Rebecca Theophanous, MD

I am excited to be considered for an AEUS member-at-large position and look forward to being a more active ultrasound leader! As an AEUS executive committee member I plan to:

1. expand ultrasound educational opportunities through multi-site collaborations, high-yield AEUS-sponsored sessions, and the annual Sonogames Competition at SAEM
   
2. continue to build our online AEUS community and learning platforms, including the Narrated Lecture Series, monthly Probe the Literature sessions, and POCUS training/administrative resources
   
3. foster networking opportunities for residents, fellows, and junior faculty in connection with senior researchers
   
4. collaborate with our colleagues to promote the AEUS mission and our accomplishments both within SAEM and to the broader EM community

I am an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Duke University and Emergency Ultrasound Director at the Durham VA Healthcare System. As ultrasound faculty and prior ultrasound course director, I am very involved with our residency, teaching clinical ultrasound, performing weekly image review, presenting advanced ultrasound topics, and teaching at monthly resident simulation sessions. I am active in SAEM and our ultrasound community, presenting didactic and research-based talks at SCUF, SAEM, and AAEM. I have experience writing POCUS guidelines and policy on my hospital’s POCUS taskforce. As an ultrasound researcher, I obtained a Master of Health Sciences in Clinical Research at Duke. I have published on innovative three-dimensional ultrasound, POCUS training curriculum and clinical system implementation, and am a resident research mentor. My current SAEMF-grant funded work involves POCUS simulation training models and competency testing.

I have board experience serving as AAEM-EUS councilor and SCUF education subcommittee. I help plan and organize ultrasound educational and hands-on sessions at AAEM and other group initiatives including monthly podcast series and writing newsletter articles. Election to AEUS would integrate my researcher and educator expertise to expand learning and networking opportunities for members.