for Hospitalists: Ethics, Practice, and Opportunities”, Society of Hospital Medicine 2012 Annual Conference, San Diego, CA (Invited Speaker) Details: I organized this national workshop to discuss ethical dilemmas confronting providers in global health settings. Several challenging clinical scenarios were presented and the ethical dilemmas were discussed in small groups facilitated by national and international faculty. Evaluations showed a score of 4.1 on a 5-point scale.
04/2012 “Focused Cardiac Ultrasound for Hospitalists”, Society of Hospital Medicine 2012 Annual Conference, San Diego, CA (Invited Speaker) Details: I was invited to give this lecture as part of the hands-on ultrasound course at the Society of Hospital Medicine‘s annual conference. Evaluations showed a score of 4.65 on a 5-point scale.
03/2012 “Clinical Updates in Perioperative Medical Management for Interventional Radiologists”, Society of Interventional Radiology 37th Annual Scientific Meeting, San Francisco, CA (Invited Speaker) Details: I presented a lecture on perioperative medical management at this national conference in interventional radiology.
01/2012 “Simulation-based Credentialing for Hospital Procedures in an Era of Patient Safety”, 12th International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, Society for Simulation in Healthcare, San Diego, CA (Invited Speaker) Details: At this international conference in simulation, I coordinated an expert panel on simulation-based privileging of healthcare providers, and I presented data from a pilot survey on the use of simulation to privilege providers. This presentation caught the attention of the society's leadership because of the controversy around this topic. Afterwards, my colleagues and I were invited to collaborate with the society's technology and standards committee to develop a roadmap to outline an approach to develop simulation-based privileging programs.
09/2011 "Inpatient Management of Diabetes Mellitus", 7th Annual Midwestern Hospital Medicine Conference, Society of Hospital Medicine & Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (Invited Speaker) Details: I lectured at this regional conference for hospitalists and focused on new guidelines for inpatient management of diabetes mellitus. Evaluations showed a score of 4.46 on a 5-point scale.
09/2011 “Fundamentals of Ultrasound & Procedures”, 7th Annual Midwestern Hospital Medicine Conference, Society of Hospital Medicine & Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (Invited Speaker)
Details: I lectured on ultrasound-guided bedside procedures during this regional hospital medicine conference. Evaluation scores ranged from 4.72-4.83 on a 5-point scale.
08/2011 "Updates in Hospital Medicine", 3rd Annual Hospital Medicine Boot Camp, American Academy of Physician Assistants, Washington, DC (Invited Speaker) Details: During this national conference, I lectured to advanced practice providers in hospital medicine to update them on the most recent medical literature. I co-presented with another academic hospitalist.
08/2011 "Preoperative Evaluation & Perioperative Risk Reduction", 3rd Annual Hospital Medicine Boot Camp, American Academy of Physician Assistants, Washington, DC (Invited Speaker) Details: During this national conference, I lectured on preoperative evaluation and perioperative risk reduction to advanced practice providers in hospital medicine. Of the 175 evaluation survey respondents, 93% either strongly agreed or agreed that I explained perioperative management clearly and was able to provide clear and concrete examples that will help them in their practice.
08/2011 “Hospital Management of Atrial Fibrillation”, 3rd Annual Hospital Medicine Boot Camp, American Academy of Physician Assistants, Washington, DC (Invited Speaker) Details: During this national conference, I lectured to advanced practice providers in hospital medicine. Of the 175 evaluation respondents, 94% either strongly agreed or agreed that I explained Atrial Fibrillation and Management clearly and was able to provide clear and concrete examples that will help them in their practice.
05/2011 “Hand-cardiac Cardiac Ultrasound”, Society of Hospital Medicine 2011 Annual Conference, Dallas, TX (Invited Speaker) Details: I lectured during this national hands-on diagnostic ultrasound course on cardiac point-of-care ultrasound. Evaluations showed a score of 4.6 on a 5-point scale.
10/2010 "Review of Medical Literature", 6th Annual Midwestern Hospital Medicine Conference, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (Invited Speaker) Details: During this regional conference, I reviewed the most recent medical literature relevant to hospital medicine, and I collaborated with 3 other academic hospitalists from the Midwest to prepare and present this lecture.
