Emergency Ultrasound in the UAB Department of Emergency Medicine is made up of board-certified experts in Advanced Clinical Ultrasound. Our physicians promote clinical excellence through training both clinicians and trainees from a variety of specialties. We strive to advance the understanding of clinical ultrasound through research and dissemination of knowledge, recognizing that the role of clinical ultrasound in patient care and education is expansive and crucial to great emergency care. Thorough publications and presentations at local, regional and international meetings, we hope to reach far and wide in emergency ultrasound leadership.

Recent Publications

1. Thompson, Maxwell; Pigott, David C.; Gullett, John; & Gibson, Blayke. (2017). Acute ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Massive Pericardial Effusion Due to Infective Endocarditis. Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
2. Neth MR, Thompson MA, Gibson CB, Gullett JP, Pigott DC. Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy in the Presence of an Intrauterine Device. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med. 2019 Jan 22;3(1):51-54
3. DeMasi, SC, Goyack, LE, Shufflebarger, EF, Thompson MA, et al. Clinical ultrasonography in patients who inject drugs (the CUPID protocol): an illustrated case series. JACEP Open. 2020; 1: 244– 251. https://doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12028
4. Burleson SL, Swanson JF, Shufflebarger EF, Wallace DW, Heimann MA, Crosby JC, Pigott DC, Gullett JP, Thompson MA, Greene CJ. Evaluation of a novel handheld point-of-care ultrasound device in an African emergency department. Ultrasound J. 2020 Dec 7;12(1):53. doi: 10.1186/s13089-020-00200-8.
5. Bacro-Duverger, B. H, Thorburn, A. Q, Denney, B. D, Gullett, J. P, Thompson, M. A, & Pigott, D. C. (2022). Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Following Traumatic Hand Amputation: A Case Report. Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 6(3). http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2022.2.55463
6. Tilak, AM, Yang, LC, Morgan, J, Thompson, MA et al. Optic nerve sheath diameter correlates to intracranial pressure in spontaneous CSF leak patients. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2023; 1- 7. https://doi.org/10.1002/alr.23120
7. Kilgore A E, Shufflebarger E F, Thompson M A, et al. (April 23, 2023) Can Emergency Physicians Diagnose Cirrhosis by Ultrasound: A Prospective Single-Arm Educational Intervention. Cureus 15(4): e38012. doi:10.7759/cureus.38012
8. Seay DE, Bloom AD, Thompson MA. Woman With Monocular Vision Loss. Ann Emerg Med. 2023 May;81(5):638-646. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.12.009. PMID: 37085202.
9. Griesmer KB, Kons H, Burleson SL, Pigott DC, Bishop L, Thompson M. Man with a non-tender, swollen thumb. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2023 Sep 19;4(5):e13046. doi: 10.1002/emp2.13046. PMID: 37736132; PMCID: PMC10509597.  

Our Team

Thompson, Maxwell, M.D.

Director
Emergency Ultrasound Program
Associate Professor
UAB Department of Emergency Medicine

Burleson, Samuel (Luke), M.D.

Program Director
Point-of-care Ultrasound in Resource-Limited Settings Fellowship
Assistant Professor
UAB Department of Emergency Medicine

Gullett, John, M.D.

Associate Professor
UAB Department of Emergency Medicine

Pigott, David C., M.D.

Associate Professor
UAB Department of Emergency Medicine