Kendall Regional EM Residency started the academic year with our annual Airway Course, taught by Dr. Solis, and Ultrasound Course, taught by Dr. Moreno. It was definitely no hocus POCUS! With the new Ultrasound Fellowship in place, our interns were able to get one-on-one teaching from the fellows and early hands-on experience. The Ultrasound Fellowship has brought depth to the program with weekly ultrasound didactics and tape review, and even the mystery ultrasound case of the month. More exciting, Kendall Regional EM is now offering an Ultrasound Clerkship rotation for medical students, which has been a success with our first set of medical students rotating this past summer. We would like to thank our fellows, Drs. Nikkitta Georges and Harold Gomez, for all the teaching they have done so far.

Earlier this fall, our residents enjoyed a treat by undergoing a simulation training for transvenous pacers. Yet the true simulation skill test will be at the upcoming SimWars competition in October, at the Broward College Simulation Lab, with Aventura’s EM Residency. We hope to defend our SimWar title once again!

FInally, we’d like to welcome our new Program Director, Dr. Valori Slane. We thank Dr. Emilio Volz for being our fearless leader and creating so many opportunities for the program. We wish him well in his future endeavors. We also welcome new family members to the Kendall EM Family, including Arthur, son of Dr. Antoinette Golden; Amelia, daughter of Dr. Nicoles Aviles; and Vicky, daughter of Dr. Moshe Yatzkan. ■