
Editorial Board

Thomas Cook, MD
Palmetto Health Richland Medical Center
Columbia, SC
Course Co-Director,
Residency Director,
Palmetto Health Richland
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Dr. Cook is the program director for emergency medicine at Palmetto Health / University of South Carolina since 2001. He is the founder of 3rd Rock Ultrasound and has lectured on clinical ultrasound for over twenty years.

Patrick Hunt, MD
Palmetto Health Richland Medical Center
Columbia, SC
Course Co-Director Past Chair,
SAEM Ultrasound Interest Group Director,
Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Palmetto Health Richland
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Dr. Hunt is the program director for emergency ultrasound fellowship at Palmetto Health / University of South Carolina. He is the co-founder of 3rd Rock Ultrasound and has lectured on clinical ultrasound for over twenty years. He is a past president of the ultrasound section for the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine and is the director for the Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship website (www.eusfellowships.com).

Anthony Weekes, MD
Carolinas Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Co-Director, Ultrasound Fellowship
Carolinas Medical Center
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Dr. Weekes is the director of the emergency ultrasound fellowship at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. He has taught clinical ultrasound for over 15 years. His clinical research focus is on echocardiography and pulmonary embolism.

James Hwang, MD
Scripps Memorial Hospital
La Jolla, CA
Director, Emergency Ultrasound
Scripps Memorial Hospital
La Jolla
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Dr. Hwang is the director for emergency ultrasound at Scripts Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, CA. He is the former ultrasound director for Brigham & Womens in Boston, MA. He is one 3rd Rock's most experienced and talented instructors. His primary area of interest is echocardiography.

Ryan Barnes, DO
Medical University of South Carolina
Charlseton, SC
Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Director
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Dr. Barnes completed his fellowship training at Palmetto Health. He is the Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Director at the Medical University of South Carolina His academic interests include Echocardiography, Regional Anesthesia, and Musculoskeletal Sonography.

Rob Ferre, MD
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TX
Director, Emergency Ultrasound Assistant Professor Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Dr. Rob Ferre completed his fellowship training at Palmetto Health. He is the Emergency Ultrasound Division Director and Associate Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Director at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He has taught ultrasound to clinicians across the globe and loves to tell about it.

Thomas Binder, MD
Vienna Medical Center
Austria
Cardiologist at the Vienna Medical Center
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Dr. Binder is a world-renown cardiologist at the Vienna Medical Center in Austria. He has lectured throughout the world on echocardiography and provided ultrasound training to thousands of clinicians through live courses and on-line instruction.