Meetings By Mail Cleveland Clinic POCUS360 Integrating Ultrasound Into Outpatient and Inpatient Care 2026

Release Date: 7/15/26

POCUS360: Integrating Ultrasound Into Outpatient and Inpatient Care features Cleveland Clinic’s expert faculty providing current state-of-the-art techniques utilizing ultrasound for diagnosis and guiding procedures in all settings. Skills learned throughout this activity should improve patient outcomes, and can be easily incorporated into current physician, nurse and physician assistant practices.
Topics include: Ultrasound basics, techniques, probes and procedures, cardiac, lung, thyroid, gall bladder, kidney, DVT, abdominal aorta, nerve blocks, joint injections, paracentesis, thoracentesis, arthrocentesis, soft tissue aspiration, peripheral IV and central venous access, trauma, shock, RUSH and much more!

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Session 1: Basics of Diagnostic Ultrasound Lectures

Basics of Diagnostic Ultrasound: Waves, Probes, Scan Techniques, Nomenclature and Artifacts
Shetal N. Shah, MD

Basics of Thyroid Ultrasound
Joyce Shin, MD

POCUS Gall Bladder Assessment
John Hanicak, MD

Renal POCUS
John Hanicak, MD

POCUS: Lower Extremity DVT and Abdominal Aorta
Douglas Joseph, DO

Session 2: Basics of Diagnostic Ultrasound Workshops

Thyroid Workshop
Joyce Shin, MD

Gall Bladder Workshop
John Hanicak, MD

Kidney and Bladder Workshop
Lacey Grego, PA-C

DVT Workshop
Douglas Joseph, DO

Aorta Workshop
Debra Puffenberger, PA-C

Simulator Workshop
Shetal N. Shah, MD

Session 3: Procedural Basics and Injections

Patient Considerations & Universal Protocol Safety Checkllist
Shetal N. Shah, MD

Patient Prep, Equipment and Technique
D. Alex Paratore, DO

Patient Monitoring and Complications
Alex Ockerse, PA-C

US Guided Joint Injections: Knee and Shoulder
Jessica Tomazic, MD

Nerve Blocks
Robert Stenberg, MD

Ultrasound Guided Paracentesis & Thoracentesis
Eileen Nelson, APRN, CNP

Ultrasound Guided Arthrocentesis
Daniel K. Schneider, MD

Session 4: Procedural Workshops

Aspiration Workshop
D. Alex Paratore, DO

Knee Injection Workshop
Jessica Tomazic, MD

Shoulder Injection Workshop
Daniel K. Schneider, MD

Nerve Block Workshop
Robert Stenberg, MD

Thoracentesis and Paracentesis Workshop
Eileen Nelson, APRN, CNP

Session 5: Technique Review and Lung Ultrasonography

Probes, Techniques and More
Katherine Lang, DO

Lung Ultrasonography– Express
Ajit Moghekar, MD

Lung Workshop
Lacey Grego, PA-C

Post Lung Workshop Case Review
Ajit Moghekar, MD

Session 6: Focused Assessment With Sonography for Trauma (FAST)

Oh, the Pain! Focused Assessment With Sonography for Trauma (FAST)
Brian Makowski, DO

FAST Workshop 1: Subxiphoid View
Martina McDermott, MD

FAST Workshop 2: Right Upper Quadrant
Joshua Jacquet, MD

FAST Workshop 3: Kidney and Spleen
Courtney Smalley, MD

FAST Workshop 4: Bladder
Brian Makowski, DO

Session 7: Cardiac POCUS: Show Me Where Your Pump Is

Cardiac POCUS
Ben Alencherry , MD

Cardiac POCUS Workshop 1
Martina McDermott, MD

Cardiac POCUS Workshop 2
Katherine Lang, DO

Cardiac POCUS Workshop 3
Joshua Jacquet, MD

Session 8: Peripheral IV and Central Venous Access

Ultrasound Guided Peripheral IV Access
Aanchal Kapoor, MD

Central Venous Access
Michael Taylor, MD

PIV and CIV Access Workshop 1
Michael Taylor, MD

PIV and CIV Access Workshop 2
Joshua Jacquet, MD

PIV and CIV Access Workshop 3
Michael Taylor, MD

Session 9: Shock and RUSH

Algorythmic Approach to Shock
Siddharth Dugar, MD

Introduction to RUSH
Martina McDermott, MD

Diagnosing Shock With POCUS Workshop Intro
Courtney Smalley, MD

Shock Workshop 1– Cardiac
Siddharth Dugar, MD

Shock Workshop 2– DVT and Aorta
Lacey Grego, PA-C

Shock Workshop Conclusion
Courtney Smalley, MD