Advocate Christ Medical Center
Program Description
Type of Program
Advocate Christ Medical Center is a 782-bed hospital Level 1 Trauma Center located in Oak Lawn, just southwest of Chicago. The emergency department (ED) serves the south side of Chicago, south and southwest suburbs, caring for approximately 120,000 patients visits and over 4500 trauma activations per year. The ED is staffed by a diversified academic attending group and is the training center for the Christ Medical Center Emergency Medicine residency-training program, affiliated with the University of Illinois Medical Center.
Year Fellowship Started
1995
Ultrasound Program Status
We are a fully accredited ultrasound fellowship program through the Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Accreditation Council (EUFAC).
Number of Ultrasound Faculty
9
Notable Faculty
-7 Attendings who completed Ultrasound Fellowship
-2 Attendings with specialty training in Critical Care Ultrasound
-1 Attending radiologist who works primarily with the Emergency Department and Ultrasound Fellowship
Ultrasound Fellowship Education
Bedside hands-on training in the ED
Simulation Lab with ultrasound models and phantoms
State of the art multimedia lectures
4 quarterly resident Ultrasound workshops
4 quarterly ultrasound formal topics
Weekly US QA review
Bedside training in the ICU for critical care ultrasound
TEE Training in the OR with cardiac anesthesiology and in the ED with trained emergency physicians
Scanning sessions with pediatric radiology
Scanning sessions with Maternal Fetal Medicine
Scanning sessions with pre-op anesthesia for nerve blocks
Do you bill for ultrasounds?
Yes
Do you require follow up imaging for patients who get ultrasounds?
No
Other Information
Longest running ultrasound fellowship in the country