10/2010 "Ultrasound-guided Thoracentesis", Simulation-Based Procedure Pre-course, 6th Annual Midwestern Hospital Medicine Conference, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (Invited Speaker) Details: I lectured on ultrasound-guided thoracentesis as part of a regional hands-on procedures workshop. Evaluations showed a score of 4.63 on a 5-point scale.
10/2010 "Updates in Hospital Medicine", 6th Annual Midwestern Hospital Medicine Conference, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (Co- Presenter) Details: I reviewed the most important medical literature from the past 2 years during this regional hospital medicine meeting.
06/2010 "Preoperative Evaluation & Perioperative Risk Reduction", Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, IL (Invited Speaker) Details: This regional grand rounds was delivered to internists and subspecialists at a partnering hospital of the University of Chicago Medical Center.
04/2010 "Medicina Hospitalaria", El 9 Congreso Colombiano de Hospitales y Clinicas, La Associacion Colombiana de Hospitales y Clinicas, Bogota, Colombia (Invited Speaker) Details: I was invited to present this international lecture on the "Evolution of Hospital Medicine" in Spanish at the annual meeting of the National Colombian Association of Hospitals and Clinics. The purpose of the lecture was to present concepts of hospital medicine to administrators and clinical leaders in Colombia.
04/2010 "Introduction to Hand-Carried Ultrasound: Cardiac Imaging for Hospitalists Workshop", Society of Hospital Medicine 2010 Annual Conference, Washington, DC (Invited Speaker) Details: I was invited to present the first hands-on cardiac ultrasound workshop at the Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting in 2010. It was designed for 24 participants, but there was such an overwhelmingly positive response that it was overbooked with over 90 participants! The success of this workshop led to the Society‘s approval of a separate diagnostic point-of-care ultrasound pre-course the following year. Evaluations showed a score of 4.67 on a 5-point scale
03/2010 "Perioperative Medical Management for Interventional Radiologists", Society of Interventional Radiology 35th Annual Scientific Meeting, Tampa, FL (Invited Speaker) Details: This national lecture on perioperative medical management was geared toward advanced practice providers and physicians in interventional radiology . Evaluations showed a score of 4.68 on a 5-point scale.
09/2009 “Actualización en Medicina Hospitalaria”, III Congresso Internacional y XXXVIII Seminarios Cientificos Medicos, Hospital Santo Tomas, La Universidad de Panama, Panama City, Panama (Invited Speaker) Details: I presented this lecture in Spanish during an international conference at the University of Panama in Panama City, Panama. The lecture was an update on the most recent medical literature relevant to the care of hospitalized patients.
09/2009 "Evolucion del Medico Hospitalista", III Congreso Internacional y XXXVIII Seminarios Cientificos Medicos, Hospital Santo Tomas, La Universidad de Panama, Panama City, Panama (Invited Speaker) Details: I was invited to present this lecture in Spanish on the "Hospital Medicine Movement" at this international medical conference. The target audience was faculty from around Latin America and mostly from the primary teaching hospital of the University of Panama in Panama City, Panama. The purpose of the presentation was to present general concepts of hospital medicine that could potentially be applied in their healthcare systems to provide higher value care.
08/2009 "Updates in Hospital Medicine", Clinical Review 2009: Entering the Era of Personalized Medicine, University of Chicago Continuing Education Program, Napa, CA (Invited Speaker) Details: This national lecture was an update on the most recent medical literature and was presented in collaboration with two other academic hospitalists.
03/2009 "Current Medical Therapy Update", Society of Interventional Radiology 34th Annual Scientific Meeting, Society of Interventional Radiology, San Diego, CA (Invited Speaker) Details: I was invited to present a lecture on updates in perioperative medical management for providers in interventional radiology . Evaluations showed a cumulative score of 4.76 on a 5-point scale.
