ULTRASOUND FELLOWSHIP

Purpose 

The Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship at AHS – Highland is a 1-year program designed to train leaders in the field of emergency ultrasound through establishing technical expertise, developing and improving teaching abilities, and providing research opportunities and experiences. Graduates of this fellowship typically go on to academic or expert positions, usually in the role of Emergency Ultrasound Director or Fellowship Director. We hope you will consider being a part of the Highland Emergency Ultrasound legacy.

Responsibilities

· Clinical attending shifts at Highland Hospital (65 hours/month, ~8 shifts/month)

· 1-2 ultrasound scanning shifts per week

· Minimum 1000 ultrasound exams

· Weekly ultrasound journal club and quality improvement video review

· 1 research project and/or conference presentation

· Assistance with resident & student ultrasound rotations

· 4 residency conference lectures and small group teaching sessions

· Organizing hospital-wide interdisciplinary ultrasound training conferences  

Fellow Education

· ED scanning shifts with core ultrasound faculty

· Opportunities to perform ultrasound scan with sonographers within other subspecialties (Cardiology, Vascular, Radiology)

· Weekly ultrasound journal club and quality improvement meetings

· Monthly residency research in progress meetings

Highland Distinctives

· Multiple core ultrasound faculty with national and international recognition 

· Leaders within field of ultrasound-guided nerve blocks

· High acuity, urban, county patient population

· ED with an emphasis on social emergency medicine

· Faculty with experience in ultrasound device development and innovation

· Bay Area quality of life

· International educational training opportunities

Duration
  • 1 year
Eligibility
  • Completed 4-year emergency medicine residency or 3-year residency with ≥ 1 year postgraduate experience
  • Completed 3-year emergency medicine residency (clinical shifts will be at San Leandro/ Alameda Hospital community affiliate hospitals)
  • ABEM BE/BC
Compensation

· $120,000/year plus full benefits

· Fully matched 403b retirement/ ($22,500/calendar year)

· $5000/year Business Expenses/CME

· Moonlighting opportunities at affiliated community hospitals 

Application Deadline
  • October 1
Correspondence

David Martin, MD

Director, Ultrasound Fellowship

Current Fellows

2025-2026

Farid (Freddy) Tadros, MD


I grew up in Egypt and then moved with my family to San Jose in 3rd grade. Growing up in the Bay Area I became a huge 49ers fan (through the good and bad) and went to undergrad at Santa Clara (Go Broncos!). After 16 years in the Bay Area, I moved to the Bronx for medical school at Albert Einstein and then came back to California to do EM residency at LA County. My interests in ultrasound center around bedside teaching, echocardiography, and learning more and more about regional nerve blocks to better serve my patients. I also enjoy talking EKG’s, toxicology, football, and grabbing a good beer or coffee with friends.

2024-2025

Azad Molla Hosseini, MD


I grew up in Montreal, Canada then moved to Phoenix, Arizona. I went to the University of Arizona in Tucson for undergraduate, law, and medical school (go wildcats!). I completed residency in emergency medicine here at Highland Hospital. My interests within clinical ultrasound include resuscitative TEE, ultrasound guided nerve blocks, and teaching medical students and residents the power of POCUS. Outside of the hospital I enjoy spending time with my family, watching formula 1 racing, and admiring old Toyota trucks.