Dr. Erica Peethumnongsin

Biography

Erica Peethumnongsin leads the Emergency Ultrasound program in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Duke University, where she has been the Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship director since the program’s inception in 2017. She completed her combined MD/PhD in the Medical Scientist Training Program at Baylor College of Medicine, focusing her dissertation research on the molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer’s Disease within the Interdepartmental Program on Cell and Molecular Biology. Her clinical interests led her to complete a residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Wisconsin, followed by a fellowship in Emergency Ultrasound at Georgetown/Washington Hospital Center. Joining Duke in 2016, she established the Emergency Ultrasound Program and developed a new ultrasound fellowship, which has achieved national accreditation with four graduates now serving as ultrasound faculty at Duke. Peethumnongsin is deeply committed to ultrasound education and was recognized with the Duke Emergency Medicine Faculty Teacher of the Year Award in 2019 for her dedication to training across all levels. Although she is no longer involved in basic science research, she has served as an investigator on multiple scholarly projects focusing on ultrasound training and skill acquisition.

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