Contributors

The Sonosite Institute wouldn’t exist without our dedicated point-of-care ultrasound partners, who develop compelling educational content on point-of-care ultrasound.

 
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    John Hipskind, MD
    Ultrasound Fellowship Director at Kaweah Health Emergency Medicine

    John Hipskind is a board-certified emergency physician in Visalia, CA.  He is active nationally within the POCUS community.  He currently is assistant medical director of emergency ultrasound at Kaweah Health.  He also is Kaweah Health’s EUFAC accredited emergency ultrasound fellowship director and its ACEP CUAP accredited graduate medical education ultrasound director.

    John did his EM residency at Cook County Hospital in Chicago in 1995 prior to the widespread use of POCUS.  He became an early adapter using radiology leftovers, listened to US based podcasts as they became available, completed his POCUS fellowship through the Ultrasound Leadership Academy and is now Advanced Emergency Medicine Focus Practice Designated through ABEM.

    Assisted with the development and review of the following content: Webinar: Beyond POCUS Archiving: Why is it So Important?

    Webinars: Webinar: Beyond POCUS Archiving: Why is it So Important?
    Marla Levine, MD
    Director of Point of Care Ultrasound, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

    Director of Point of Care Ultrasound, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

    Assisted with the development and review of the following content: Jelly On the Belly - Using POCUS to Improve Pediatric Intussusception Outcomes

    Webinars: Behind the Scan Webinar: Jelly On the Belly - Using POCUS to Improve Pediatric Intussusception Outcomes, Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Diagnosing Pediatric Appendicitis
    Francois Loew, MD CCFP(EM), FCFP, MBChB (Pret), DA(SA), ECFMG, Adv. Dipl Pain Mgt CAPM

    Dr. Louw is a co-founder and treating physician at the Bill Nelems Pain and Research Centre, the biggest comprehensive pain clinic in Canada. Dr. Louw is triple certified in GP Anaesthesia, ER medicine and Pain Medicine with multiple research interests in these fields. He serves as Clinical Associate Professor, UBC Dept. of Family and is a Past President of the Canadian Association of Orthopaedic Medicine. He also serves as the Chief Medical Officer of EntheoTech, a bioscience company.

    Assisted with the development and review of the following content: Webinar: Ultrasound-guided Peripheral Nerve Hydrodissection

    Webinars: Webinar: Ultrasound-guided Peripheral Nerve Hydrodissection