08/2008 "Preoperative Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery", Advances in Primary Care and Hospital Medicine Conference, University of Chicago Continuing Medical Education Program, Napa, CA (Invited Speaker) Details: I presented a lecture on preoperative evaluation as part of a national conference organized by the University of Chicago Continuing Medical Education office.
08/2008 "Updates in Hospital Medicine", Advances in Primary Care and Hospital Medicine Conference, University of Chicago Continuing Medical Education Program, Napa, CA (Invited Speaker) Details: I was invited to present an update on the most recent medical literature for internists. I reviewed the major medical journals from the past 18 months, prepared a case-based presentation, and presented the final lecture.
11/2004 "Role of Serum Chloride Ratio in Assessing Acid-Base Disorders in Hospitalized Patients", Texas Academy of Internal Medicine 2004 Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX (Invited Speaker) Details: I presented as first author of this research poster at the regional meeting of the Texas Academy of Internal Medicine.
04/2004 "Fulminant Celiac Disease Presenting During the Puerperium", American College of Physicians Regional Conference, American College of Physicians, Dallas, TX (Invited Speaker) Details: I presented and won an award for this clinical poster during the regional American College of Physicians conference in Dallas in 2004.
RESEARCH GRANTS:
Federal
Project #: I50 HX002263-01A Funding Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
Title: Evaluation of Implementation of a National Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training Program Status: Active
Period: 10/2016 - 09/2020
Role: Principal Investigator % Effort: 25
Total Costs: $600,000.00
Grant Detail: This Department of Veterans Affairs QUERI partnered evaluation project is evaluating the impact of a Point-of-care Ultrasound (POCUS) Training Course on provider skill acquisition and retention; the frequency of POCUS use by trained providers; and the barriers/facilitators to POCUS in the VHA. Data sources include the pre- and post-course assessment tools knowledge and skills tests, medical coding data, and course evaluations. Providers that participate in the POCUS Training Course are being compared to control providers from wait-listed facilities. Findings from this project will guide ongoing efforts of our operating partners, Specialty Care Centers of Innovation (SCCI) and the Simulation Learning and Research Network (SimLEARN), to build a national POCUS training program and facilitate implementation of POCUS use system-wide in the VA healthcare system.
Project #: HHSA290200710058 Funding Agency: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Effective Health Care Program Title: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Comprehensive EPC Comparative Effectiveness Reviews for Effective Health Care Status: Complete
Period: 09/2009 - 09/2012
Role: Co-Investigator % Effort: 50
Total Costs: $1,200,000.00
Grant Detail: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) conducts the Effective Health Care Program as part of its mission to organize knowledge and make it available to inform decisions about health care. AHRQ has an established network of Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs) that produce Evidence Reports/Technology Assessments to assist public- and private-sector organizations in their efforts to improve the quality of health care. The EPCs now lend their expertise to the Effective Health Care Program by conducting comparative effectiveness reviews (CERs). I served as a co- investigator of two projects funded under this grant. I was a co-investigator and project lead for the CER titled, "Procalcitonin for Diagnosis and Management of Sepsis," and a co- investigator for the project titled, "Future Research Needs for Prevention and Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection."
Private
Project #: Funding Agency: Institute for Integration of Medicine and Science (IIMS)
Title: Detection of heart scarring by contrast MRI after a pneumococcal pneumonia episode
Status: Complete
Period: 10/2015 - 09/2016
Role: Co-Investigator % Effort:
Total Costs: $50,000.00
Grant Detail:
Project #: Funding Agency: Southwest National Primate Research Center Texas Biomedical Research Institute (TBRI) Title: Efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem cells on non-human primates with invasive pneumococcal disease Status: Complete
Period: 07/2002 - 06/2004
Role: Co-Investigator % Effort:
Total Costs: $100,000.00
Grant Detail:
SERVICE
SERVICE TO THE INSTITUTION:
Dates Type Description Role 06/2016-07/2016 School Mentor for Austin Enenmoh Research Mentor
I served as a research mentor for Austin Enenmoh during his first two years of medical school. He was able to co-present an abstract locally and a poster nationally.
