Length of Training
The fellowship is twelve months in length. The start date is negotiable but typically begins on July 1.
Applicant Qualifications
All applicants must have graduated from an ACGME accredited Emergency Medicine residency and be board-eligible/certified with the American Board of Emergency Medicine.
In addition, the applicant must qualify for South Carolina medical licensure. Applicamts must complete an application and submit three letters of recommendation through the EUS website. Once letter must be from the residency program director.
All approved Emergency Ultrasound Fellowships are now required to use the NRMP Match. Fellowship applications will be accepted after September 1 of the preceeding year. An interview is required prior to selection.
Completion of Training
Upon completion of training, the fellow will receive a certificate of fellowship training from Prisma Health Richland and the University of South Carolina.
- Develop clinical expertise in EUS
- All primary applications of EUS
- Secondary applications including:
- Ultrasound-guided procedures
- Critical Care ultrasound
- Advanced Cardiac
- Pulmonary
- Musculoskeletal
- Vascular ultrasound
- Resuscitation
- Develop educational skills to instruct clinicians in ultrasound techniques
- Educational software skills
- Video and Image management skills
- Public speaking
- Develop administrative skills to direct EUS program
- Image archiving
- Physician credentials
- Equipment maintenance
- Curriculum development
- Involvement with National Organizations that promote EUS
- American College of Emergency Physicians
- Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
- American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
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- Ultrasound Examinations
- Perform a minimum of 1000 reviewed studies over the course of fellowship
- Rotations with echocardiology
- Rotations with vascular ultrasound
- American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonograhers Certification (ARDMS) if desired
- Physics
- Instrumentation
- Abdomen
- One other area of choice
- Education and Lectures
- Annual journal club assignment (with EUSF director)
- Optional participation in outside CME course (The Emergency Ultrasound Course)
- Clinical Instruction
- Sixteen hours per month of bedside instruction in the emergency department
- EM resident on ultrasound rotation
- USC medical students on ultrasound rotation
- 800 hours per year as clinical attending in the emergency department
- Administrative Duties
- Departmental ultrasound QA and exam review
- Working with EUSF director to administer resident EUS rotation
- Scheduling
- Resident and Medical Student Testing Professional Organization Participation
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- Ultrasound Equipment
- Sonosite Xporte (5 systems)
- Terason (1 system)
- Philips Lumify (3 portable system)
- Sonosite SII (2 units fixed in trauma bays)
- 4 Clarius machines
- Ultrasound Office
- Simulation Medicine Center - Vimidex and SonoSim ultrasound simulators
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Since 2017, the Prisma Health Richland Department of Emergency Medicine began offering an International Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Fellowship. This unique fellowship opportunity focusing on the destinctive skills needed to integrate an ultrasound program into the International Emergency Medicine (IEM) environment. This fellowship is one of only a handful available in the country to provide you with the necessary skills needed to practice in this environment.
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Patrick Hunt, MD, MBA
Fellowship Director
Year of appointment: 1999
EM Residency: Palmetto HealthPrisma Health Midlands, Class of 1999
Medical School: University of North Carolina, Class of 1996
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Laura Nolting, MD
Fellowship Director
Year of appointment: 2016
EM Ultrasound Fellowship: Prisma Health Midlands, Class of 2011
EM Residency: Wright State University
Class of 2010
Medical School: Wright State University, Class of 2007
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FELLOWS
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Class of 2007
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Hunter Louis, MD
Medical School: University of Louisville, Class of 2003
Residency Training: Prisma Health Midlands, Emergency Medicicne
Current Position: EM Director, Roper Saint Francis Healthcare, Charleston, SC
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Class of 2008
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Matthew Ahern, DO
Medical School: Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Class of 2003
Residency Training: Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Current Position: Staff physician, Scripts Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, California
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Class of 2009
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Jeremy Johnson, DO
Medical School: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Class of 2002
Residency Traning: Madigan Army Medical Center, Emergency Medicine
Current Position: Ultrasound Director, Darnall Army Hospital, Fort Hood, TX, Department of Emergency Medicine
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Richard Preston Wendell, MD
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina, Class of 2005
Residency Training: Palmetto Health, Emergency Medicine
Current Position: EM Director, Trident Hospital, Summerville, SC, Department of Emergency Medicine
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| Class of 2010 |
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Rob Ferre, MD
Medical School: University of Wisconsin, class of 2003
