Advocate Christ Medical Center

Ultrasound faculty and fellows have given presentations and held Ultrasound Course Director and/or Faculty positions at the following national and international conferences:

-2024-
American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM)
Scientific Assembly
Advanced Ultrasound course
Austin, TX
April 28

-2023-
American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM)
Scientific Assembly
Ultrasound course: Beginner and Advanced
New Orleans, LA
April 21-22

European Society of Emergency Medicine (EuSEM) Congress
Ultrasound course: Advanced
Barcelona, Spain
September 17

-2022-
American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM)
Scientific Assembly
Ultrasound course: Beginner and Advanced
Baltimore, MD
April 23-24

-2021-
European Society of Emergency Medicine (EuSEM) Congress
Ultrasound course: Advanced
Lisbon, Portugal
October 2021

American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM)
Scientific Assembly
Ultrasound course: Beginner and Advanced
St. Louis, MO
June 23-24

-2020-
Resuscitative TEE Workshop
Chicago, IL
October 16

-2019-
Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress (MEMC)
Ultrasound Course: Beginner and Advanced
Dubrovnik, Croatia
September 22

American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) Scientific Assembly
Ultrasound course: Beginner and Advanced
Las Vegas, NV
March 8-9

-2018-
European Society of Emergency Medicine (EuSEM) Congress
Ultrasound course: Advanced
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Sept 9

AAEM Scientific Assembly
Ultrasound Course: Beginner and Advanced
San Diego, CA
April 6-10

-2017-
AAEM Scientific Assembly
Ultrasound Course: Beginner and Advanced
Orlando, FL
March 15-16

Mediterranean Emergency Medicine Congress (MEMC)
Ultrasound Course: Beginner and Advanced
Lisbon, Portugal
September 6-7

EuSEM Congress
Ultrasound Course: Beginner and Advanced
Athens, Greece
September 23-24

World Congress of Ultrasound in Emergency Education (WCUME)
Montreal, Canada
October 12-15

Illinois College of Emergency Physicians (ICEP)
Emergent Procedures Simulation Skills Lab
Evanston, IL
April 21, October 6
Ultrasound for Emergency Medicine Course
December 6

-2016-
AAEM Scientific Assembly
Ultrasound Course: Beginner and Advanced
Las Vegas, NV
February 17-18

International Conference of Emergency Medicine (ICEM)
Ultrasound Course: Beginner and Advanced
Cape Town, South Africa
April 15-16

EuSEM Congress
Ultrasound Course: Beginner and Advanced
Vienna, Austria
October 1-2

-2015-
AAEM Scientific Assembly
Ultrasound Course: Beginner and Advanced
Austin, TX
February 28-March 1

MEMC Congress
Ultrasound Course: Beginner and Advanced
Rome, Italy
September 5-6

-2014-
AAEM Scientific Assembly
Ultrasound Course: Beginner and Advanced
New York City, NY
February 11-12

-2013-
AAEM Scientific Assembly
Ultrasound Course: Beginner and Advanced
Las Vegas, NV
February 9-10

-2012-
AAEM Scientific Assembly
Ultrasound Course: Beginner and Advanced
San Diego, CA
February 8-9

-2011-
AAEM Scientific Assembly
Ultrasound Course: Beginner and Advanced
Orlando, FL
February 28- March 1

-Weekly Ultrasound lectures
-EM Residency Conference
-Internal Medicine Critical Care Lecture Series
-Outside departmental lectures/courses: Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, General Surgery

-Intern Ultrasound Bootcamp Course
-4 Residency Ultrasound workshops per year
-Workshop for Emergency Department attending physicians twice a year
-Workshop for Emergency Department nursing staff
-Workshop for Internal Medicine attending physicians

Ultrasound faculty have given presentations and held Ultrasound Course Director and/or Faculty positions at the following national and international conferences (continued from above):

-2010-
AAEM Scientific Assembly
Ultrasound Course: Beginner and Advanced
Las Vegas, NV
February 15-16

-2009-
Ultrasound Course & Workshop
Course Director
AAEM Scientific Assembly
Phoenix, AZ
March 1

Ultrasound Course & Workshop
The Fifth Mediterranean Medicine Congress
Introduction to Ultrasound
Pelvic Ultrasound
Pelvic Case Studies
Valencia, Spain
September 13-14

ACEP- Scientific Assembly
The Fast Exam
Workshop-Trauma
October 5
Chicago, IL

-2008-
ACEP- Scientific Assembly
The Fast Exam
Workshop-Trauma
ED Ultrasound Director
October 27-30
Chicago, IL

