About the Program
The Baylor College of Medicine/Ben Taub Hospital Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship is currently accepting applications for our one-year fellowship program. Ben Taub Hospital is a high acuity, urban hospital that is one of only two Level 1 trauma centers in Houston’s Texas Medical Center, the world’s largest medical center.
Affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine and the Baylor Emergency Medicine Residency, this environment provides care for a diverse population leading to superb ultrasound and clinical training. The fellowship objectives are based on the ACEP Guidelines for Ultrasound Fellowships and are tailored to optimally meet the fellow’s professional goals.
Admissions
Applicants must have completed an emergency medicine residency program and be board certified/eligible in emergency medicine. Interested candidates may register and submit online applications at the Emergency Ultrasound Fellowships website.
For questions regarding the fellowship, email Stanley Wu, M.D., MBA, or Jennifer Carnell, M.D.
Curriculum
This fellowship provides advanced education in emergency ultrasound (EUS) through hands-on and interactive, didactic educational opportunities.
- Weekly dedicated scanning shifts in the adult and pediatric emergency departments proctored by EUS faculty
- Weekly ultrasound video/image review
- Weekly journal club sessions to discuss cutting-edge ultrasound research/articles
- Unrestricted use of ultrasound in the emergency department
- Access to supplemental hands-on training with ultrasound experts from the departments of radiology, cardiology and anesthesia
The fellow assumes a leadership role in ultrasound education within the emergency department and residency.
- Lectures to residents and bedside teaching during resident/medical student scanning shifts
- Ultrasound workshops/courses
- Active involvement in the resident/medical student ultrasound elective
The fellow is expected to complete one publishable original research project during their year of fellowship.
A longitudinal experience providing the fellow with the skills necessary to direct an emergency ultrasound program.
- Quality assurance of all ultrasound images from the emergency department (with faculty support and supervision)
- One administrative project
- 16 hours per week as an attending physician in the emergency department
- Appointment as Baylor College of Medicine clinical instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Team