01/2016-07/2016 School Mentor for Shane Ali Research Mentor I have served as a research and career mentor for Shane Ali during his first two years of medical school. He was awarded a prestigious national scholarship from the Society of Hospital Medicine for his research project.
10/2015-06/2018 Department Mentor for Zachary Dreyfuss Research Mentor I served as a research mentor for Zachary Dreyfuss during his pulmonary/critical care fellowship for his project on use of ultrasound to differentiate types of pleural effusions.
02/2015-06/2018 Department Mentor for Patricio de Hoyos Research Mentor Zambrano
I served as a research mentor for Patricio de Hoyos Zambrano during his pulmonary/critical care fellowship. He presented his abstract at the national conference of the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
07/2014-06/2016 Department Mentor for Holly Keyt Research Mentor During her pulmonary/critical care fellowship, I served as a research mentor for Holly Keyt. She presented and published her abstract with the American College of Chest Physicians, and her final manuscript was published in the Journal of Critical Care.
07/2014-Present Department Mentor for Robert Nathanson Mentor Since he completed his year as chief resident in 2014, I have a served as a general career mentor for Robert Nathanson, as well as a mentor with specific expertise in point-of-care ultrasonography.
07/2013-Present School Longitudinal Medical Student Co-Director Ultrasound Curriculum, University of Texas School of Medicine San Antonio As co-director of the School of Medicine‘s Longitudinal Medical Student Ultrasound Curriculum, I developed the educational curriculum in point-of-care ultrasound for pre- clinical medical students. My responsibilities include preparing and presenting a lecture series, teaching hands-on skills during practical sessions, serving as a key faculty for the medical student ultrasound interest group, and representing the School of Medicine at national meetings on medical student ultrasound.
05/2012-Present Department Critical Care Ultrasound Director Education, Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine I have developed an educational curriculum in critical care ultrasound primarily for the pulmonary/critical care fellows. My roles include directing an annual critical care ultrasound boot camp in collaboration with the San Antonio Military Medical Center, teaching hands-on skills during ICU ultrasound rounds, presenting an ultrasound lecture series, assisting with ultrasound-guided procedures during patient care, and managing the ultrasound equipment in the VA and UH MICU‘s.
04/2012-05/2017 University Hospital Procedure Service, South Director Texas Veterans Health Care System & University Health System As director of the Hospital Medicine Procedure Service, I trained all incoming chief residents in ultrasound-guided bedside procedures prior to the start of each academic year, assisted with bedside procedures at both VA and UH hospitals throughout the year, managed ultrasound equipment and procedure supplies at both hospitals. Currently, I continue to assist with bedside procedures when needed.
04/2012-06/2016 Department Patient Safety & Procedure Director Service Rotation, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Department of Medicine I directed the procedure service that is part of the internal medicine resident rotation in patient safety. My responsibilities included teaching internal medicine resident ultrasound- guided procedures through lectures, simulation, and procedure supervision; coordinating and maintaining procedure service equipment; providing direct patient care by performing procedures alone. I served as the director of the rotation from 2012 until 2017 when my mentee, Robert Nathanson, assumed the directorship, although I continue to be active in teaching residents bedside procedures.
01/2012-06/2013 School Facilitated Acceptance to Medical Director Education (FAME) Program, University of Texas School of Medicine San Antonio The FAME program was part of the University of Texas TIME initiative to reform the overall structure of medical education. As physician director of the FAME program, my responsibilities included coordination of curricula and educational activities for courses taught collaboratively by UTSA and UTHSCSA faculty, and longitudinal curriculum planning for the UT TIME initiative with the UTHSCSA core curriculum.
01/2010-01/2012 Hospital Hospitalist Procedure Service, Director Section of Hospital Medicine, University of Chicago As director of the Hospital Procedure Service, I procured a portable ultrasound machine for the section of hospital medicine, performed ultrasound-guided bedside procedures primarily on transplant patients, and educated other providers (MD‘s, NP/PA‘s, residents) in the use of ultrasound to guide procedures.