Course Director
EuSEM 5th European Congress of Emergency Medicine
3rd Annual Meeting of DGINA
Pelvic Ultrasound
US Guided Procedures
Starting US Program
Sept 14-18
Munich, Germany

ACOS- Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Specialists
Ultrasound Guided Resuscitation
Sept 13
Boca Raton, FL

Mayo Clinic - Emergency Medicine Moving Forward
Trauma Lecture
Pelvic US Lecture
Workshop Faculty
Scottsdale, AZ
March 25

Washington Hospital Center - Grand Rounds
Central and Peripheral Vascular Access
Echocardiography in the ED
Presented at Washington Hospital Center
Washington, DC
Feb 31

Ultrasound Course & Workshop
Course Director
AAEM Scientific Assembly
Amelia Island, FL
February 5

-2007-
Ultrasound Course & Workshop Director
Pelvic US, Ultrasound of the Abdominal Wall Hernia
The Fourth Mediterranean Medicine Congress
Serrento, Italy
September 15-19

Advanced Applications of ED Targeted Ultrasound
Canadian Academy of Emergency Medicine
The ED- Canary in a coal mine
Victoria BC, Canada
June 2-6

Ultrasound in the ED
Emergency Medicine Moving Forward
Mayo Clinic
Scottsdale, AZ
March 25-28

-2006-
ICEP EM Ultrasound Course
Emergency Ultrasound: Basic
Oakbrook, IL
November 15-16
Course Director

EM Ultrasound Review
ICEP –EM/More in Four
Oakbrook, IL
October 3

Vasopressors in Shock
Fourth Annual Western States Winter Conference on Emergency
Park City, UT
January 25

Emergency Medicine Moving Forward
Mayo Clinic
Scottsdale, AZ
March 30-April 1

-2005-
Ultrasound Course & Workshop Director
Doppler Ultrasound in the ED
AAEM Scientific Assembly
San Diego, CA
February 16

First Trimester Pregnancy
Vascular Access
Emergency Medicine Moving Forward
Mayo Clinic
Scottsdale, AZ
April 18-20

Ultrasound Course & Workshop Director
Echo in the ED
The Third Mediterranean Medicine Congress
Nice, France
September 1-2

Ultrasound and the Fast Exam
ENA
Scientific Assembly
Nashville, TN
September 17

EM Ultrasound Review
ICEP –EM/More in Four
Oakbrook, IL
October 11

-2004-
Ultrasound Course & Workshop Director
Doppler Ultrasound in the ED
AAEM Scientific Assembly
Miami, FL
February 18

First Trimester Ultrasound in the ED
Echo in the ED
Emergency Medicine Moving Forward
Mayo Clinic
Scottsdale, AZ
March 26-28

New York State Regional Emergency
Medical Ultrasound Conference
History of Ultrasound and its Advancement in EM
Keynote Speaker
NY Academy of Medicine
May 5

EM Ultrasound – review
Name that Ultrasound Case Studies
ICEP Board Review Course
Oakbrook, IL
September

-2003-
Ultrasound Course & Workshop Director
Echo in the ED
AAEM Scientific Assembly
February 19 & 20
San Antonio, TX

Pelvic Ultrasound
ACEP- Emergency Medicine Connection
Module I: Introduction to Emergency Ultrasound Workshop
April 26-27
New Orleans, LA

Ultrasound Course & Workshop Director
Trauma Ultrasound
The Second Mediterranean Medicine Congress
Sitges/Barcelona, Spain
September 13-14

The Focused Abdominal Sonography for Trauma (FAST) Analysis of the Traumatized Patient: An Emergency Medicine Perspective
10th Congress of the World
Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Montreal, Canada
June 2

The Aging Abdomen
Case Studies in Emergency Ultrasound
ACEP Scientific Assembly
Boston, Massachusetts
October 12-15

-2002-
ACEP- Emergency Medicine Connection
Module I: Introduction to Emergency Ultrasound Workshop
March 2-3
Atlanta, GA

Ultrasound Course and Workshop Director
First Trimester Pregnancy
AAEM Scientific Assembly
March 13-14
San Francisco. CA

ACEP- Emergency Medicine Connection
Module I: Introduction to Emergency Ultrasound Workshop
April 6-7
Las Vegas, Nevada

The Role of Ultrasound in the Trauma Patient
Case Studies in US
Transvaginal Ultrasound
ACEP Scientific Assembly
October 6-8
Seattle, Washington

Ultrasound Course Director
Abdominal Ultrasound, The FAST Examination
Emergency Medicine Between Continents
Reykjavik , Iceland
June 9 – 13