Stories That Inspire Global Impact

Bruno Vargas is originally from Mexico City. He first trained as an Emergency Medical Technician at la Universidad Panamericana (UP) before starting medical school at la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Mexico City. Later he did his social service year in the Sierra Madre of Chiapas with Partners in Health Mexico/Compañeros en Salud…

Dr. Temesgen Beyene (MD) is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Consultant in Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the College of Health Sciences, Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, and Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. He is an international fellow at Institute for Healthcare Improvement focused on Quality, Process Improvement,…

Dr. Nathan Cutshall is a current Primary Care Sports Medicine fellow at Oregon Health & Sciences University (OHSU). Originally from Maine, he completed his undergraduate degree in medical anthropology at the University of Washington. This was followed by medical school at the University of Colorado, and family medicine residency at the Mountain Area Health Education…

Dr. Hayley Winninghoff is currently a sports medicine fellow at Oregon Health & Science University. Originally from Seattle, Washington, she completed undergraduate training at Pomona College, medical school at the University of Washington, and family medicine residency at Kaiser Permanente Napa Solano. She is excited to be incorporating ultrasound into her daily clinical practice in…

Ian Thomas MD CAQSM RMSK RSCC CSCS is an associate professor at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. Medical School and Clinical Director of Point-of-Care Ultrasonography. After completing his Sports Medicine Fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Dr. Thomas opened his own practice, Thomas Sports and Regenerative Orthopedics (TSARO), where he focuses on injury…

Dr. Nicolas Hatamiya DO, CAQSM, is a Family Medicine trained Primary Care Sports Medicine physician. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery/Sports Medicine and Family & Community Medicine, where he is also the Associate Program Director for the UCSF Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship program. Dr. Hatamiya completed his…

Dr. Marcela Karnikowski is an Emergency physician from Brazil. She was taught POCUS during the EM training program, by some tutors passionate about POCUS. She developed a passion for this field, took a course and further became a POCUS instructor. She worked for seven years as an Emergency Physician in Brazil and had an experience…

Laura Harris is a graduate of the Joint Medical Program at UC Berkeley-UCSF (MS/MD combined education) and the Contra Costa Regional Family Medicine Residency. She also has an MPH in Maternal and Child Health, and has worked in global maternal health and emergency obstetric care in Ethiopia, Ghana, Burundi and other countries. She loves seeing…

Tanping Wong MD completed her Internal Medicine Residency training at New York University and worked for many years at Bellevue Hospital serving the immigrant population of New York City. She is currently a practicing hospitalist at New York Presbyterian Hospital working with residents and students at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Wong oversees the point-of-care program…