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.
· 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
· 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
· 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
- 1 year
- Completed 4-year emergency medicine residency or 3-year residency with ≥ 1 year postgraduate experience
- ABEM BE/BC
· $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
- October 1
David Martin, MD
Director, Ultrasound Fellowship
Current Fellows
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.
Carlos Mikell, MD
I was born in Hawaii, but grew up in Northern California between Shasta, Humboldt County, and finally Sacramento. I went to American River Jr College and transferred to UC Davis. After graduating from UCSF for medical school, I ventured out of California for residency at Cook County Hospital, but I prefer my winters a week long and in Tahoe, so I came back to California. My ultrasound interests include cardiac and resuscitation ultrasound, using ultrasound as a teaching tool across all levels of learners, and regional anesthesia. Outside of the hospital I enjoy cooking a new recipe, riding/working on my bikes, going to a grungy music venue, and being a cat dad.
Joseph Stegemen, MD 
I’m an Illinois native coming to Highland via Texas, where I was a diver and biology major at TCU followed by medical school at UT Southwestern, and Boston, where I completed emergency medicine residency at Mass General and Brigham and Women’s. In the ED, my main clinical interest is ultrasound guided nerve blocks. I’m a firm believer that most problems can be solved with some well placed bupivacaine. Outside the department you can find me biking to a brewery or smoking a brisket and watching college football.
I am a Bay Area native who completed my undergraduate studies at UCLA in Psychobiology (Go Bruins!), medical school at Keck USC, and emergency medicine residency at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. In my two gap years between college and medical school, I returned to the Bay to research the neurological implications of HIV at the Memory and Aging Center at UCSF. My professional interests include Emergency Ultrasound (duh), the intersection of ultrasound with International/Global Health and medical education, and the application of regional anesthesia in emergency medicine. My personal interests include DJing, discussing philosophy, exploring nature, and learning how to maintain physical and mental fitness (i.e. “wellness”) in day-to-day life. I have an identical twin brother Sagar who graduated medical school at UCSF in 2020, so if you think you’re seeing double, you just might be!”
Kaitlen Howell, MD
I am from Tennessee where I studied biology and German at Middle Tennessee State University. After a Fulbright scholarship in Germany evaluating neurologic outcomes after cardiac arrest, I attended Harvard Medical School where the snow and cold taught me how much I need sunshine! I fell in love with Highland during my subinternship rotation and am thankful to have been able to complete residency here. My clinical passions are point-of-care ultrasound (especially for vascular access and echocardiography), on-shift teaching, and learning the finer points of EKGs. Outside of work I enjoy growing unusual fruits, learning about other people’s experiences, and watching sci-fi. I used to draw and write poetry and hope to pick those back up during fellowship.