National Neonatal
POCUS Collaborative
About Us
NeoPocusCollab is driven by the interests and involvement of our incredible community of passionate neonatal providers, nurses, educators, and lifelong learners. We are a new national collaborative with the goals of helping expand the use of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) throughout Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU).
Executive Council
Maky Fraga
Chair
Sai Mukthapuram
Member
Shazia Bhombal
Vice Chair
Belinda Chan
Member
Yogen Singh
Secretary
Stephanie Marshall
Member
Alan Groves
Member
Steering Committee
We have multiple committees including Research, Education, Guidelines, Communications, and Program Development and Credentialing. Each committee is tasked with different aspects of our main goal of spreading knowledge about the use of POCUS in the NICU.
Jennifer Shepherd
Research co-chair
Karena Lawrence
Education co-chair
Colin Parker
Communications
co-chair
Jason Stoller
Research co-chair
Courtney Juliano
Guidelines co-chair
Diana Vargas
Program development & Credentialing
co-chair
Sharada Gowda
Research co-chair
Minso Kim
Guidelines co-chair
Lauren Ruoss
Program development & Credentialing
co-chair
Cara Beth Carr
Education co-chair
Adam S. Bauer
Communications
co-chair
Committees
Education
Develop and implement educational content and curricula for venues related to POCUS, including creation of a national curriculum for POCUS training to neonatal fellows. Responsible for monthly Office Hours and NPC Webinars.
Guidelines
Oversee the national recommendations for the development Neonatal POCUS guidelines including standardized scanning protocol, techniques and views.
Research
Develop the Neonatal POCUS Collaborative research program, including surveys, QI projects, and using the CHND as a registry source to determine changes in clinical practice/outcomes with integration of POCUS in clinical practice.
Program Development & Credentialing
Outline steps for program development including image archiving mechanisms, documentation, machine acquisition, billing mechanisms, and QA processes.
Communications
Develop, implement, and maintain a Neonatal POCUS Collaborative presence on the internet and social media.
Committee
Members
Research
Ayan Rajgarhia
Caroline Yeon-Kyeong
Carolyn McGann
Hanna Mina
Prasad Bhandary
Irina Prelipcean
Michelle Gontasz
Sweta Bhargava
Anup Katheria
Rishika Sakaria
Tasnim Najaf
Nick Heitkamp
Guidelines
Dalibor Kurepa
Kshama Shah
Rachel Marie Weinstein
Ekta Patel
Michelle Gontasz
Cassandra Montoya
Michelle Ruiz
Mark Weems
John Wren
Kristen Clark
Indrani Bhattacharjee
Vivek Saroha
Tom Nienaber
Numra Aleem
Howard Chao
Pablo Lohmann
Rupin Sharma
Communications
Ekta Patel
Kelsey Donoho
Dipen Vyas
Ann Chacko
Nick Heitkamp
Faith Myers
Rupin Sharma
Jeffrey Manzano
Leah Carr
May W. Chen
Education
Ayan Rajgarhia
Deirdre O' Reilly
Wil Corder
Ashley Fischer
Rachel Marie Weinstein
Sandy John
Michael Pippa
Kara M. Kuhn-Riordon
Rupin Sharma
Irina Prelipcean
May W. Chen
Ashley Osborne
Kathryn Berlin
Farha Vora
Manjula Mudduluru
Thomas Pawlowski
Fatima Eskandar-Afshari
Kristen Clark
Ricardo Jorge Rodriguez
Carly Dorothy Mobley
Tanzeema Hossain
Michael Janeczko
Ami Patel
Mona Khattab
Monti Sharma
Mary Keith
Lauren Swanson
Jeffrey Manzano
Program Development
& Credentialing
Zachary Anderson
Rehman Chowdhury
Rodica Turcu
Teresa Victoria
May W. Chen
Olive Konana
Jenny Koo
Katherine Coughlin
Tamara Arnautovic
Jae Kim
Brady Thomas
Jeffrey Manzano
Mona Khattab
Monti Sharma
Phil Levy
Mary Keith
Lauren Swanson