Stories That Inspire Global Impact

Alex McDonald MD, FAAFP, CAQSM practices Family and Sports Medicine at Kaiser Permanente in Fontana CA. Dr. McDonald serves several roles including; Family Medicine Residency and Sports Fellowship Faculty, KP School of Medicine Sports Medicine Clerkship Director. He is also Speaker for the California Academy of Family Physicians; Trustee of the California Medical Association and…

I am a dedicated nurse, KRCHN (Kenya Registered Community Health Nurse)/BScN with 11 years' nursing experience. I have been involved in setting up and implementation of community projects to provide disseminated care model to patients. I am passionate about research and continued education to enable evidence based practices in resource limited populations. I have successfully…

Dr. Dan Kaminstein is a professor of Emergency Medicine at Augusta University. Following Emergency Medicine residency at the Medical College of Georgia, he completed a dual fellowship in international medicine and ultrasound. This fellowship included a 3-month diploma course at the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene earning a DTM&H (diploma in tropical medicine…

Carrie Hayes DMSc, MHS, PA-C: Interventional Radiology Physician Associate Carrie Hayes RDMS ( AB, OB) RVT: Diagnostic Medical Sonographer Carrie Hayes has been an Interventional Radiology Physician Assistant for more than 10 years, beginning her latest role with Advanced Vascular Centers in January 2025, following time as an Interventional Radiology Physician Associate for Baylor College…

Dr. Martha Tesfalul (she/her) is a Perinatologist/Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) physician and Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She received her BA from Harvard University in Sociology, with secondary in Health Policy, and her MD from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, with a scholarly concentration in Public Health and Service. Between her…

Richard P. Kozinski MD is originally from Chugiak, Alaska and completed his medical educationat the Medical University of Lodz, Poland. Between medical school and residency, he helped manage a large rheumatology office, which exposed him to the utility of ultrasound-guided procedures. While completing his Family Medicine residency at Yuma Regional Medical Center in Yuma, Arizona,…

Dr. Nathaniel Leu completed his residency in Emergency Medicine at Cook County Hospital in Chicago with an area of focus in Emergency Ultrasound. He is currently finishing a Clinical Ultrasound fellowship at Highland Hospital in Oakland. Some of his main areas of interest are ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia and implementing ultrasound during resuscitation and cardiac arrest.…

Matt Chan is a Family Medicine doctor at Oregon Health & Science University. He works in a rural health center for his outpatient practice, and also works on "The Hill" as an inpatient teaching faculty. He fell in love with POCUS during residency, and quickly appreciated the broad applications it could be used for to…

Dr. Kirstin Weerdenburg completed her Pediatrics Residency at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio before completing fellowships in Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Pediatric POCUS at SickKids Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Weerdenburg is Assistant Professor in Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at Dalhousie University and Staff Physician and Co-Director for the Pediatric Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) within…