01/2010-01/2012 Department Hospital Medicine Consultation Director Service, Section of Hospital Medicine, University of Chicago As director of the inpatient medicine consult service, my roles included: collaborating with service chiefs, mainly from surgical services, to coordinate perioperative care; teaching the internal medicine residents rotating on the consult service; and serving as a liaison between the hospitalists and surgeons.
01/2007-01/2009 University Undergraduate Student-Hospitalist Director Shadowing Program, University of Chicago As a junior faculty, I started an undergraduate student shadowing program for students potentially interested in pursuing a career in medicine.
01/2007-01/2009 Hospital Hospitalist Liaison, Hospitalist- Liaison Liver Transplant Service, Section of General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago As the hospitalist liaison to the liver transplantation co-management committee, I represented the section of hospital medicine and worked with the hematologists and transplant surgeons to collaboratively manage the clinical operations of the co-management service.
07/2006-04/2012 School Mentor, Medical Student Mentor Mentorship Program, University of Chicago-Pritzker School of Medicine I met with third and fourth year medical students to provide career guidance at the end of medical school. I helped them plan their fourth year medical school electives, prepare for residency applications, and support them with letters of recommendation. I mentored the following students: Eric Sun, Kenneth Lau, Rick Gill, Dennis Dobitsch, Melissa Sandrasangra, and Deeksha Jandhyala.
07/2006-04/2012 Department Mentor, Resident Mentorship Mentor Program, University of Chicago Medical Center I mentored graduating internal medicine residents by providing career guidance (job selection, job searches, long-term planning) and letters of recommendation. I served as a mentor for the following senior residents: Irina Komarova, Anand Morker, Alan Jung, and Jennifer Jeskey-Sabuda.
07/2005-06/2006 Department Mentor, Medical Student Mentor Mentoring, University of Mississippi Medical Center I met with 3rd and 4th years medical students to provide career guidance during medical school and as they planned their post-graduate medical training. I also wrote letters of recommendations for residency applications and other applications. I mentored the following students: Chelle Pope, Gurpreet Chahal, and Ashley Sumrall.
01/2003-01/2004 Hospital Resident‘s Council of Clinical Member Affairs, Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas I served on this council to represent the internal medicine residents. The council dealt with clinical operations relevant to the internal medicine residency training program.
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION:
Dates Type Description Role 03/2017-Present National National Director, Point-of-care Director Ultrasound Certificate Program, Society of Hospital Medicine Through a national selection process, I was selected to serve as the national director for the Society of Hospital Medicine‘s Point-of-care Ultrasound Certificate Program. My primary roles have been developing the educational program and implementing the program in collaboration with the American College of Chest Physicians to build a joint certificate program. My specific roles include chairing the program‘s steering committee, directing three working groups (education, innovations, and meeting planning), executing educational events, teaching hands-on courses, recruiting and scheduling faculty.
07/2016-Present International Point-of-care Ultrasound for the Course Director Hospitalist Workshop, Japanese Society of Hospital General Medicine In collaboration with the Japanese Society of Hospital General Medicine, I have served as a course co-director for a recurring hands-on workshop in Japan titled, "Point-of-care Ultrasound for the Hospitalist." After conducting a "train-the-trainer" faculty development session in November 2016, the society has organized semiannual workshops to teach practicing physicians basic point-of-care ultrasound skills. Course participants attend from across Japan and other east Asian countries, such as Korea and China.
05/2016-05/2018 National Point-of-care Ultrasound Task Member Force, American Society of Echocardiography I was selected by the American Society of Echocardiography leadership to serve on this new task force to address issues related to use of point-of-care ultrasound to perform focused cardiac ultrasound exams.
01/2015-Present National American Journal of Cardiology Reviewer I have served as a reviewer of articles on point-of-care cardiac ultrasound that are being considered for publication in the American Journal of Cardiology
03/2014-Present National Mentor for Ria Dancel Mentor I have served as an external mentor for Ria Dancel to develop a hospitalist-run ultrasound- guided bedside procedure service at the University of North Carolina.
01/2014-Present International Respirology Reviewer I have served as a reviewer of articles on pneumonia, critical care, and inpatient decision- making that are being considered for publication in Respirology.
