Ryan Jorgenson, MD, is a new faculty member at UNMC.
- Name: Ryan Jorgenson, MD
- Hometown: Brookings, South Dakota
- Title and department at UNMC: Instructor and advanced emergency medicine ultrasonography fellow in the UNMC Department of Emergency Medicine
Research/professional interests: Point of care ultrasound use in the emergency department, as well as resident/medical student education of POCUS use.
How I fell in love with emergency medicine: My interest in emergency medicine began in the early clinical years of medical school when presented with an undifferentiated patient, especially when the patient was unstable. The benefit of point-of-care ultrasound to better inform decisions in unstable patients during residency then led me down the path of pursuing an advanced emergency medicine ultrasound fellowship.
Education:
- MD, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine
Memberships:
- American College of Emergency Physicians
- American Board of Emergency Medicine
Three things people may not know about me:
- I competed as a long and triple jumper at South Dakota State in college (though I mostly just kept the training room staff busy).
- My route to medical school included a math major.
- One of my non-medical interests is mechanical and automatic watches.