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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Dr. Nick Villalobos
Director of Internal Medicine and Critical Care Point-of-Care Ultrasound at Brooke Army Medical Center

Dr. Nick Villalobos is an Assistant Professor of Medicine for the Uniformed Services University at the San Antonio Military Medical Center in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and ECMO. He completed his training at the University of New Mexico and holds a board certification in Critical Care Echocardiography.

He is part of a small group of physicians for the critical care air transport team in the United States Air Force and has deployed with the military's ECMO transport team. Dr. Villalobos is an ICU medical director and the director of ultrasonography for the fellowship and residency program. 

Assisted with the development and review of the following content: Webinar: TEU in the ICU - A Multi-tool for the Intensivist

Webinars: Webinar: TEU in the ICU - A Multi-tool for the Intensivist
Katie Wiskar, MD FRCPC
General Internist at Vancouver General Hospital

Lead, General Internal Medicine POCUS fellowship
Division of General Internal Medicine
University of British Columbia

Dr. Katie Wiskar is a General Internist at Vancouver General Hospital. She completed her core Internal Medicine and General Internal Medicine fellowship at the University of British Columbia. She completed a year of POCUS fellowship, including 6 months of Critical Care Ultrasound fellowship at Western University in London. Her POCUS passions include VExUS and POCUS evaluation of volume status; all things echocardiography; and clinical integration of ultrasound findings. Outside of medicine, you can find her on the beach volleyball court, hiking in the mountains, or playing with her two sons.

Assisted with the development and review of the following content: Webinar: An Introduction to VExUS

Webinars: Webinar: An Introduction to VExUS
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Dr. Sue Wright, MBBS, FRCA, FFICM 
Consultant Anaesthetist at St. George’s Hospital in London

Dr. Wright was born and educated in Zimbabwe. She graduated in medicine from the University of London and subsequently gained a fellowship at the Royal College of Anaesthetists in the UK (United Kingdom). She has worked as an anaesthetist in Southern Africa and in the UK and has achieved EACVI TEE accreditation.  

She established and led the peri-operative echocardiography service at the Heart Hospital, London, before moving to her current post as a consultant anaesthetist at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London. 

With two colleagues she co-invented the HeartWorks echocardiography simulator in 2008 and has continued to develop this teaching tool since. Dr. Wright has directed theatre- and simulator-based TOE courses regularly, co-authored a TEE e-learning program and participated in TOE educational activities worldwide. 

Assisted with the development and review of the following content: Webinar: The Importance of Simulation Training for Transesophageal Ultrasound

Webinars: Webinar: The Importance of Simulation Training for Transesophageal Ultrasound