After a busy interview season, we’re already preparing for the next academic year. We are excited to welcome students from the new Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, who will be joining osteopathic students from the existing program at Nova Southeastern University. In addition to these, and our allopathic students from Florida International University, we are actively recruiting visiting 4th-year students for audition rotations.

We welcomed our first participant for the inaugural medical student ultrasound elective with us in March. Thank you, Elan Baskir from FIU, for participating! We are now accepting applications for the elective for the next academic year as well.

As our senior residents focused their attention on the job search, intern Dr. Nicolas Ulloa was involved in multiple academic endeavors. He completed a StatPearls article entitled “High altitude pulmonary hypertension,” presented a poster at FOMA entitled “Confirmation of atrial myxoma using bedside US in the ED,” and had planned on presenting a poster entitled “Acute calcific tendonitis: an uncommon cause of neck pain” at AAEM until it was cancelled due to COVID-19.

Our faculty had a busy and involved winter as well. Simulation Director Dr. Jessica Cook received the FACEP designation and will be recognized at the Fellows ceremony in Dallas in October. Ultrasound Director Dr. Huy Tran presented a poster at AIUM entitled “Assessing barriers to supervision of trainees in use of POCUS during cardiac arrest by emergency medicine physicians. Do years of practice matter?” He and Assistant Ultrasound Director Dr. Gaurav Patel also provided hands-on teaching at the Yale POC ultrasound course in Fort Lauderdale in March. ■