Petra Duran-Gehring, MD

Dr. Duran-Gehring is an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Florida in Jacksonville, where she started the Emergency Ultrasound program in 2008 as the sole ultrasound faculty member after working in community practice where she saw firsthand how POCUS can improve patient care. Dr. Duran-Gehring has since expanded the program to house an accredited Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasonography (AEMUS) fellowship and to win management awards from the Clinical Ultrasound Accreditation Program. She has lectured nationally and has a passion for medical education, as evidenced by numerous teaching awards and course directorships. She was awarded the AEUS Scholarship to attend the SAEM ARMED MedEd program, which resulted in grant funding and national presentations on virtual ultrasound education. She has previously served the Academy of Emergency Ultrasound (AEUS) as Secretary and as a SonoGames Round 2 Station Design Lead, is a member of the Society of Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships (SCUF) Board of Directors, and has been a speaking coach for the SCUF national conference. She is on the leadership team for the ACEP/SAEM joint national journal club, Probing the Literature and the ACEP AEMUS Review Course. When not teaching ultrasound, she loves spending time outdoors and at the soccer field with her husband and three boys.