04/2011-01/2013 National Agency for Healthcare Research Reviewer and Quality, Effective Healthcare Program I worked with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality‘s Effective Healthcare Program, and I served as a reviewer of publications relevant to my background in point-of- care diagnostics.
07/2010-Present National Journal of Hospital Medicine Reviewer I serve as a reviewer of journal articles about point-of-care ultrasound, bedside procedures, diagnostics, and consultative medicine.
10/2009-10/2011 National Annual Meeting Committee, Member Midwestern Hospital Medicine Conference The annual meeting committee reviewed the conference program (lecture topics, speakers, and schedule), recruited faculty, organized the poster session, and reviewed evaluations from participants. I represented the University of Chicago, and helped design the conference program, recruit faculty, and organize the ultrasound-guided procedures course.
02/2008-06/2012 National The Medscape Journal of Reviewer Medicine
I have served as a reviewer of hospital medicine articles for this online publication.
09/2004-02/2005 International Kidney International Reviewer Under the mentorship of James Knochel, the former chairman of the department of internal medicine and senior editor for the journal, I reviewed selected articles about electrolyte imbalances.
SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC:
Dates Type Description Role 01/2010-02/2010 Patient Care Haiti Medical Disaster Relief, Volunteer Community International Medical Corps I served as a hospitalist volunteer in disaster relief efforts at the primary teaching hospital in Port-au-Prince following the devastating earthquake in January of 2010. I worked primarily in the emergency room and hospital ward tents of the main public hospital, Hospital de l‘Universite d‘Etat d‘Haiti.
01/2008-04/2012 Community New Life Volunteering Society of Volunteer Chicago This charity clinic served different immigrant populations in north Chicago, and I served as one of the attending physicians for the clinic.
01/2007-04/2012 Patient Care Community Health Clinic of Volunteer Community Chicago I was a physician volunteer and served as a preceptor for students, residents, and fellows at this outpatient clinic in west Chicago.
01/2002-01/2004 Patient Care Prostate Cancer Screening and Volunteer Community Awareness Program
As an internal medicine resident, I volunteered with a group of urologists and performed physical examinations as part of a prostate cancer screening program.
01/2002-01/2003 Patient Care Presbyterian Sports Medicine Volunteer Community Network As in internal medicine resident, I volunteered with a group of physicians to perform annual sports physical exams on high school students from underserved communities.
09/1999-11/1999 Patient Care La Clinica San Francisco De Volunteer Community Asis,Guatemala As a senior medical student, I served as a medical volunteer working with local physicians at this charity clinic in an underserved community in Guatemala.
05/1998-05/1998 Health Education Community Blood Pressure Volunteer Awareness Program As a medical student volunteer, I participated in this community activity to screen adults for hypertension, provide basic health education, and refer patients to local clinics.
01/1996-01/1996 Community Texas Special Olympics Volunteer As a first-year medical student, I served as a medical volunteer to provide first aid to children participating in the Texas Special Olympics.
01/1994-01/1996 Community Emergency Care Attendant, Travis Volunteer County EMS As an undergraduate student, I served as a volunteer Emergency Care Attendant at public events with the Travis County EMS.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Dates Organization
01/2016-Present Society of Ultrasound in Medical Education
01/2015-Present American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
03/2013-03/2014 Bexar County Medical Society
03/2013-03/2014 Texas Medical Association
09/2012-Present American College of Chest Physicians
01/2012-Present American Society of Echocardiography
01/2011-05/2017 Society for Simulation in Healthcare
07/2006-Present Society of Hospital Medicine
01/2002-Present American College of Physicians
01/2001-01/2013 American Medical Association
01/1998-06/2001 International Health Interest Group
01/1996-01/2005 Dallas County Medical Society
01/1996-01/2001 American Medical Students Association
09/1995-07/1996 Rho Chi National Pharmaceutical Honor Society
COMMITTEES (UTHSCSA Standing Committees):
DEPARTMENT
Dates Committee Role
11/2012-Present Curriculum Committee Member
My primary role is to ensure the longitudinal medical student ultrasound curriculum is balanced with the clinical skills course and other student courses. I also provide guidance for faculty interested in potential ultrasound-related activities that may be added to existing student courses, clerkships, or electives.
