Stories That Inspire Global Impact

Dr. Viveta Lobo is an academic emergency physician who serves as the Director of the Emergency Ultrasound Program and Co-Director of the System-wide POCUS program at Stanford Health Care. She directs multiple courses within the medical school relating to point-of-care ultrasound and resuscitative care. Her research involves the study of various point-of-care ultrasound applications, especially…

Dr. Amburgy is a resident at McLaren St. Luke’s Family Medicine Residency. He completed medical school training at New York Institute of Technology School of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University. Dr. Amburgy’s focus of learning POCUS and teaching others is to continue facilitating a wave of understanding that POCUS can be part of the…

Dr. Hassam is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician with fellowship training in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). After completing Internal Medicine residency at New-York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Dr. Hassam pursued fellowship training in ultrasound at Weill Cornell Medicine. During her fellowship, she led the pocus elective for internal medicine residents and has taught at several regional…

Dr. Salah Awadalla MD RDCS, was born in San Francisco, California, but lived most of his life in New Orleans, Louisiana which he considers his hometown. He completed his undergraduate studies at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans (LSUHSC) where he earned his Bachelor’s in Cardiopulmonary Science and specialized in heart ultrasound.…

Dr. Marcela Preto-Zamperlini is a staff physician and POCUS Program Director within the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine in Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, Brazil. Dr. Preto-Zamperlini is a Brazilian pediatrician who completed fellowships in pediatric emergency medicine and point-of-care ultrasound at Sickkids Hospital, Toronto, Canada. She is passionate about teaching ultrasound, and…

Dr. Robinson Ferre is an emergency physician and point of care ultrasound (POCUS) enthusiast. He currently serves as the POCUS Program Director for Indiana University School of Medicine where he leads a team of world-class educators that oversee POCUS education for 1,400 medical students scattered across 9 regional campuses. He is also the Division Chief…

Dr. James Wachira is pursuing his residency in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. He is passionate about POCUS, especially obstetrics POCUS, as it helps in timely decision making which ultimately improves maternal and neonatal outcomes. As a GUSI instructor, he has served in the Butterfly and GUSI Kenya 500 probe project,…

Duncan Matheka is a medical doctor currently finalizing his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. He has a passion for POCUS having received training as part of his residency, several workshops by Kenya obstetrical and gynecological society (KOGS) and Mindray Ultrasound Systems. In partnership with Global Ultrasound Institute (GUSI), he…

Dr. Angel Sosa Fleitas is a Radiologist in Venezuela at Los Andes Autonomous University Hospital Institute since 2019. He completed medical school at the University of the Andes in 2014. His ultrasound experience began in 2015 with musculoskeletal US. He completed his residency in Radiology in 2019 and obtained the Specialization in Radiology and Diagnostic…