Ultrasound Fellowship
Welcome to the Brookdale Hospital Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship! We currently have an ultrasound division consisting of six emergency medicine ultrasound fellowship trained physicians and pride ourselves on strong ultrasound fundamentals as an aspect of care offered in our department. Want to be on the ground floor of the action? Come check us out!
Ultrasound Core Faculty
Matthew Kessel, DO, FAEMUS - Director of Ultrasound Division and Fellowship
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Ultrasound Fellowship Training: NYP-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
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Founded EUFAC-accredited EUS Fellowship at Brookdale in 2021
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Epic EMR Physician Builder; modernized and streamlined our innovative ultrasound workflow
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Instituted the emergency department resuscitative TEE program in 2025
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Areas of Interest: advanced echo/TEE, pelvic ultrasound, nerve blocks, ultrasound physics, gamification, and workflow efficiency
Aluko Gift, MD - Medical Director
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Ultrasound Fellowship Training: NYP-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
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FPD-certified
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Restructured and simplified our high-level disinfection workflow for endocavitary transducers in the ED
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Areas of Interest: transcranial doppler, TEE, airway ultrasound, and ED ultrasound operations
Jenya Kaminski, MD - Associate Director of Ultrasound Division
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Ultrasound Fellowship Training: Brookdale Hospital
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Areas of Interest: foreign body model creation, ultrasound use in cardiac arrest, and resident education
Victor Bernal, DO - Director of Ultrasound Quality Assurance
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Ultrasound Fellowship Training: NYP Queens Medical Center
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Areas of Interest: TEE, ultrasound quality improvement, and nerve blocks
Jessie Chen, DO - Ultrasound Core Faculty
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Ultrasound Fellowship Training: Maimonides
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Areas of Interest:
Curriculum
Equipment
Our curriculum is geared toward the academic foundations necessary to ace the ABEM FPD exam and gain a proficiency regarding the principles required to run an ultrasound division.
Unique Educational Opportunities:
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Gain experience in performing resuscitative transesophageal echo.
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Learn the intricacies behind the various aspects of building an ultrasound workflow.
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Become proficient in advanced modalities including nerve blocks, endocavitary ultrasound, advanced echo, and more.
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Fellows receive free access to resources including Ma & Mateer's Emergency Ultrasound, Edelman Ultrasound Physics, Fox Atlas of Emergency Ultrasound, Emergency and Clinical Ultrasound Board Review, and more.
Fellows receive training during fellowship in:
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Image Acquisition (Basic & Advanced)
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Image Interpretation (Basic & Advanced)
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Education - Medical Students, Residents, Attendings, Advanced Practice Providers, Nursing
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Quality Assurance
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Ultrasound Billing Requirements
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Ultrasound Credentialing Requirements
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Division Administration + Operations
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Ultrasound Workflow Solutions
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Biomedical + Hardware/Software Skills
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IT concepts relevant to ultrasound management
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Research
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Ultrasound Gamification
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Mindray TEX
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Mindray TE7 Max
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(2) Mindray TE7
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(2) Sonosite Edge
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Butterfly hand-held with iPad
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Trophon-EPR device for high level disinfection
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Transducers: phased array, curvilinear, linear, endocavitary, TEE probe