COMMITTEES (OTHER):
DEPARTMENT
Dates Committee Role
07/2010-04/2012 Liver Transplantation Co-management Committee, Faculty
University of Chicago Liaison As the faculty liaison to the liver transplantation co-management committee, I represented the section of hospital medicine and worked with the hepatologists to collaboratively manage the clinical operations of the co-management service. As a new
inter-departmental collaboration, the committee met frequently, usually weekly, to address new operational issues as they arose.
09/2008-04/2012 Clinical Operations Committee, University of Member
Chicago I served as a member of the clinical operations committee to address operational issues of our inpatient transplant hospitalist services, including patient distribution, shift
responsibilities, optimization of hand-offs, peer review, and provider recruitment.
09/2005-06/2006 Internal Medicine Education Committee, Member
University of Mississippi Medical Center The committee reviewed the educational programs of the internal medicine residency and the medical students‘ internal medicine clerkship. I provided input regarding student
and resident education on the hospital wards.
07/2004-06/2005 Residency Review Committee, Presbyterian Member
Hospital of Dallas As a member of the residency review committee, I provided the resident perspective on residency administrative issues, such as accreditation, licensing/privileging, evaluations,
and curriculum.
HOSPITAL
Dates Committee Role
10/2014-12/2016 Bedside & Clinic Procedures Committee, South Chair
Texas Veterans Healthcare System The charge of this committee is to review patient safety audits of bedside procedures performed in all departments in the hospital. As chair, I worked with the committee to develop and execute a plan of action to address any adverse events related to bedside procedures.
OTHER
Dates Committee Role
01/2017-Present Steering Committee for Point-of-care Ultrasound Chair Certificate of Completion, Society of Hospital
Medicine As chair of the SHM‘s Steering Committee for the Point-of-care Ultrasound Certificate program, my role is to guide development of new educational offerings in ultrasound by the Society and guide the implementation of the Certificate of Completion program in collaboration with the American College of Chest Physicians.
10/2014-Present National Point-of-care Ultrasound Technical Member
Advisory Group, Department of Veterans Affairs The Point-of-care Ultrasound Technical Advisory Group is a national working group to develop an implementation plan for use of point-of-care ultrasound in facilities throughout the Department of Veterans Affairs, including training, equipment purchasing, policy development, image archiving, and credentialing pathways.
04/2014-12/2019 Point-of-care Ultrasound Task Force, Society of Co-Chair
Hospital Medicine I led SHM‘s Point-of-care Ultrasound Task Force from 2014 until 2019, and our primary task was to develop guidelines on the use of ultrasound to guide bedside procedures. Additionally, the Task Force served as a sounding board to new point-of-care ultrasound activities in SHM.
03/2014-12/2019 Education Committee, Society of Hospital Member
Medicine I served as a member of the SHM Education Committee from 2014 until 2019. I led activities related to point-of-care ultrasound education and the development of SHM
position statements on the use of ultrasound guidance for bedside procedures.
SCHOOL
Dates Committee Role
09/2012-Present Ultrasound Advisory Council, University of Texas Member Health San Antonio, Medicine, Center for Clinical
Ultrasound Education The point-of-care ultrasound advisory council has faculty members from across the institutions to guide the development of ultrasound education primarily for students, but also residents, fellows, and faculty. The committee also addresses activities related to ultrasound, such as ultrasound-guided procedure training, ultrasound program
management, and quality improvement initiatives within the Center for Clinical Ultrasound Education. The council serves as an institutional sounding board for all topics related to point-of-care ultrasound.
UNIVERSITY
Dates Committee Role
07/2008-06/2009 Health and Medicine Committee, Chicago Careers Member
in Health Professions, University of Chicago The health and medicine committee evaluated undergraduate students‘ portfolios and provided guidance in career planning. I mentored approximately 10 students interested in pursuing careers in medicine and provided guidance to help them plan and apply for medical school.