Sara Schulwolf, MD, MPH
Resident Member Harvard Affiliate Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Candidate Statement
Hi! My name is Sara Schulwolf; I am a recent graduate of UConn SOM and currently a PGY-1 at the Harvard-Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency program in Boston. I am thrilled to be running for AEUS resident member as I feel passionately about expanding POCUS education and excitement within our specialty. Having served on the RAMS board for the past two years, I also believe that I have honed the leadership skills and organizational know-how to be an effective contributor to our organization.
I have loved ultrasound since before beginning medical school when I first became involved in ultrasound research while working as an ED scribe. During medical school, I served as leadership for UConn’s Ultrasound Interest Group, organizing fun and educational events for the student body as well as volunteering as a peer ultrasound instructor. For this work, as well as for my involvement in POCUS research, I was honored to be awarded one of the AEUS Medical Student Ultrasound Enthusiast awards in 2024, and last year, in perhaps my proudest ultrasound moment to date, I was the winner of AEUS’s 2025 Sono Soapbox competition.
I am so thankful for the many opportunities that AEUS has afforded me, and hope that as a resident member, I can repay a fraction of that support in-kind. As POCUS continues to cement itself as a standard of care within our specialty – reflected in entities like the changing EM oral board exam – ultrasound proficiency will become not only a goal for trainees, but an expectation. Accordingly, it will be critical to integrate early, effective POCUS education into GME, and ideally UME. I would love nothing more than to be a part of the organization leading this charge, and to help expand AEUS already tremendous educational, clinical, and research offerings.
I have loved ultrasound since before beginning medical school when I first became involved in ultrasound research while working as an ED scribe. During medical school, I served as leadership for UConn’s Ultrasound Interest Group, organizing fun and educational events for the student body as well as volunteering as a peer ultrasound instructor. For this work, as well as for my involvement in POCUS research, I was honored to be awarded one of the AEUS Medical Student Ultrasound Enthusiast awards in 2024, and last year, in perhaps my proudest ultrasound moment to date, I was the winner of AEUS’s 2025 Sono Soapbox competition.
I am so thankful for the many opportunities that AEUS has afforded me, and hope that as a resident member, I can repay a fraction of that support in-kind. As POCUS continues to cement itself as a standard of care within our specialty – reflected in entities like the changing EM oral board exam – ultrasound proficiency will become not only a goal for trainees, but an expectation. Accordingly, it will be critical to integrate early, effective POCUS education into GME, and ideally UME. I would love nothing more than to be a part of the organization leading this charge, and to help expand AEUS already tremendous educational, clinical, and research offerings.
