Overview
I'm an intensivist and anesthesiologist with additional expertise in diagnostic point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). I'm interested in using diagnostic POCUS to help improve the care of critically ill patients. My training in diagnostic POCUS includes all of the following: board certification (Diplomate status) in Critical Care Echocardiography, board certification (Diplomate status) in Advanced Perioperative Transesophgeal Echocardiography, and completion of the American College of Chest Physicians/CHEST ICU POCUS Certificate Program. Finally, I am the immediate past Editor-in-Chief and current Editor for the American Society of Anesthesiologists' Editorial Board on POCUS and Section Editor for POCUS for OpenAnesthesia.org. Outside of diagnostic ultrasound, my other board certifications are in the following medical specialties: Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Neuro Critical Care.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
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2022 - Present
Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine,
Anesthesiology
Recent Publications
Diagnostic Point-of-Care Ultrasound for the Cardiac Surgical Patient, From Head-to-Toe.
Journal Article J Vis Exp · February 13, 2026 Diagnostic point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has rapidly evolved into an indispensable bedside tool across critical care and perioperative medicine. Patients undergoing cardiothoracic (CT) surgery present with complex, multi-organ vulnerabilities ranging fr ... Full text Link to item CiteIdentifying Gastrointestinal Pathologies Using Point-of-Care Ultrasound.
Journal Article Diagnostics (Basel) · February 1, 2026 Patients presenting with abdominal pain require expedited diagnosis and treatment. Computed tomography (CT) scans, which are frequently ordered in the inpatient and emergency departments, have high diagnostic sensitivity and specificity. However, CTs are c ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteA Scoping Review of Validated Echocardiographic Methods for Grading Right Ventricular Dysfunction: Proposal for an Evidence-Based Multiparametric Framework.
Journal Article J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth · November 2025 Assessing the severity of right ventricular (RV) dysfunction using echocardiography (echo) remains subjective, in part because current guidelines do not recommend how to synthesize various echo parameters to form a global assessment of RV dysfunction. To a ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Treatment of Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome across a Diverse Patient Population
ResearchMentor · Awarded by American Society of Anesthesiologists · 2022 - 2024View All Grants
Education
Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine ·
2010
M.D.