UCLA-Affiliated Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship (CUS)

Our Mission:
To prepare our fellows to become successful leaders in clinical emergency medicine ultrasonography by providing comprehensive training, academic mentorship, and abundant opportunities for faculty development in a variety of clinical settings, all supported by university (UCLA) resources. To uphold the highest standards of practice, education, and academic investigation in clinical ultrasonography for the betterment of our patients, trainees, and medical specialty.

UCLA-Affiliated Clinical Ultrasound Fellows:
- Are academic faculty of two stellar Emergency Medicine residencies (Harbor-UCLA and UCLA Ronald Reagan/Olive View) and for the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
- Learn from 7 core POCUS faculty, with a wide range of interests, experience, and ongoing projects.
- Pursue a subsidized Masters program or advanced fellowship at UCLA (most commonly in research, medical education, public policy or public health).
- Learn to become leaders in our subspecialty through practice (our scans affects clinical decisions and are loaded directly into PACS), teaching (including bedside, conferences/meetings, and simulation sessions), administration (e.g. weekly QA/QI, machine maintenance), program development (e.g. at the VA Hospital, or the TEE program at Harbor), and clinical investigation (of your choice!), while being mentored by national leaders in POCUS.

Starting in 2020, we merged our two well-established fellowship programs with a long, successful history starting 2000 (Harbor-UCLA) and 2010 (UCLA RR/OV).

Active. Several thousand training exams are recorded per year. Our exams are entered in the hospital information PACS system alongside radiology, cardiology and OB/GYN exams.

We are an accredited through EUFAC, and offer two fellowship slots yearly (1-year and 2-year with advanced study).

All core ultrasound faculty are fellowship-trained with extensive supporting faculty (see below). Most of our core EM residency faculty (both Harbor-UCLA and UCLA RR/OV) are ultrasound credentialed.

Core Faculty (all fellowship trained):

Jackie Shibata, MD (Program Director)
Zahir Basrai, MD (APD of Wellness & Compliance)
Alan Chiem, MD (APD of Education)
Timothy Jang, MD (APD of Administration and Board Preparation)
Y. Teresa Liu, MD
Will Shyy, MD
Manpreet Singh, MD (APD of Recruitment & Social Media)
Amir Tabibnia, DO
Dan Weingrow, DO (APD of Quality Assurance & EMR)

We have additional Supporting Faculty many of whom are fellowship trained and multiple-Board certified.

The curriculum is based on the ACEP Ultrasound Fellowship Guidelines with the following:
- Coordinate weekly image review, journal club and mini-lectures for ultrasound division.
- Perform weekly scan shifts (asynchronous and one-on-one).
- Attend / teach at national & regional ultrasound conferences.
- Coordinate and teach at resident (multi-disciplinary) & medical student rotations.
- Deliver grand round presentation at department and local conferences.
- FOAMed / FOAMus contribution to emDOCs.net US Probe series.
- Complete advanced degree (Masters or graduate certificate) at UCLA
- Junior faculty development opportunities through two residency programs (Harbor-UCLA, and UCLA-RR/OV) and Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
- Get international experience teaching providers at a non-profit clinic for migrant patients in Tijuana, Mexico

Yes at Harbor-UCLA and Ronald Regan-UCLA.

No at Olive-View and VA at this time.

No. In many cases, operative and other medical decisions are made solely on emergency department ultrasounds, which are uploaded onto the PACS.

- Sponsorship to complete concurrent masters degree at UCLA (MPH, MPP, MS, etc.) , other graduate certificates, or advanced professional development programs.
- Strong research support with requirement to complete one project.