Current Projects

Does bedside ultrasound training teach fourth year medical students to accurately measure the inferior vena cava diameter?

Patient perceptions of Educational U/S performed in the ED

Baseline IVC Parameters in Normovolemic Children

POCUS retrospective chart review

U/S guided PIV Nursing Education assessment

Intussusception ultrasound phantom assessment of resident confidence and likelihood of performing bedside u/s to evaluate for intussusception

Baseline Physeal Plate measures in healthy uninjured children

Ultrasound guided hematoma blocks

Publications

Essential Emergency Imaging: Lewiss RE, Saul T, Shah K eds. (in press)

Lewiss RE, Wu S. Ultrasound diagnosis of rectus sheath hematoma. J Emer Med  (in press)

Saul, T.  Incomplete Abortion with Ruptured Membranes.  Case Report.  Journal of Emergency Medicine (in press)

Saul, T, Lewiss, RE, Langsfeld, A, Radeos, M, Del Rios, M. Inter-rater Reliability of Sonographic Measurements of the Inferior Vena Cava. Journal of Emergency Medicine.  (in press)

Van Leer P, Runde D, Lewiss RE. Hepatic and biliary emergency ultrasound. In: Connolly J, Jarman B, Dean A, Hoffmann B eds. Emergency Point of Care Ultrasound. Oxford. Wiley & Sons (in press)

Goldflam K, Lewiss RE. Gynecology. In: Doniger S, ed. Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound. Cambridge. (in press)

Medlej K, Lewiss RE. "I'm an Emergency Medicine Resident with a Special Interest in Ultrasonography. Should I Take a Certification Examination?," AnnEmergMed. 2011

Lewiss RE, Egan DJ, Shreves A. Vascular Abdominal Emergencies in Dean A and Mills A (eds). Emer Med Clin N Am 29 (2011) 2530272.

Jafri, F, Runde, D, Saul, T and Lewiss, RE.  An inexpensive and easy simulation model of ocular ultrasound that mimics normal anatomy as well as abnormal ophthalmologic conditions.  Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 2011; 30(4): 569-573.

Saul T, Del Rios M, Lewiss R. ACEP Focus On. Ultrasound Image quality. April 2011.

Goldflam KG, Saul T, Lewiss R. Inferior Vena Cava Ultrasound. Acep News June 2011, p. 24.

Lewiss RE. Bedside eFAST Ultrasonography: Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma. In: Shah K, Egan D, Quaas J, eds. Essential Emergency Trauma. Philadelphia Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; 2011: 461-465.

Lewiss RE. Trauma During Pregnancy. In: Shah K, Egan D, Quaas J, eds. Essential Emergency Trauma. Philadelphia Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; 2011: 399-403.

Saul, T. and Sonson, J.  Molar pregnancy. The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2011; 40(2): e39-40.

Saul T.  Ectopic pregnancy and tubo-ovarian abscess.  The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2010; 39(4): 499-500.

Blackstock U, Wu S, Lewiss RE, Saul T, Bagley W. ACEP Focus On. Bedside Biliary Ultrasound. Nov 2010.

Wu S, Blackstock U, Lewiss RE, Saul T, Bagley W. ACEP Focus On. Bedside Ultrasound of the Abdominal Aorta. May 2010.

Del Rios, M., Lewiss, R., and Saul, T., ACEP Focus on. DVT, March, 2009.

Saul T, Sonson J.  Ovarian hyper-stimulation syndrome. American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2009; 27(2): 250.e3-4.

Bagley W, Travnicek P, Saul T, Lewiss RE. ACEP Focus On: Dynamic Ultrasound-guided Peripheral Intravenous line placement. Aug 2009.

Lewiss, R., Saul, T., and Del Rios, M. ACEP Focus on. EFAST, January, 2009.

