Soni to present Kirkendall Lecture

By Roman Petrowski, Office of Communications
Nilam J. Soni, MD - Kirkendall Lecture Speaker
Nilam J. Soni, MD

The Department of Internal Medicine welcomes Nilam J. Soni, MD, as the keynote speaker for the Walter M. Kirkendall, MD, and Margaret K. Kirkendall Annual Endowed Lecture Series, March 30.

Soni is the director of the VA Point-of-Care Ultrasound Patient Safety Center and the Critical Care Ultrasound Education South Texas Veterans Health Care System at the University of Texas Health San Antonio. The lecture will be held from noon to 1 p.m. in MSB 2.103. A Webex viewing will also be available.

Soni is an internationally recognized leader in point-of-care ultrasound and has collaborated with a broad range of healthcare professionals to develop training curricula in point-of-care ultrasound for different specialties. He is well known for teaching point-of-care ultrasound nationally and internationally.

In 2016, Soni was awarded a VA Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) grant to evaluate the implementation of point-of-care ultrasound use in the VA healthcare system. He is also the visionary and chief editor of the book, Point-of-Care Ultrasound, which was awarded the 2015 British Medical Association’s President’s Choice Award.

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