Residency Training: Maine Medical Center, class of 2006
Current position: Ultrasound Director, Indiana University School of Medicine
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James Palma, MD
Medical School: Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences, class of 2000
Residency Training: Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Emergency Medicine, class of 2006
Current Position: Faculty, Georgetown University EM Residency, Department of Emergency Medicine
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Jeremy Smith, MD
Medical School: Albany Medical Center, Class of 2006
Residency Training: Baystate Medical Center, Emergency Medicine, Class of 2009
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| Class of 2011 |
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Laura Nolting, MD
Medical School: Wright State University, Class of 2007
Residency Training: Wright State University, Emergency Medicine, Class of 2010
Current Position: Fellowship Director, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Prisma Health Midlands, Columbia, SC
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Jared Marx, MD
Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Class of 2007
Residency Training: University of Nebraska, Class of 2010
Current Position: Ultrasound Director, University of Nebraska Medical Center
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| Class of 2012 |
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Matthew Flannigan, DO
Medical School: Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Class of 2004
Residency Training: Michigan State University - Grand Rapids, Class of 2008
Current Position: Ultrasound Director, Michigan State University at Grand Rapids, Department of Emergency Medicine
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Brad Presley, MD
Medical School: Univesity of Kentucky, Class of 2008
Residency Training: Medical University of South Carolina, Class pf 2011
Current Position: EM Attending, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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| Class of 2013 |
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Scott Kurpiel, MD
Medical School: SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn, New York, Class of 2009.
Residency Training: Emory University, Class of 2012
Current Position: Director of Ultrasound, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas
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Joe Porres, DO
Medical School: Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Class of 2007
Residency Training: Ohio University, Class of 2012
Current Position: Carolina Care, Columbia, South Carolina
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| Class of 2014 |
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Zubair Chao, MD
Medical School: Georgia Health Sciences University, Class of 2010
Residency Training: Prisma Health Midlands, Class of 2013
Current Positions:
- Staff Emergency Physician, Methodist Charlton and Presbyterian Kaufman hospitals in Dallas, Texas.
- Assistant Clinical Professor at University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas.
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Chris Wilbert, MD
Medical School: Florida State University, Class of 2010
Residency Training: New York Methodist Hospital, Class of 2013
Current Position: Director of Emergency Ultraosund, University of Tennessee at Murfreesboro / Nashville Emergency Medicine Residency
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| Class of 2015 |
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Ryan Barnes, MD
Medical School: West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Class of 2011
Residency Training: University of Rochester Medical Center, Class of 2014
Current Position: Fellowship Director, Emergency Ultrasound, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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| Class of 2016 |
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Zach Grambos, MD
Medical School: Marshall University, Class of 2012
Residency Training: Prisma Health Midlands, Class of 2015
Current Position: Clinical Ultrasound Faculty, University of Tennessee at Murfreesboro / Nashville Emergency Medicine Residency
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Dustin Morrow, MD
Medical School: Penn State University, Class of 2012
Residency Training: Duke University, Class of 2015
Current Position: Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Director, Prisma Health Upstate, Clinical Assistant Professor at USC School of Medicine Greenville
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| Class of 2017 |
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Sydney Hindley, MD
Medical School: University of South Florida, Class of 2013
Residency Training: Prisma Health Midlands, Class of 2016
Current Position: Emergency Physician, St. Anthony's Hospital, Gig Harbor, WA
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Class of 2018
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Brent Boyer, MD
Medical School: MUSC
Class of 2013
Residency Training: University of Cincinnati,
Class of 2017
Current Position: Emergency Physician, Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
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Class of 2019
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Chet Patel, MD
Medical School: Chicago Medical School
Class of 2011
Residency Training: Prisma Health Midlands, Class of 2018
Current Position: Carolina Care, Columbia, SC
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Jake Schoeneck, MD
Medical School: SUNY Upstate, Class 2014
Residency Training: Yale, Class of 2018
Current Position: Ultrasound Director, Wake Forest Department of Emergency Medicine
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