Emergency Ultrasound Program

Christus Spohn - Texas A&M Emergency Medicine Residency Program is committed to arming each resident with the skills to integrate ultrasonography into his or her professional career. We have an outstanding experience where each resident develops proficiency in bedside sonography under the direct supervision of ultrasound technicians and physicians.

Our classroom didactics and hands-on practice begin during the first week of orientation with guest lecturers and real-time practice on phantom and student models. Each resident becomes proficient in core ED ultrasound exams such as FAST (focused assessment with sonography in trauma), biliary tract, aorta, and pelvic studies as well as in ultrasound-guided procedures and newer ultrasound applications. This is accomplished through bedside teaching, procedure labs, and classroom didactics throughout all three years of training.

Those residents interested in gaining additional ultrasound training will be able to participate in our ultrasound elective beginning in the spring of 2010.

Kimberly A.B. Leeson, MD, RDMS
Emergency Ultrasound Director

Ben A. Leeson, MD, RDMS
Assistant Emergency Ultrasound Director