April 9, 2019 | Lauren Woods - Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine

Med Students Take Home First Place for Ultrasound Skills

For the second year in a row UConn School of Medicine students won first place at The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine’s annual national “SonoSlam” ultrasound competition on April 6.

UConn School of Medicine students take home the Peter Arger Cup from the national SonoSlam 2019 ultrasound skills competition. Students include Alex Giuliano, Jay Lin and Sam Southgate (Photo Courtesy of Jay Lin).

For the second year in a row UConn School of Medicine students won first place at The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine’s annual national “SonoSlam” medical student ultrasound skills competition on April 6.

This year the reigning champion team hailing from UConn medical school defended their advanced use of ultrasound imaging title against 24 other schools from across the country. The team taking home the coveted Peter Arger Cup included third-year UConn medical students Sam Southgate of Leicestershire, England and Alex Giuliano of Suffield, Conn. and fourth-year medical student Jay Lin of Norwich.

“This is wonderful and congratulations to our medical students,” UConn School of Medicine Dean Bruce T. Liang shared. “We are elated and proud of you!”

The first place 2019 SonoSlam medical student team from UConn School of Medicine was trained and overseen by Dr. Meghan Herbst of Emergency Medicine (Photo Credit/Jay Lin).

Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine Dr. Robert Fuller also congratulated the students and their teachers: “You have really put UConn on the ‘map’ for ultrasound medical education training. Excellent work.”

Meghan Herbst, M.D., associate professor in emergency medicine at UConn’s medical school helps educate and train medical students on ultrasound and prepared the students for the skills competition. Herbst is a graduate of UConn School of Medicine and completed her advanced fellowship training in the field of emergency medicine ultrasound.

“Our UConn medical school team prepared well, worked hard, and stayed positive throughout the competition,” said Herbst. “I am proud of them…and this victory. Other leaders across the country took notice.”