Stories That Inspire Global Impact

In a small practice room at Touro University California, a medical student places an ultrasound probe on a classmate's knee. He begins to guide his peer through finding the correct anatomical view. But there's a catch: he can't touch the probe, can't adjust the angle himself, can't demonstrate with his hands. For the next 15…

“I don’t know how to be a doctor without using POCUS.” That’s how Dr. Vargas, a physician trained in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and GUSI instructor, described his relationship with point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). For the past six years, he has been working in Chiapas, Mexico, a resource-limited region where access to advanced imaging like CT,…