Program Description
Hennepin County Medical Center
Program Description
Type of Program
County Hospital-based Emergency Medicine Residency.
Well established program with excellent reputation for training academic faculty.
High volume, high acuity ED (110,000 visits/year).
Well established program with excellent reputation for training academic faculty.
High volume, high acuity ED (110,000 visits/year).
Year Fellowship Started:
2002
Ultrasound Program Status
Our Ultrasound Program is long-standing and very well supported (we got our 1st machine in 1985!!)
Ultrasound is fully integrated into our clinical practice and all of our faculty use it for clinical decision-making.
All of our faculty bill for their ultrasound services.
We have 30 ultrasound machines (20 mounted units and 10 cart-based systems), all with full wireless connectivity.
We have a full-time RDMS ultrasound technologist to assist the physicians with resident and medical student education.
Ultrasound is fully integrated into our clinical practice and all of our faculty use it for clinical decision-making.
All of our faculty bill for their ultrasound services.
We have 30 ultrasound machines (20 mounted units and 10 cart-based systems), all with full wireless connectivity.
We have a full-time RDMS ultrasound technologist to assist the physicians with resident and medical student education.
Number of Ultrasound Faculty:
All of our faculty (30) are proficient at emergency ultrasound, use it as part of their daily practice, and bill for their ultrasound exams.
Notable Faculty
Dave Plummer, MD (first published on POCUS in 1989)
Rob Reardon, MD
Andy Laudenbach, MD
Scott Joing, MD
Bill Heegaard, MD
Andie Rowland-Fisher, MD
Rob Reardon, MD
Andy Laudenbach, MD
Scott Joing, MD
Bill Heegaard, MD
Andie Rowland-Fisher, MD
Ultrasound Fellowship Education
Hennepin is an ideal environment for physicians seeking a future academic career. You will learn to be an outstanding clinician and teacher as well as an excellent sonographer.
You will have a faculty appointment and be treated as such.
You will have access to 30 outstanding mentors and have the freedom to work on dozens of academic projects.
You will have a faculty appointment and be treated as such.
You will have access to 30 outstanding mentors and have the freedom to work on dozens of academic projects.
Do you bill for ultrasounds?
Yes
Do you require follow up imaging for patients who get ultrasounds?
No
Other Information
Ultrasound has been used in the Emergency Department at Hennepin County Medical Center since 1985!!
Several of our faculty have been using point-of-care ultrasound for nearly 30 years.
Several of our faculty have been using point-of-care ultrasound for nearly 30 years.
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