The Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship at the Icahn School of Medicine is built upon a foundation of clinical excellence, cutting-edge research, administrative experience, and education. The fellowship is accredited by the Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Accreditation Council (EUFAC).
Program applications are accepted through EUSFellowships.com.
Our clinical sites provide a diverse patient care experience and ample opportunity for scanning and teaching. Clinical sites include:
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai Hospital Queens
- Elmhurst Hospital Center
We are pleased to offer a wide array of experiences to maximize the learning environment and expose our fellows to meaningful clinical and research opportunities.
Our curriculum is based on guidelines from the American College of Emergency Physicians and Society for Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships, and includes all major organ systems and procedures. There is significant time dedicated to working with our ultrasound faculty, including our department sonographer. There is a research curriculum organized by our nationally-recognized Research Division. We also have dedicated education aimed at adult education, lecture preparation, public speaking, authorship, and how to run an ultrasound conference. Our primary goal for our fellows is to provide the tools and training to launch their careers in whatever direction they choose.
We have multiple faculty engaged in research activities and collaborations with other departments and industry. Our fellows are exposed to cutting-edge applications such as advanced cardiac ultrasound, transesophageal echocardiography, as well as learning alongside internationally recognized faculty and a dedicated emergency department sonographer.
Our Team
Fellowship co-Directors:
Bret P. Nelson, MD, RDMS, FACEP
Bret Nelson is a professor of Emergency Medicine and System Chief of Emergency Ultrasound at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. He has lectured around the world on point of care ultrasound and medical education. He has written several books, including the Manual of Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound, the Atlas of Handheld Ultrasound, and the upcoming Resuscitative Transesophageal Echocardiography. He has served on the board of directors of WINFOCUS and the Society for Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships, and was an author of ACEP's ultrasound guidelines. He edits the ultrasound education website SinaiEM.us and the ultrasound videos on his YouTube channel have almost 400,000 views.
Cara Brown has significant experience in curriculum design and medical education. She directs our educational offerings for medical students and residents including didactic and asynchronous learning, simulation and assessments.
Ultrasound Supervisor:
Megan Lukas, RDMS
Megan Lukas is the Ultrasound Supervisor for the Department of Emergency Medicine. She is a formally trained sonographer and worked in general abdominal, obstetric, and musculoskeletal imaging for years before joining our team in the emergency department. She coordinates the fellowship and our division educational experiences, and is the division lead for operations across multiple departments.
Site Director, Elmhurst Hospital:
Danny Duque, MD, RDMS, FACEP
Danny Duque is the Director of Emergency Ultrasound at Elmhurst Hospital Center. He has lectured extensively on ultrasound, and is heavily involved in resident and medical student education. His clinical and research interests include pelvic ultrasound and trauma ultrasound.
Site Director, Mount Sinai Hospital Queens:
Amanda Bates, MD
Amanda Bates is the Director of Mount Sinai Hospital Queens. Her interests include medical education and operations.
Director of Ultrasound Education, Mount Sinai Hospital:
Cara Brown, MD, RDMS, FACEP
Cara Brown has significant experience in curriculum design and medical education. She directs our educational offerings for medical students and residents including didactic and asynchronous learning, simulation and assessments.
Director of Pediatric Ultrasound, Mount Sinai Hospital:
Jim Tsung, MD, MPH
Jim Tsung is a world-recognized pioneer in pediatric and lung ultrasound. He has coauthored international guidelines on the performance of lung ultrasound and led prospective studies validating the use of lung ultrasound in children. He served on the Board of Directors of WINFOCUS, and has lectured around the world on a variety of ultrasound applications. His educational Youtube channel, PoCUS4Peds, has been viewed over 275,000 times. He is interested in global health and bringing ultrasound to under-resourced environments and has worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) and with the COVID-19 field hospital in Central Park.