Stories That Inspire Global Impact

Dr. Michael Avila is a family medicine physician practicing at Neighborhood Healthcare (NHC), an FQHC primary care clinic in Escondido, California. Dr. Avila graduated from Loma Linda University School of Medicine (LLUSM) in 2017. During his training, he took a particular interest in POCUS and joined the Ultrasound Interest Group where he taught fellow peers at…

Chandler Stisher, MD, MPH, is a family physician who works at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Huntsville Regional Medical Campus. He completed his medical school and residency training at UAB and stayed on as family medicine faculty after his training. He currently serves as the family medicine clerkship director for third year medical students…

Robert Theal, MD is a Family Physician at Kaiser Fontana Hospital and a former Assistant Program Director of the Fontana Family Medicine Program. He has been a faculty member since 1989. He received his original POCUS training at the Martinez Ultrasound Course and has been practicing POCUS in the clinic and on the wards since…

Dr. Kelvin Ng, MD is a family medicine physician at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon. He completed a General Medicine Point-of-Care Ultrasound Fellowship at OHSU. He enjoys using point-of-care ultrasound in clinical decision-making and patient education, as well as curriculum development. He has an interest in global health and sports medicine.…

Max Cohen, DO is a Family Medicine physician from New York. He attended the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine for medical school and completed the Brown Family Medicine Residency. He is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at Brown University and works in outpatient primary care as well as teaches…

Dr. Monther Alshahrani is a pediatric emergency POCUS fellow at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, and a pediatric emergency physician and lecturer at Taif University, Saudi Arabia. He is passionate about teaching and training POCUS to future generations of PEM physicians. He received his medical degree from Taif University, Saudi Arabia, and his residency and…

Dr. Dae Hyoun (David) Jeong is an associate professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He serves as the Medical Director at UCSF Primary Care at the Laurel Village Clinic and Director of Point-of-Care Ultrasound. He completed his family medicine residency and sports medicine training…

Dr. Stafford is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation with a subspecialty certification in Sports Medicine. As a former baseball player, his passion for sports is longstanding and has continued throughout his medical training. Dr. Stafford graduated from Howard University College of Medicine and went on to complete his residency in Physical Medicine and…