Wavemakers: Impactful Point-of-Care Ultrasound Research From 2024 (AEUS-Sponsored)

Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) is an evolving field, and impactful research is key to its growth. With over a hundred POCUS-related articles published annually, staying current with the latest evidence can be challenging. In this session, an expert panel will present the most significant POCUS studies of 2024, selected through a review by the Academic Emergency Ultrasound Committee. Using interactive case- and question-based techniques, we will explore the latest research on ultrasound education, disease diagnosis, procedural guidance, and patient care optimization. We will cover top observational studies, randomized trials, reviews, and innovations while discussing methodological limitations and how to address them in future studies. Participants will engage in discussions about how these studies can influence clinical practice and educational curricula.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this session, participants should be able to:
  • Summarize key findings from top POCUS articles of 2024
  • Describe how to implement the key article findings into emergency medicine practice
  • Describe the limitations of the selected studies and opportunities for future research
  • List emerging areas of POCUS research that can inspire further studies

Presenters:

  • Youyou Duanmu, MD, MPH
  • Lynn P. Roppolo, MD
  • Laura Oh, MD
  • Joshua J. Davis, MD
  • Kristin Dwyer, MD MPH
  • Samuel Lam, MD, MPH
  • Michael Gottlieb, MD
  • Frances Russell, MD
Authors

  • Youyou Duanmu, MD, MPH

    Research Officer

    Stanford University

    Youyou Duanmu, MD MPH is an Assistant Professor and Co-Director of the Ultrasound Fellowship in the Stanford Emergency Department. Dr. Duanmu completed a two year ultrasound fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital and earned a Master of Public Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in quantitative research methods. Her research focus is in advanced point-of-care cardiac ultrasound, clinical decision rules and medical education and competency assessment. Dr. Duanmu serves as a research mentor to medical students, residents and fellows and is an educator for the Stanford emergency medicine residency research curriculum.

  • Lynn P. Roppolo, MD

    John Peter Smith Hospital; Adjunct Professor University of North Texas and Texas Christian University

    Dr. Roppolo is a retired Professor of Emergency Medicine from the University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) and is currently core faculty and the Assistant Ultrasound Director at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth Texas. She is an Adjunct Professor at the University of North Texas and Texas Christian University. She is a Senior Editor for the Journal of Emergency Medicine and has published numerous peer reviewed papers as first or senior author. She has assisted with coordinating the Research Learning Series for the last two years. Her scholarly and research interests involve anything related to ultrasound and managing acutely agitated patients to reduce physical assaults on ED staff. She is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, did her emergency medicine residency at the George Washington University and an emergency ultrasound fellowship at UTSW after being part of the residency leadership for 15 years. 

  • Laura Oh, MD

    Emory University

    Dr. Oh is an Associate Professor at Emory University. Her academic interests include emergency ultrasound education and research, and faculty development. She is the former ACEP Academic Affairs Committee Chair, Course Director of ACEP Virtual Grand Rounds, and Associate Course Director of SAEM/AACEM's eLEAD faculty development program. She is a member of the SAEM Program Committee and SAEM Education Committee, and has been a faculty mentor for the ACEP Teaching Fellowship and SAEM AEUS Grantwriting Program. She is the PI of a DoD funded clinical trial related to contrast enhanced ultrasound in blunt abdominal trauma.

  • Joshua J. Davis, MD

    Assistant Professor, Clinical Medicine

    Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine

    Joshua Davis, MD, is an emergency physician in Wichita, KS, who teaches as a faculty member instructor at the Simulation Center University of Kansas School of Medicine - Wichita and a Course Director and Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is the Assistant Medical Director for Ultrasound, Quality, and Research with Vituity in Wichita, KS. His research interests are broad and include emergency medicine clinical topics along with patient safety, interprofessional communication, handoff communication, procedural competency, and medical education. He has published over 75 peer reviewed articles, given multiple national presentations, and written several book chapters. He is involved in developing several national guidelines and curricula.

  • Kristin Dwyer, MD MPH

    Brown Emergency Medicine

    Dr. Dwyer is an Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She works as the Director of both the Emergency Ultrasound Division and the EUFAC accredited Advanced Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship at Brown Emergency Medicine. She completed a two-year POCUS fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA after her residency at Boston Medical Center. During fellowship she also obtained her MPH in Quantitative Methods at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She has served on the executive committee for both SCUF and SAEM AEUS in the past, and was the finance section director for SCUF. She is currently serving on the EUFAC accredidation council. She enjoys collaborating with residents and fellows on education, research and quality projects in addition to growing and strengthening her division as the director.

  • Samuel Lam, MD, MPH

    Children's Hospital Colorado

    Dr. Lam is board certified in emergency medicine and fellowship trained in pediatric emergency medicine, emergency ultrasound, and research. He is currently the Emergency Ultrasound Co-Director at the Children’s Hospital Colorado Section of Emergency Medicine, and Professor of Pediatrics-Emergency Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He is a member of the SAEM Research Committee and current chair of the ACEP Emergency Ultrasound Section.
  • Michael Gottlieb, MD

    Michael Gottlieb, MD

    Rush University Medical Center

    Michael Gottlieb, MD is the Vice Chair of Research and Director of the Emergency Ultrasound Division at Rush University Medical Center. He is Past-Chair of the ACEP Ultrasound Section and Past-Chair of the AAEM Ultrasound Section. He has authored over 500 peer-reviewed publications and is an Editor for Academic Medicine, The Annals of Emergency Medicine, The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, and Academic Emergency Medicine Education and Training, as well as the Social Media Editor for Academic Emergency Medicine. He is Past-Chair of the CORD Academy for Scholarship, Past-Chair of the SAEM Education Summit, Past-Chair of the CORD Education Committee, Past-Chair of the CORD Best Practices Subcommittee, and a nationally-recognized speaker and educator. His academic interests include medical education, ultrasound, infectious diseases, heart failure, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

  • Frances Russell, MD

    Indiana University

    Frances Russell, MD is a tenured associate professor of emergency medicine and the ultrasound research director in the division of ultrasound at the Indiana University School of Medicine. She earned her Doctor of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin, Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. She completed her residency training at the University of Connecticut and completed an ultrasound fellowship at Rush Medical Center and Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Russell’s research interests include point of care ultrasound for acute heart failure and undifferentiated shortness of breath. She has over 50 peer-reviewed publications, has received external grant funding from the NIH NHLBI and American Heart Association, in 2021 received the SAEM Academy of Ultrasound Academic Excellence Award and in 2023 received the SAEM Academy of Ultrasound Most Prolific Researcher Award.
    Dr. Russell currently serves as the Research Officer for the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Academy of Emergency Ultrasound and ACEP Ultrasound Research Subcommittee co-leader. She has been a speaker at the ACEP Ultrasound Management Course, Rocky Mountain Winter Conference, and The Heart Course.

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