GWU Ultrasound Interest Group

23/02/2021

GW students: The Ultrasound Interest Group is excited to announce a virtual event happening on March 5th 2021 5-6pm. Thanks to the coordinated efforts from the pediatrics, emergency medicine, sports medicine, and interventional radiology interest groups, we have four speakers lined up across these four specialties.

Ultrasound has been growing in popularity over the years as a safe, non-radioactive imaging technique and has a variety of uses. This event is designed to introduce you to the diversity in its applications through case presentations and opportunities for Q&A. Please fill out the interest form in bio using your GW email to help with our planning.

09/02/2021

We are so excited to launch our first educational series on Ultrasound Basics. Here’s Dr. Ogle introducing the series and what you can anticipate learning about ultrasound! Stay tuned over the next couple weeks for more informational videos on the US machine, probes, role of the sonographer, and how US behaves in patients.

18/07/2020

**LEARNING + MONEY OPPORTUNITY***

Interested in Emergency Medicine and/or ultrasound? Here is an opportunity to work alongside incoming EM interns in a Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Bootcamp in the CLASS center. The bootcamp will take place this coming Monday and Tuesday (7/20 and 7/21)

This will be a great educational opportunity for both you and the interns, and it will also be an opportunity to interact with Dr. Kathleen Ogle (EM Ultrasound Fellowship Director).

You will receive a $25 Amazon or Starbucks gift card to thank you for your participation. In your role, you will be asked to volunteer as a model and allow interns to practice their ultrasound skills on you.

Form to sign up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeratWkmjHQe0LT1SDbSD5W2cEbIJAZUkEXY3z6nWRdDko1Gg/viewform

For more details, please email Dr. O directly at katogle@gwu.edu.

Best,
USIG Exec

30/06/2020

Great podcast from EMIG about 🌌SPACE🌌 Medicine by one of my personal mentors Dr. Kris Lehnhardt.

A key conversation I've had with Dr. Lehnhardt was how NASA is actually using ultrasound technology to provide medical care from Houston, TX to Astronauts aboard the space station, and eventually the moon and beyond.

Thanks to Will Sweetser from the EMIG exec team for conducting this interview!

Ultrasound Story: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/b4h-3rd/hh-bringing-space-station-ultrasound

Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6twGoioJPURIu41qTjuHaQ?si=e0J9YZ5cRjKTPbVzyU6-og

Listen to this episode from GWU EMIG | FastTrack on Spotify. EM physician Dr. Kris Lehnhardt describes this niche field, how he began working at NASA, and offers advice for students pursuing non-traditional EMED careers.

03/06/2020

We wanted to pass along info for a webinar sponsored by GW's own Student Interest Group in Neurology. It's an exciting talk about using ultrasound to treat brain disorders!

29/05/2020

So excited for our USIG faculty mentor, Dr. Ogle, with the new release of her collaborative book: "The Chronicles of Women in White Coats 2"!

The Chronicles of Women in White Coats 2 gives an up close and personal view of what it's like being a female doctor in America. We look forward to reading this book and supporting our amazing faculty mentor! Congrats again Dr. Ogle!

Link for more information:

The Chronicles of Women in White Coats 2 gives you an up-close and personal view of what it's like to be a female doctor in America.

03/02/2020

Recognizing this pattern could mean the difference between life and death in your patient.

Join us on Thursday, February 13th, 2020 as Dr. Ogle (EM Ultrasound Fellowship Director) leads a lunch lecture on the basics of interpreting echocardiography!

Signup link here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdlbL2p2RD5WCaNxImihAZiRF86xFXu2OyWsR02Pn9aZ0CMBw/viewform?usp=sf_link

28/01/2020

Sonographeers,

Happy 2020! To start your year off right, here's an event announcement and case presentation:

EVENT: For practice on reading CXRs (like the one in the case below), join USIG, Radiology Interest Group, and Interventional Radiology Groups this Wednesday, 1/29/2020 from 12PM-1PM in Ross 227. Pizza will be provided.

Link for RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe5pdUXgXM9ZAzaocYImQHuS8QCJHteYqjiUEFqy87IeFgsRw/viewform

CASE:
A 24 y/o M presents to the ED with dyspnea. He says that this began yesterday and has since worsened. He additionally complains of bilateral "eye pain" and pain in his finger and toe joints. A CXR shows the following:

Put your thoughts in the comments!
If you're stumped, double reasons to sign up for the event above :)

Be on the lookout for more upcoming USIG events to come :)

-Your USIG Presidents (Subhash, Deepak, and Matt)

15/10/2019

Our first Ultrasound skills night of the year was a smashing success!

Thanks to all those who came out and hope you all enjoyed it!

Dr. Ogle was once again amazing and she even showed us how to ultrasound the eye!!!!

22/08/2019

Amazing time meeting the first year medical students at today's activities fair!

During the fair, we had 2 ultrasound images and the person who correctly guessed both images received a t-shirt.

The answers to the ultrasound challenge were: a kidney (image #1) and a gallbladder (image #2).

Congratulations to Deepak Iyer and Avi Wannon for getting both correct and winning a t-shirt!

25/10/2018

Check out Dr. Ogle's new twitter hashtag - she even gives GW USIG a shout out!

“As a single mom, sometimes my kiddo accompanies me to some teaching/extracurricular activities I'm involved in. Here's a to finding foreign bodies in a wax gel mold with my students. This is ”

18/09/2018

Learning echocardiography with Dr. Ogle and Kole!