Kimberly Herard, MD

My name is Kimberly Herard, and I am excited to be a candidate for the AEUS Member-at-Large Position. I completed my Emergency Medicine residency training and ultrasound fellowship at Emory University. I currently work at Emory as a member of the ultrasound faculty, where I serve as the inaugural Director of the Physician Assistant (PA) Ultrasound Curriculum, and as the Ultrasound Pathway Director. I have been a part of the SAEM community as a whole and specifically AEUS since 2020 as a resident and then fellow. I was fortunate enough to benefit from a multitude of resources from AEUS including Sonogames, robust journal clubs via Probing the Literature, and continued education through collaboration with other ultrasound fellowship programs. I have also served on the Sonogames planning committee as a judge. I am running for office to continue to help advance ultrasound education for students, residents, and fellows. I also hope to improve access and collaboration of ultrasonography with other organizations in emergency medicine, particularly where global health, ultrasound, and medical education can merge. If elected, I plan to continue the work in advancing advocacy and education for patients at the bedside while facilitating improved health literacy and increased physician trust. It is important to me that the tools we can utilize at the bedside can be better explained to patients. I believe with tools like ultrasound used at the bedside, patients can better understand their pathologies and can increase their trust in physician care and medicine.