
Ultrasound Fellowship
Faculty
Matthew Kessel, DO - Director of Ultrasound Division and Fellowship
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Founded EUS Fellowship at Brookdale in 2021
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Areas of Interest: advanced echo, pelvic ultrasound, nerve blocks, ultrasound physics, gamification, and workflow efficiency
Aluko Gift, MD - Medical Director
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Areas of Interest: transcranial doppler, TEE, airway ultrasound, and ED ultrasound operations
Jenya Kaminski, MD - Ultrasound Faculty
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Fellowship Graduate 2024
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Areas of Interest: foreign body model creation and resident education
Victor Bernal, MD - Ultrasound Faculty
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Areas of Interest: TEE and nerve blocks
Devin Peuser, MD - Assistant Program Director of EM Residency
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Areas of Interest: Nerve blocks and pelvic ultrasound
Nazey Gulec, MD - Director of Quality
Curriculum
Our curriculum is geared toward giving you the academic foundations necessary to ace the ABEM FPD exam and gain a proficiency regarding the principles required to run an ultrasound division.
Unique Educational Opportunities:
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Become credentialed in performing resuscitative transesophageal echo.
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Learn the intricacies behind the various aspects of building an ultrasound workflow.
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Gain experience in advanced modalities including nerve blocks, endocavitary ultrasound, advanced echo, and more. Fellows receive free access to resources including Ma & Mateer's Emergency Ultrasound, Edelman Ultrasound Physics, Fox Atlas of Emergency Ultrasound, Emergency and Clinical Ultrasound Board Review, and more.
Incoming fellows receive training during fellowship in:
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Image Acquisition (Basic & Advanced)
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Image Interpretation (Basic & Advanced)
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Education - Medical students, Residents, and Attendings
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Midlevel Management + Nursing Teaching Directives
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Quality Assurance
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Ultrasound Billing Requirements
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Attending Physician Credentialing Requirements
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Division Administration + Operations
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US Workflow
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Biomed + Hardware/Software Skills
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Research
Equipment
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Mindray TEX
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Mindray TE7 Max
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(2) Mindray TE7
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(2) Sonosite Edge
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Butterfly hand-held with iPad
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(2) endocavitary ultrasound transducers
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Trophon device for high level disinfection
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Mindray TEE transducer with CleanShield TEE transducer storage cabinet with HEPA filtration