Stories That Inspire Global Impact

Dr. James Wilcox, MD, SMCAQ, RMSK is originally from Indianapolis, USA. He earned his medical doctorate from Indiana University in 2014, and completed his Family Medicine Residency at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital in 2017. He then completed a Sports Medicine Fellowship at Western Michigan University in 2018. He was inducted as a fellow in…

Dr. Jean Pierre Valette is a board certified family and sports medicine physician at One Medical in San Francisco. In his primary care practice he focuses on getting to know his patients and forming meaningful long-term relationships where he can partner with them to empower them to achieve their health goals. He prefers to use…

Stephen Ramsey graduated from Medical College of Georgia's DPT program in 2014. He began work initially at University Hospital in Augusta GA in the CVICU, but quickly transitioned to Piedmont Atlanta Hospital, in Atlanta, GA in 2015. Stephen completed the Cardiovascular and pulmonary Residency program through Mercer University in July 2016 and achieved board certification…

Jared Dubey is a family physician practicing and teaching in Madison, WI. After completing osteopathic medical school at Touro University in California, Jared moved to Madison, WI for family medicine residency, followed by fellowships in academic integrative medicine and point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). He currently serves as Assistant Professor, Core Residency Faculty, and POCUS Director in…

Dr. Duska Thurston is a pediatrician at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, Maine. She completed her medical school training at the University of Vermont College of Medicine in Burlington, Vermont and pediatric residency at the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital in Iowa City, IA. Dr. Thurston has worked in a variety of…

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.…