Saul, T., Lewiss, R. ACEP Focus on. First Trimester Ultrasound, July, 2008

Weekes A and Lewiss RE. “Ultrasound in resuscitation” In: Fox JC ed. Clinical Emergency Radiology. Cambridge University Press 2008

Kleckner K, DelRios M, Lewiss RE. Images in emergency medicine. Fracture of the third rib. Ann Emerg Med. 2008 Feb;51(2):e1-2

Lewin MR, Stein J, Wang R, Lee MM, Kernberg M, Boukhman M, Hahn IH, Lewiss RE. Humming is as effective as Valsalva’s maneuver and Trendelenburg’s position for ultrasonographic visualization of the jugular venous system and common femoral veins. Ann Emerg Med. 2007; 50:73-77.

Lewin MR, Stein J, Wang R, Lee MM, Kernberg M, Boukhman M, Hahn IH, Lewiss RE. Humming is as effective as Valsalva's maneuver and Trendelenburg's position for ultrasonographic visualization of the jugular venous system and common femoral veins. Ann Emerg Med. 2007 Jul;50(1):73-7. Epub 2007 Apr 11

Del Ríos, M, Valcich D.  "Renal Ultrasound".  Chapter in Essential Emergency Procedures.  Editors Shah K and Mason C. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2007.

Ashar T; Ladner H.  Introduction to Emergency Ultrasound: the FAST approach. Israeli Journal of Emergency Medicine 2006; 6: 1-9.

Ashar T.  Introduction to Emergency Ultrasound. Israeli Journal of Emergency Medicine 2005; 4: 1-9.

Lewiss RE and Weekes AJ.  Advances in Pediatric Emergency Ultrasound, Part 3 Applications in the Adolescent and Child as an Aid in Emergency Department  Procedures. Pediatric EM Reports September 2005

Ruder S, Lewiss RE. Acute Arthritis in Emergency Medicine Practice: An Evidence-Based Medicine Approach to Emergency Medicine. EM Practice, October 2004

Weekes AJ and Lewiss RE. Advances in Pediatric Ultrasound Part 2:Emergency Ultrasound in the Pediatric Non- Trauma Patient. Pediatric EM Reports May 2004.

Weekes AJ and Lewiss RE. Advances in Pediatric Ultrasound Part 1: Focused Applications in the Adolescent Female with Abdominal Pain and the Male with Testicular Pain. Pediatric EM Reports April 2004.

Lanoix, R., L. V. Leak, et al. (2000). "A preliminary evaluation of emergency ultrasound in the setting of an emergency medicine training program." Am J Emerg Med 18(1): 41-5.

Lanoix, R., W. E. Baker, et al. (1998). "Evaluation of an instructional model for emergency ultrasonography."  Acad Emerg Med 5(1): 58-63.

Lanoix, R. (1997). "Credentialing issues in emergency ultrasonography." Emerg Med Clin North Am 15(4): 913-20.

Posters/Abstracts

Blackstock U, Saul T, Bagley W, Wu S, Lewiss RE. Does Bedside Ultrasound Training Improve Physical Exam Skills in Medical Students Measuring The Liver Span? CORD National Conference 2011

Runde D, Jafri F, Saul T, Lewiss RE. Does the use of a novel ocular ultrasound model affect confidence and emergency medicine resident performance of ocular ultrasound? CORD National Conference 2011

Saul T, Lewiss RE, Del Rios M. How accurate is the last menstrual period in dating a first trimester pregnancy. ACEP Research Forum 2008

Saul, T. Visual Diagnosis Exhibit, SAEM National Meeting, May 2008.  Ultrasound diagnosis of Acromio-clavicular Joint Separation.

Ashar T. Acute Biliary Disease. Poster presentation, NY Regional SAEM. March, 2004

Riley D, Darvish A, Lewiss R, Lanoix R. "Impact of a New Emergency Department Ultrasound Fellowship on Emergency Department Ultrasound Utilization". AAEM International Conference, Sitges, Spain 2003

Riley D, Darvish A, Lewiss R, Lanoix R. "Impact of a New Emergency Department Ultrasound Fellowship on Emergency Department Ultrasound Utilization". New York SAEM Regional Forum, New York City, 2003