Petra Duran-Gehring, MD

My name is Petra Duran-Gehring and I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Florida in Jacksonville, where I started the Emergency Ultrasound Program in 2008 as the sole ultrasound faculty member. Since that time I have expanded the program to house an accredited Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasonography (AEMUS) fellowship and to win ultrasound program management awards from the ACEP Clinical Ultrasound Accreditation Program.  I am active in the Emergency Ultrasound community, currently serving as AEUS Secretary and as a member of the Society of Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships (SCUF) Board of Directors. I have been the Assistant Course Director for the ACEP AEMUS FPD Review Course, Executive Director of the ACEP Emergency Ultrasound Management Course, a speaking coach for the 2022 SCUF national conference, a Planning Committee Member of the Probing the Literature: ACEP/SAEM National Ultrasound Journal Club and was a Round 2 Station Lead for SonoGames 2022. I was awarded the AEUS scholarship to the inaugural SAEM Advanced Research Methodology Evaluation and Design (ARMED) in Medical Education program, which I completed earlier this year. I have a passion for medical education, as evidenced by numerous teaching awards and my current research focuses on the utility of virtual ultrasound education for image acquisition. It is with this experience that I run for the position of President-Elect of AEUS and hope to accomplish the following objectives:

 

1. I want to improve visualization of and expand on the educational resources that we currently have in AEUS: the Narrated Lectures Series, Probing the Literature Ultrasound Journal Club, SonoGallery: Ultrasound Stock Photos, and scholarships for medical students and innovative ultrasound projects.

 

2. I want to expand the number of AEUS member submissions to the SAEM annual meeting as didactics and workshops. I have heard some really great ultrasound speakers and ideas in other venues that could benefit the AEUS community, as so many of you are doing great work!  I would like to create a process for nomination and mentoring so that we can get more of our community’s didactics accepted.

 

3. Lastly, I would like to expand AEUS membership to include those of our community who have left academic medicine and are community ultrasound directors. This outreach project would inform our graduating AEMUS fellows and identify the resources and educational content needed by our community-based colleagues.  This would also provide useful information for future educational initiatives and provide future educational research content.

Thank you for your consideration and I hope to continue to serve the AEUS community as your next President-Elect.