Bret P. Nelson MD, RDMS, FACEP

Dr. Bret P. Nelson, MD, RDMS, FACEP is a professor of Emergency Medicine and the Director of the Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Division. He is the chief editor of the ultrasound education website, www.SinaiEM.us. He is co-author of the Manual of Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound as well as the Emergency Medicine Oral Board Review Illustrated (Cambridge University Press). He serves on the Board of Directors of the World Interactive Network Focused on Critical Ultrasound and as vice-chair of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine’s Emergency and Critical Care Community of Practice. 

He is active in the American College of Emergency Physicians Ultrasound Section and was among the authors of ACEPs 2008 Emergency Ultrasound Guidelines. Dr. Nelson has lectured throughout the world on the use of point-of-care ultrasound to aid medical decision-making and improve patient safety. His research interests include ultrasound and medical education. He is a recipient of the American College of Emergency Physicians’ National Faculty Teaching Award and is a Master Educator level member of Mount Sinai’s Institute for Medical Education.