The Mount Sinai School of Medicine Consortium for Graduate Medical Education, consisting of 13 institutions located in New York and New Jersey, sponsors more than 140 residency programs in virtually every specialty of medicine, enrolling in the aggregate more than 2,000 house staff. Consortium educational activities provided to all house staff, regardless of home institution or specialty.
Research in the Emergency Ultrasound Program focuses on improving patient care through the targeted use of bedside ultrasound. Ultrasound has been demonstrated to improve the speed and accuracy of medical diagnosis, as well as improve the safety and efficiency of bedside procedures.
Current research projects include:
Bret P. Nelson, MD, RDMS, FACEP
Director, Emergency Ultrasound
Director, Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship
Associate Residency Director
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
Dr. Nelson has lectured on ultrasound throughout the United States and Europe. He recently coauthored the Manual of Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound (Cambridge University Press) .
He has led a number of CME conferences on basic and advanced ultrasound. He has earned teaching awards from Harvard Medical School and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and was recently named Attending of the Year by the Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine residents.
He is the lead investigator of the multi-center Thoracic Rapid Ultrasound in Trauma (TRUST) study, and is the site PI for the Prehospital FAST exam national study.
Danny Duque, MD, RDMS, FACEP
Director, Emergency Ultrasound
Elmhurst Hospital Center, New York
Dr. Duque 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.
The Emergency Ultrasound Program has received educational grants from Philips and SonoSite.
Noble VE, Nelson BP, Sutingco AN. Manual of Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound . New York, NY, Cambridge University Press 2007
Melnick ER, Melnick JR, Nelson BP. Pelvic ultrasound in acute appendicitis. J Emerg Med. 2008 Jun 18.
PMID: 18571366
Noble VE, Nelson BP, Sutingco AN, Marill KA, Cranmer H. Assessment of knowledge retention and the value of proctored ultrasound exams after the introduction of an emergency ultrasound curriculum. BMC Med Educ. 2007 Oct 30;7:40.
PMID: 17971234
Nelson BP, Meyers CM, Hermann LK. Images in emergency medicine. Hemorrhagic pancreatitis. Ann Emerg Med. 2007 Jun;49(6):734, 755. No abstract available.
PMID: 17512864
Nelson BP, Basavaraju SV, Baumlin K. Sonographic diagnosis of axillary artery aneurysm presenting as painful axillary mass. Ann Emerg Med. 2006 Sep;48(3):339-40.
PMID: 16934658
Nelson BP, Senecal EL, Hong C, Ptak T, Thomas SH. Opioid analgesia and assessment of the sonographic Murphy sign. J Emerg Med. 2005 May;28(4):409-13.
PMID: 15837021
The Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine is built upon a foundation of clinical excellence, cutting-edge research , administrative experience, and education.
We are pleased to offer a wide array of experiences to maximize the learning environment and expose the fellow to meaningful clinical and research opportunities.
For additional information, please contact:
Bret P. Nelson, MD, RDMS, FACEP
Contact(s):
Bret P. Nelson, MD, RDMS, FACEP
Director of Emergency Ultrasound, Assistant Director of Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Location:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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