Program Description

Type of Program
County Hospital-based Emergency Medicine Residency.
Well established program with excellent reputation for training academic faculty.
High volume, high acuity ED (100,000 visits/year).

Year Fellowship Started: 2002

Ultrasound Program Status
Our Ultrasound Program is long-standing and very well supported (we got our 1st machine in 1985!!)
Ultrasound is fully integrated into our clinical practice and all of our faculty use it for clinical decision-making.
All of our faculty bill for their ultrasound services.
We have 8 ultrasound machines with full wireless connectivity.
We have a full-time RDMS Sonographer to help teach faculty and residents.

Number of Ultrasound Faculty: All of our faculty (25) are proficient at emergency ultrasound.

Notable Faculty
Rob Reardon, MD
Bill Heegaard, MD
Scott Joing, MD
Dave Plummer, MD
Doug Brunette, MD
Steve Smith, MD
Jeff Ho, MD
Jim Miner, MD
Michelle Biros, MD

Ultrasound Fellowship Education
Hennepin is an ideal environment for physicians seeking a future academic career. You will learn to be an outstanding clinician and teacher as well as an excellent sonographer.
You will have a faculty appointment and be treated as such.
You will have access to 25 outstanding mentors and have the freedom to work on dozens of academic projects.

Do you bill for ultrasounds? Yes

Do you require follow up imaging for patients who get ultrasounds? No

Other Information
Ultrasound has been used in the Emergency Department at Hennepin County Medical Center since 1985!!
Several of our faculty have been using bedside ultrasound for more than 20 years.