Frances Russell, MD

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.