Meet Our Faculty
Learn from internationally recognized experts who are leading the advancement of point-of-care ultrasound across the globe.
Dr. Hamid Shokoohi
Program Director & Congress Co-Chair
MD, MPH, FACEP, FAEMUS
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Hamid Shokoohi is the Director of Emergency Ultrasound at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is a nationally and internationally recognized leader in clinical ultrasound education and research, with over 160 peer-reviewed publications and numerous presentations at major scientific meetings worldwide. He previously served as Fellowship Director at MGH, where he trained 38 fellows, many of whom have gone on to leadership roles. His work has been recognized with numerous awards, including the National SAEM AEUS Teaching and Research Awards, the Titan in Research Award, and the Stellar Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship Program Award.
Core Faculty
Expert educators and clinicians dedicated to advancing ultrasound education worldwide
Dr. Chris Fox
Congress Co-Chair
MD, RDMS, FACEP
University of California, Irvine
Dr. Chris Fox is a Professor and Chair of Emergency Medicine and current Director of Ultrasound in Medical Education at UC Irvine. His clinical research interests focus on emergency ultrasound, and he is dedicated to advancing point-of-care ultrasound through research, teaching, leadership, and clinical expertise. Dr. Fox has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and contributed to three textbooks, two as sole editor. He has been invited to lecture more than 450 times across 49 states and 15 countries. His TEDx UCI talk, "The Point of Care Revolution: Ultrasound," has been viewed nearly 30,000 times. He serves on the board of directors for both the Society of Ultrasound in Medical Education and the Catalina Island Medical Center.
Dr. Francesco Corradi
Congress Co-Chair
MD, PhD
University of Pisa, Italy
Dr. Francesco Corradi is a Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Pisa, trained in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology with special interest in clinical hepatology and liver transplant programs. With 20 years of ultrasonography experience, he has particular expertise in color-Doppler, abdominal, lung, heart, and vascular ultrasound. His research focuses on functional hemodynamic evaluation, pathophysiology of circulatory changes in critical care patients, and acute respiratory failure assessment using lung ultrasonography. Dr. Corradi has extensive experience in managing complex emergencies, cardiac arrest, ECMO procedures, and renal replacement therapies. He is a member of ESICM, SIAARTI, and WINFOCUS.
Dr. Julina Noor
Congress Chair
MD, MRCEM
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Dr. Julina Md Noor is an Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine and Consultant Emergency Physician at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Malaysia. She graduated from University of Wales College of Medicine in 2001, completed her specialist training in emergency medicine at Universiti Malaya in 2010, and pursued a fellowship in critical and emergency ultrasound at Massachusetts General Hospital in 2014. Dr. Noor currently heads the Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Department at Hospital UiTM and serves as President of the Society of Critical Care & Emergency Sonography Malaysia. She has been actively teaching ultrasound for over a decade.
Dr. Magali Gauthey
Congress Co-Chair
MD
Hôpital de la Tour & Geneva University Children Hospital
Dr. Magali Gauthey is the Co-head of the Pediatric Department at Hôpital de la Tour in Geneva, Switzerland, and a staff emergency physician in the Division of Emergency Medicine at Geneva University Children Hospital. After completing her pediatrics training in Geneva, she completed a 3-year fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Point-of-Care Ultrasound at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Gauthey is one of the few Swiss Pediatric POCUS instructors and is actively involved in implementing and developing POCUS locally and internationally. She serves as Treasurer for the P2Network, a multinational organization dedicated to pediatric point-of-care ultrasound.
Dr. David Teng
Congress Co-Chair
MD, FACEP
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Dr. David Teng is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Board-certified in both Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Emergency Medicine by the American Board of Pediatrics, Dr. Teng completed his medical education at St. Georges University, his residency at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, and his fellowship at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. He brings expertise in pediatric emergency care and point-of-care ultrasound education.
Dr. Kristofer Montoya
Emergency Ultrasound Fellow
MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Kristofer Montoya is an Emergency Medicine physician currently completing his Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital (2025). He graduated from Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in 2020 and completed his Emergency Medicine residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 2024. Dr. Montoya is affiliated with Henry Ford Medical Group and brings expertise in emergency medicine and point-of-care ultrasound.
Dr. Robert James Adrian
Section Editor, PEERcert+ Advanced Ultrasound
MD, FPD-AEMUS
Saint Anthony Hospital, Chicago
Dr. Robert James Adrian is a section editor for PEERcert+ Advanced Ultrasound and currently practices emergency medicine at Saint Anthony Hospital in Chicago. He completed his emergency ultrasound fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, and achieved the AEMUS FPD while working as a fellow in New Zealand. Dr. Adrian has received the SAEM AEUS Resident Education Award, lectures globally on emergency ultrasound, and has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals. His expertise includes critical care echocardiography and gastric ultrasound.
