Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship

Founded in 2019 by Drs. Penelope Lema and Di Coneybeare, the Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University is a 5-year EUFAC-accredited program dedicated to developing highly skilled leaders in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). Our core mission is to provide our fellows with a robust mentorship network that enables them to innovate and lead in the larger ultrasound community. The breadth of our pathology in the adult clinical sites provides comprehensive hands-on scanning experience, further enriched by the partnership with our pediatric emergency ultrasound colleagues who pioneered one of the country’s first pediatric-specific point-of-care ultrasound fellowship. 

We provide opportunities for any fellow to explore their advancement in ultrasound administration, clinical integration, education, and research scholarship. Our curriculum will lay foundation for our fellows to become successful in any endeavor with the opportunity to focus on a particular area of interest. Our fellowship is based at the New York Presbyterian Columbia with newly renovated Emergency Department in a state-of-the-art facility at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) and Allen Hospital. In addition to our robust general Emergency Medicine clinical sites, we also work closely with the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York (MSCHONY), a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center.  

 

Curriculum: 

Our fellowship is thoughtfully designed as a spiral curriculum, where fellows build a solid foundation in emergency ultrasound and progressively develop advanced skills. The core pillars of our program encompass ultrasound expertise, administration, scholarship, and education. We are especially proud of our dedication to personalized mentorship, allowing each fellow to pursue their unique professional aspirations. 

 

Highlights: 

US Expertise

  • 1:1 scanning with faculty 
  • Participation of FPD based didactic series 
  • Weekly QA 
  • Organized reading  
  • External rotations with cardiac anesthesia, neuro ICU, and PM&R 
  • Participation in PROBE (Point-of-care ultrasound Research, Outcomes, Breakthroughs, and Education), a hospital wide multidisciplinary collaborative 

Administration

  • Integration into departmental QA 
  • Monthly billing meetings 
  • Machine maintenance  
  • Credentialing of new faculty 

Research/Scholarship 

  • Bi-monthly journal clubs 
  • Quarterly research updates 
  • Participation in on-going projects 
  • Statistical support 
  • Extensive research mentorship 

Education/Teaching 

  • Assistant to residency US advanced practice track 
  • US morning reports 
  • Coach for SonoGames and SonoWars Teams 
  • Assistant course director for PA Fellow US rotation 
  • Teaching to multidisciplinary specialties (neuro ICU, urology, internal medicine, nephrology, family medicine) 

Well-Being and Transition to Fellowship 

  • Fellows’ professional development series (didactic series led by Di Coneybeare & Joni Rabiner offered to all fellowships to explicitly define many of the implicit practices in a career in medicine) 
  • Departmental peer support 
  • Robust fellowship community 

Clinical Sites

Equipment

  • Zonares 
  • Mindray M9 with TEE transducers 
  • Mindray TE7s 
  • SonoSite PX 

 

Program Leadership: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Di Coneybeare, MD, MHPE, FAEMUS co-founded the emergency ultrasound fellowship at Columbia University Medical center in 2019 and currently serves as the Fellowship Director. She is the president-elect of the Society of Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships and a former chair of ACEP’s Emergency Ultrasound Section’s Fellows Education Subcommittee. During her tenure, she established the widely used fellowship literature cannon as well as the inaugural Fellows Symposium. Nationally recognized for her contributions to ultrasound education, Dr. Coneybeare received the Rising Start in Education Award from SAEM in 2021 and the Future Leader in Education from ACEP in 2022. Her research focuses on medical education, and she was awarded the 2023 SAEMF Education Project Grant to explore professional identity formation in fellowship.  

 

Current Fellow(s): 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alina Mitina, DO 

Residency: St. John's Riverside Hospital 

Medical School: Western University of Health Sciences 

 

How to Apply: 

We accept 1 fellow per year for a 1 year fellowship and participate in the match through NRMP. Invitations for interviews are based on completeness of applications and interview positions available. A complete application includes the candidate’s CV, cover letter, and at least 3 letters of recommendation submitted to the SCUF website: https://www.eusfellowships.com/programs/applicants 

The fellowship is a 1-year experience in compliance with ACEP Emergency Ultrasound guidelines. We accept 1 fellow per year.

NYPH website: https://www.nyp.org/for-professionals/emergency-medicine  

SCUF website: https://eusfellowships.com/program-description/?program=164