Cook County - NorthShore Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship

Cook County/NorthShore:
Our one-year multi-center Emergency US Fellowship combines the resources of a busy urban public teaching hospital with the experiences of an active community hospital system. Our original fellowship was birthed in 2010 at Cook County Hospital, a setting that cares for over 130,000 patients per year and trains 72 EM residents in our storied EM Residency that originated in 1988. The Emergency Ultrasound Division at Cook County Hospital has respected and productive relationships throughout the institution and has trained faculty, residents, and fellows in POCUS throughout our institution, including Medicine, Trauma, MICU, and SICU. Our Fellows have opportunities to scan and collaborate with faculty in our intensive care units, Trauma/ Trauma ICU, Echo lab, Anesthesia/Pain service, Radiology, and our inpatient procedure service. Cook County enjoys a rich academic community with our other Fellowships in Toxicology and Simulation, and there are many opportunities to foster joint projects and share creative ideas for academic scholarship. We dare say our Simwars should not outdo our Sonogames! Our academic affiliation with Rush Medical College provides unlimited opportunities for teaching and engaging the next generation of emergency physicians. Additionally, our active Research Associate program provides support for research and academic projects.
Beginning in 2019 we welcome the addition of NorthShore Hospital to our Fellowship, a healthcare network that combines the resources of 4 major hospitals in north Chicago, including Evanston Hospital, Glenbrook, Skokie, and Highland Park Hospitals that combine to provide a cumulative patient volume of 128,000 and another 60 emergency medicine faculty. The NorthShore healthcare system has a strong academic presence in Chicago, hosting Emergency Medicine residents from across the city, and is well known for its Grainer Center for Simulation and Innovation (GCSI). This promising partnership expands our network of relationships to provide a broader professional network for mentoring, teaching, and research. See: https://www.northshore.org/emergency-medicine/special-programs/ultrasound/
And lastly, Chicago itself provides a huge network of academicians and physicians with unlimited opportunities for networking and collaborating, surrounded by 6 emergency medicine residencies and an active and productive POCUS community.
Two busy and productive Ultrasound divisions, a medical school affiliation, a variety of ultrasound resources, an active research associate program that provides resources for academic projects, and a host of relationships throughout the greater Chicago area makes the Cook County – Northshore fellowship an active, dynamic, and promising training ground.

2010

Division of Emergency Ultrasound within the Department of Emergency Medicine.

6 full-time, 3 part-time/adjunct ultrasound faculty

David Murray, MD
Ultrasound Fellowship Director
Assistant Professor, Rush University Medical College
Dr. Murray completed his EM US Fellowship training at LA County-USC in 2018-2019 after EM residency at Cook County. He was happy to return to Cook County and join the Ultrasound Division. Dr. Murray has taught nationally at ACEP as well as regionally. He has a strong interest in the critical-care applications of point-of-care ultrasound.

Cliff Rice, MD.
Ultrasound Fellowship Site Director, NorthShore University Health System.
Dr. Rice completed his residency in Emergency Medicine in 2008 and a fellowship in Emergency Ultrasound in 2009 at Denver Health. Following fellowship, Dr. Rice accepted an attending positions at NorthShore University Health System where he has played an integral role in the training and education of residents from the University of Chicago and Cook County emergency medicine residency programs. On a national level, Dr. Rice has had the honor of presenting and directing hands on ultrasound sessions at ACEP scientific assembly, and is currently co-director of ultrasound education for the Rocky Mountain Winter Conference on Emergency Medicine.

Christine Jung, MD.
Director, Cook County/Rush Medical Ultrasound Student Education.
Dr. Jung is EM US Fellowship trained at Boston City and joined the EM faculty at Cook County in 2018.

Tim Heilenbach MD, RDMS
Division of Emergency Medicine, NorthShore University Health System
Site Director, Cook County Emergency Medicine Residency, NorthShore University Health System
Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine.
Dr. Heilenbach completed his residency in Emergency Medicine in 1994 at Northwestern University. As a faculty at Northshore University Health System since 2000, he has been a part of the Emergency Medicine Residencies of Northwestern, University of Chicago and Cook County. He has served as a hands-on faculty at multiple ACEP and SAEM national conferences. He currently is the Course Director of the ICEP Emergent Procedures Simulation Skills Lab biannual courses.

Caitlin Krull, MD
Dr. Krull completed her residency in Emergency Medicine followed by her ultrasound fellowship at Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago in 2019. She currently works as an attending physician for NorthShore University HealthSystem and a Clinician Educator for the Pritzker School of Medicine. She is involved in ultrasound education through the Cook County - NorthShore Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship and regional ICEP courses.

Brian Cone, MD.
Adjunct Faculty and part-time attending at Cook County. Dr. Cone was EM US Fellowship trained at Cook County in 2014.

Karen Cosby, MD FACEP CPPS.
Adjunct Faculty. Author of 2 editions of leading EM US textbook A Practical Guide to Emergency Ultrasound. One of the early leaders in POCUS.

Three dedicated Emergency US scan days per week.
ACEP Teaching Fellowship or Research Course.
Optional additional Bedside US Experience in the Cook County ICU's, Echo lab, Anesthesia Department, Radiology, and with the Inpatient Procedure Service.
Dedicated research time.

Yes (Northshore)

No

Please submit an application and we will offer interviews after reviewing applications along with 3 letters of recommendation.