Dr. Nour Al Jalbout
Co-Fellowship Director
MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Nour Al Jalbout is the Co-Fellowship Director of the Harvard Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship at Mass General Brigham and Co-Program Director of the International Fellowship in Emergency Ultrasound Research. She serves as Medical Director for Quality and Safety in the MGH Emergency Department and holds an academic appointment as Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Her academic interests center on POCUS in critical care resuscitation, with particular focus on transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), procedural innovation, and simulation-based education. She was recognized with the 2024 Susan Wilcox Education and Teaching Award and the 2025 SAEM Early Educator Award.
Dr. Juan Antonio Calderón
WINFOCUS Board of Directors
MD
HGZ #4 IMSS Monterrey, Mexico
Dr. Juan Antonio Calderón González is a member of the WINFOCUS Board of Directors (2019-2020) and a specialist in Internal Medicine from the University of Guadalajara and Critical Care Medicine from Tecnológico de Monterrey. He is affiliated with the Intensive Care Unit at HGZ #4 IMSS Monterrey and holds credentials at multiple hospitals in the Christus Muguerza Group, Hospital San José Tec de Monterrey, Hospital Zambrano Hellion, Doctors Hospital, and OCA Hospital in Monterrey, Nuevo León.
Dr. Miguel Montorfano
WINFOCUS Latin America Coordinator
MD
Hospital de Emergencias "Dr. Clemente Alvarez", Rosario, Argentina
Dr. Montorfano is Head of the Ultrasound and Doppler Service at Hospital de Emergencias "Dr. Clemente Alvarez" in Rosario, Argentina, and Teaching Coordinator for Critical Ultrasound. He is a founding member and former President of the Rosario Ultrasonography Association and former Vice President of FASED (Argentine Federation of Ultrasound and Doppler Societies). As a member of the WINFOCUS Board of Directors and Latin America Coordinator, Dr. Montorfano has authored two books and numerous articles, and has been involved in organizing ultrasound training courses and national and international congresses for over 20 years.
Dr. Mateusz Zawadka
WINFOCUS Board of Directors
MD, PhD, DESAIC
Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
Dr. Mateusz Zawadka is a consultant in anaesthesia and intensive care at the 2nd Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at the University Clinical Centre and an assistant professor at the Medical University of Warsaw. He completed research and clinical fellowships at St. Bartholomew and King's College Hospital in London, UK, and earned his PhD in perioperative echocardiography. As a member of the WINFOCUS Board of Directors, he contributes actively to the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine as part of the NEXT committee and supports the development of local point-of-care education programs.
Dr. Alberto Goffi
Co-Director, BASIC Critical Care Ultrasound Curriculum
MD
St. Michael's Hospital - Unity Health Toronto, University of Toronto
Dr. Alberto Goffi is a Staff Physician at St. Michael's Hospital and Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, Department of Medicine and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine. He obtained his MD from the University of Turin, Italy, and completed his Fellowship in Adult Critical Care Medicine at the University of Toronto. His clinical and academic interests include neurocritical care and point-of-care ultrasound in acute care medicine. He is co-director of the IDCCM BASIC Critical Care Ultrasound Curriculum and co-lead of the Toronto Addis Ababa Academic Collaboration Adult Critical Care Medicine fellowship. In 2015, he won the Young Lecturer Award at the ESICM annual meeting and in 2019 received the Frank S. Rutledge Award of Excellence in Critical Care Teaching.
Dr. Larry Melniker
WINFOCUS Board of Directors
MD, MBA
New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Dr. Lawrence A. Melniker is Vice Chair for Quality Management in the Department of Emergency Medicine at New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital and Assistant Clinical Professor at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. He completed a Clinical Epidemiology Fellowship and Master's Degree at Cornell in 2004 and a Healthcare MBA at George Washington University in 2016. Dr. Melniker serves on the WINFOCUS board of directors, is a senior methodologist for the WINFOCUS International Consensus Conference Series, and serves on the editorial board for the Critical Ultrasound Journal. His interests include clinical ultrasonography, quality management, outcomes research, educational medical informatics, and socio-economics in healthcare.
