Carolinas Medical Center

12 months

PGY-4: $68,800 (pre-tax)
Additional internal moonlighting shifts built into schedule for supplementary income: $33,280K (pre-tax)
Total: $102,080 (pre-tax)

(1) CME: $1900
(2) Licensing Expenses: $981 total = NC Medical license ($250) + DEA fee ($731)
(3) TEE Resuscitation course ($1491 + travel expenses)
(4) Ultrasound textbooks

~19 hrs per week or 950 hours for the year

(1) Supervision of EM residents
(2) Daily Quality Assurance review of all ultrasound scans by EM Ultrasound Division
(3) Lectures for Wake Forest medical students
(4) Teaching at CME courses
(5) pediatric clinical shifts

One main site (adult & pediatric ED): Urban, regional Level 1 Trauma Center adult and pediatric ED with 115,000 annual visits.

2 fellows accepted
Accepting applications starting: July 1st 2023
Interviews start: Aug 2023

Applications given serious consideration should include three (at least 3) letters of recommendation from:
(1) Residency program director
(2) EM department chair (if possible)
(3) Emergency ultrasound director/faculty (if available)

1) Echocardiography sim lab for TEE
2) Hands-on TEE with cardiology
2) Regional anesthesia for nerve blocks
3) Global health opportunities in Guatemala or Tanzania with established partner hospitals
4) Reading echo studies with cardiology for supplementary experience

1) Required TEE sessions in the OR with cardiology
2) Sports Medicine Clinic for MSK ultrasounds
3) Regional Anesthesia Acute Pain Service (APS) for nerve blocks

1) Weekly around table image review with faculty and ultrasound faculty
2) Assigned quality assurance days. Fellow paired with an ultrasound faculty

Last interview on Oct 25th 2023 (Wed: rank list due)

Match Day: Nov 8th 2023 (Wed) @ 12pm ET