National Ultrasound Faculty

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has developed an ultrasound educational program for surgeons and surgical residents. The intent of this program is to provide surgeons and surgical residents with a basic understanding of clinical ultrasound and knowledge of advanced clinical applications tailored to suit the surgeons' type of clinical practice. The program has been developed by the College with the help of the Committee on Emerging Surgical Technologies and Education (CESTE), as well as a group of surgeons with knowledge and experience in the clinical use of ultrasound. A voluntary verification process for surgeons performing ultrasound has been created and is intended to ensure that surgeons who use ultrasound are qualified and that the ultrasound facilities and equipment they use are appropriate for the medical application and meet and maintain quality standards.

For further information about the program see the linked Ultrasound bluebook.

  Ultrasound Educational Program Bluebook (120K PDF)

National Ultrasound Faculty Executive Committee

Executive Officers:

Chair
R. Stephen Smith, MD, FACS

Immediate Past Chair
Grace S. Rozycki, MD, FACS

Vice Chair, Education
Heidi L. Frankel, MD, FACS

Vice Chair, Military
David C. Wherry, MD, FACS

Vice Chair, Technology
Scott A. Dulchavsky, MD, PhD, FACS

Vice Chair, Verification
Jay K. Harness, MD, FACS

Module Directors:

Abdomen
Junji Machi, MD, PhD, FACS

Basic
William R. Fry, MD, FACS

Breast and Stereotactic Imaging
Richard E. Fine, MD, FACS- Breast
Darius S. Francescatti, MD, FACS- Stereotactic

Head and Neck
Robert A. Sofferman, MD, FACS

ICU
Amy C. Sisley, MD, FACS

Instructors
Reid B. Adams, MD, FACS

Residents
Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, MD, FACS

Vascular
R. Eugene Zierler, MD, FACS

Staff:

Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, FRCSC, FACS
Patrice G. Blair, MPH
Kathleen A. Johnson, EdM
Margaret Goslin

   Forms

• Export Request Form (100K PDF)

Revised November 13, 2008

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