Hello from Miami Beach! Our 2021 academic year is well underway and we’re extremely proud of the progress our intern class has made over the last few months.

In July, our interns joined other Florida residencies at the South Florida Ultrasound Conference. At this conference, they honed their sono skills through lectures and interactive stations, surely providing useful skills for the years to come!

Our residency is proud to have Dr. Stephanie Fernandez and Dr. Michael Shalaby join our ranks this year as our inaugural class for our Advanced Ultrasound Fellowship. We’re excited to have them on our team as we grow together and learn the ins and outs of sonography. Welcome to Miami Beach, Dr. Fernandez and Dr. Shalaby!

On the research front, we’d like to give a shout out to Dr. Jiodany Perez, Dr. Stephanie Sorenson, and Dr. Michael Rosselli for publishing an interesting case report in the British Medical Journal, utilizing musculoskeletal ultrasound in the evaluation of septic arthritis in a patient with presenting to the emergency department with fever during the era of COVID-19. Dr. Grethel Miro, Dr. Paige Swalley, Dr. Michael Dalley, Dr. Tony Zitek, and Dr. David Farcy also published a prospective study on comparing the two monoclonal antibodies for COVID-19 in the Journal of Emergency Medicine. We’d also like to acknowledge Dr. Daniel Puebla and Dr. Robert Farrow for publishing an article on how to perform ultrasound guided arthrocentesis in StatPearls.

Finally, we’d like to give a warm welcome to our new core faculty members: Dr. Antoinette Golden, Assistant Program Director; Dr. Tony Zitek as our Director of Research; and Dr. Nicole Warren as our Medical Student Clerkship Director.