Dr. Arif Hussain
WINFOCUS Past President
MD
King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Dr. Arif Hussain is the Head of Cardiac Critical Care at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A Cardiac Anesthesiologist and Intensivist who received his training at Harvard University in Boston, he is a diplomat in critical care echocardiography and advanced perioperative transesophageal echocardiography by the National Board of Echocardiography, USA. As immediate past president of WINFOCUS and 2022 e-Congress Organizing Chair, Dr. Hussain has been involved in developing, teaching, and directing ultrasound courses worldwide for over 20 years. His research interests include right ventricular function, heart-lung interactions, and multi-organ ultrasound assessment of complex cardiovascular problems.
Dr. Gabriele Via
WINFOCUS Founding Member & International Director
MD, EDIC
Istituto Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland
Dr. Gabriele Via is a Senior Consultant Intensivist and Anesthesiologist in the Department of Cardiac Anesthesia and Intensive Care at Istituto Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano, Switzerland. He is a founding member of WINFOCUS and serves as International Director of the WINFOCUS Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Training Program. Dr. Via is international faculty for WINFOCUS US-Basic and US-Advanced Life Support and Lung Ultrasound courses. A passionate educator, international speaker, and author of peer-reviewed publications and textbook chapters, his main interests include focused cardiac ultrasound, trans-thoracic and trans-esophageal echocardiography, lung ultrasound, and point-of-care ultrasound in critically ill patients.
Dr. Adrian Wong
Scientific Committee Chair
MD
Kings College Hospital, London, UK
Dr. Adrian Wong is a consultant in Critical Care Medicine and Anesthesiologist at Kings College Hospital in London. He runs the Point-of-Care ultrasound training program for colleagues within the department. In intensive care medicine and all acute medical specialties, POCUS has become an integral part of patient care. Dr. Wong serves as Chair of the Scientific Committee for WINFOCUS, where there is a growing expectation and need for clinicians to be competent in Point-of-Care ultrasound when caring for acutely unwell patients.
Dr. Segun Olusanya
Scientific Committee Member
BSc, BM, MRCP, FRCA, FFICM
Guys and St Thomas's Hospital, London, UK
Dr. Segun Olusanya is a Specialty Registrar in Intensive Care Medicine currently working at Guys and St Thomas's Hospital, London. He is part of the UK Focused Ultrasound in Intensive Care Committee, an associate editor of the Journal of the Intensive Care Society, an editor for the POCUS Journal, and part of the Editorial and Publishing committee for the ESICM. Dr. Olusanya is accredited in Advanced Transthoracic echocardiography and maintains an interest in whole body ultrasound, particularly in hemodynamically unstable patients. His single great achievement is running a wedding cake business with his wife, Fehintola.
Dr. Marco Umaña
Director of WINFOCUS Costa Rica
MD
R.A. Calderón Guardia Hospital, University of Costa Rica
Dr. Marco Umaña is a specialist in emergency medicine with extensive experience as head of emergency departments and hospital director. He was head of the emergency department at Hospital General de Guadalajara and deputy director of the same hospital. He completed his Fellowship in Emergency Ultrasound at the Ultrasound Leadership Academy in the USA and currently serves as Director of WINFOCUS Costa Rica and Postgraduate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Costa Rica. Dr. Umaña is a world leader in teaching bedside ultrasound, having directed over 100 courses nationally and internationally and presented at more than 50 international medical conferences.
Dr. Alejandro Moya
Co-Director of WINFOCUS Costa Rica
MD, Master in Critical Care, Master in Clinical Ultrasound
Hospital Dr. Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, Costa Rica
Dr. Alejandro Moya is an emergency medicine physician with advanced training in critical care and clinical ultrasound. He holds a Master's degree in updating treatment of critically ill patients, a Master's degree in clinical ultrasound, and a Diploma in Critically Ill Medicine. Dr. Moya serves as Co-Director of WINFOCUS Costa Rica and is a Medical Assistant Specialist at Hospital Dr. Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia. He is Past President of the Costa Rican Association of Emergency Physicians and an active member of the Latin American Federation of Emergency Medicine, the International Federation of Emergency Medicine, and the interest group in geriatric emergencies of the IFEM. Dr. Moya has extensive experience speaking at local and international conferences.
Dr. Alexander Belaia
Emergency Ultrasound Fellow
MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham & Women's Hospital
Dr. Alexander Belaia is a Belarusian-American emergency medicine physician currently completing his Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women's Hospital. Along with being an attending at these two sites, he also moonlights as an Emergency Medicine Attending at Mass Eye and Ear. A former Division 1 wrestler at Duke University, he discovered his passion for emergency medicine and ultrasound during his training in Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Belaia focuses on international ultrasound, along with cardiac, pulmonary, and testicular applications, and aspires to establish ultrasound programs in Eastern Europe.
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