Experts Share Their Experience
Beryl Benacerraf, MD
Radiologist
Harvard Medical School
Dr. Benacerraf describes the use of ultrasound in diagnosing women with pelvic pain, one of the most difficult areas to treat and diagnose, and the superior diagnostic ability that ultrasound is providing compared to MRI and CT.
Brian Coley, MD
Pediatric Radiologist
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Dr. Coley describes how ultrasound has aided in the evaluation of intussusception, a fairly common intestinal condition in children under 3 years old. The use of ultrasound has enabled physicians to more accurately diagnose the condition resulting in the elimination of unnecessary radiation, time, travel, and expense for those children who do not end up having the condition.
Michael Blaivas, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician
Northside Hospital Forsyth
Dr. Blaivas provides a compelling example of how using ultrasound to check the heart of a 16 year old girl in cardiac arrest, completely changed the course of treatment and saved her life.
Alyssa Abo, MD
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician
Cohen Children's Medical Center, North Shore Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Dr. Abo discusses the benefits of using ultrasound to treat both pediatric and adult patients in the emergency setting. She provides an example of a patient with a gunshot wound in which ultrasound was used to quickly obtain vital information to swiftly and accurately treat the patient.
Jay Smith, MD
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Mayo Clinic
Dr. Smith explains how ultrasound has revolutionized his practice as a sports medicine physician in terms of diagnosing muscle tendon ligament problems that people get during sports and recreational activities. Utilizing ultrasound has enabled him to bring the evaluation and management of his patients into the office for efficient and effective patient care.
Chris Fox, MD, RDMS
Emergency Medicine Physician
University of California Irvine Medical Center
Dr. Fox describes the benefit of integrating ultrasound into the medical school curriculum.
Levon Nazarian, MD
Radiologist
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Dr. Nazarian explains the unique benefits of using ultrasound for musculoskeletal evaluation. Ultrasound is different from CT or MRI because a patient can move their body while they are being scanned, so the practitioner can see what's going on inside their body when they move a certain way. Dr. Nazarian gives patient examples including a situation where a patient had a hip replacement surgery that did not solve the problem, however, with the use of ultrasound he was able to identify the source of the problem which was instead a hernia.
Flemming Forsberg, PhD
Ultrasound Physicist
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Dr. Forsberg provides an insightful comparison of how the United States healthcare system differs from the rest of the industrialized world with regards to the use of ultrasound as the first imaging modality used in patient care.
Joshua Copel, MD
Obstetrician and Gynecologist
Yale University School of Medicine
Dr. Copel discusses the importance and benefits of using ultrasound as a first test in a workup when diagnosing infertility issues.
Chris Fox, MD, RDMS
Emergency Medicine Physician
University of California Irvine Medical Center
Dr. Fox provides an example of how using ultrasound dramatically changed the course of emergency treatment for a 26 year old woman when it was when used to confirm a preliminary diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. Using ultrasound to look at the heart unveiled that she instead had a build up of fluid and was then diagnosed with something very different, Lupus.
Chris Moore, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician
Yale University School of Medicine
Dr. Moore discusses the use of ultrasound as an alternative to CT for the diagnosis of kidney stones to avoid unnecessary radiation.
David Bahner, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Dr. Bahner points out the need to further integrate ultrasound into medical education.