It is an honor for me to welcome you to the Emory Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasonography (AEMUS) Fellowship Program. Since it started in 2010, this program has trained over 27 leaders and innovators in Emergency Ultrasound who represent the fields of Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Critical Care, and Pediatric Urgent Care. While we continuously strive to evolve and improve the program, our goal has remained the same: to train future leaders in Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasonography (AEMUS) by equipping fellows with the administrative, educational, scholarly, and clinical skills needed to be experts in the field.
The core tenants of the fellowship include:
- Ultrasound Expertise: Learn the principles, techniques, applications, and interpretation skills for both core and advanced ultrasound applications.
- Education: Develop lecturing and teaching skills by building an ultrasound lecture portfolio, participate in curriculum development, and contribute to the program’s educational initiatives for UME & GME learners.
- Administration: Understand the critical components of ultrasound program management, including credentialing, quality assurance review, reimbursement, documentation, image archiving, equipment maintenance, and other administrative duties expected of an ultrasound director.
- Scholarship: Understand how to critically appraise ultrasound literature by participating in monthly ultrasound journal club activities, develop your own independent research project from its inception to publication, and participate in one or more ongoing ultrasound research projects.
- Mentorship: Build the foundations of a successful academic and/or community emergency medicine career through tailored mentorship and sponsorship by Emory ultrasound faculty and participate in regional, national, or international ultrasound committees or educational organizations.
Applicants often ask me what makes our fellowship unique and what brought me to Emory. Emory is one of the top ranked medical schools in the country and the Department of Emergency Medicine has a large residency program, with 20 residents per year, over 150 faculty members across multiple clinical sites, and over 300,000 patient visits per year.
The department offers experts in almost every aspect of EM including injury prevention, telemedicine, acute care design, palliative care, social EM, critical care medicine, and health policy. In addition to ultrasound, we also have fellowships in EMS, toxicology, medical education, ultrasound, global emergency medicine, and so much more. Whether a fellows interests are purely ultrasound or at the intersection of ultrasound with medical education, global health, asylum health, EMS, disaster medicine, critical care, social EM, health policy, pediatrics, or anything else, there is likely a mentor with similar interests.
The opportunities for education, scholarship and collaboration are almost endless. To learn more about Emory’s Department of Emergency Medicine, wander to this page.
I chose Emory after fellowship for many of the reasons I’ve listed above, but what has kept me here is the people and the community. We are a diverse group from all walks of life. The general Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Emergency Medicine ultrasound sections alone boast over 25 faculty members, allowing us to work closely together in building strong ultrasound training programs for both emergency medicine and pediatrics trainees.
Additionally, I have thrived because of both the personal and professional support from peers and mentorship from department leaders. With the support of the Emory EM team, I have built a program to train the next generation of ultrasound leaders utilizing the mentorship and ample opportunities available within the ultrasound section, the Department of Emergency Medicine, and Emory University as a whole. I invite you to learn more about the fellowship on our website and the SCUF website. Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions, and we hope to see you in Atlanta soon!
Best,
E. Liang Liu, MD
AEMUS Fellowship Director
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine