Michael Macias

Being an effective leader ultimately leads to being a successful clinical Ultrasound (US) director. Unfortunately, we don’t get taught how to do this during residency or fellowship. 🧵👇

Blockheads & Sound and Surf is almost here (Aug 7&8)!! Full day of hands-on block teaching + food/drink + CME + SD weather. soundandsurf.com **** Friday = SOLD OUT!. Thursday = 1 spot left. Thanks you @Mindray_NA, @BBraunUSA and Civco for your support @soundandsurf

Join us in sunny San Diego for a hands-on nerve block course designed specifically for emergency & acute care physicians. 1-day course: August 7th & 8th ✅ High-impact blocks ✅ Expert instructors ✅ Awesome venue (Stone Brewery) Learn more: soundandsurf.com

Meet our Team: Michael Macias, MD, FDP-AEMUS Why They Love Teaching Nerve Blocks Once you see the benefits of complete pain relief in serious traumatic injuries first-hand, you realize what an impact this skill can have on the care we are able to provide in the ED.

Bringing multimodal pain management strategies to acute care, this is the future of Emergency Medicine practice!

Stay current in Emergency Medicine! 🚨 ACGME has proposed significant changes to Emergency Medicine residency training. Notably, there's a new emphasis on regional anesthesia, requiring residents to now perform a minimum number of nerve block procedures during their training.

We’re excited to share that we’re hosting a 1-day ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia course with @BlockHeads21G in San Diego on August 7–8, 2025, at Stone Brewery!

✅ Learn Nerve Blocks August 7th & 8th, 2025 We’re hosting the nerve block experts from Blockheads to bring world-class ultrasound education & emergency pain management together for an amazing 1-day course in San Diego! Visit soundandsurf.com to learn more!

I am proud to share our groups recent publication. We are moving the needle on Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks! @NagdevArun @harvardsono @HamidShokoohiMD @EMedCurious @ACEP_EUS @emrap_tweets @josephbrown152 @lachlandriverEM @PericeLeland jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Do you find yourself wanting faster access to the content of @thepocusatlas when you're running #POCUS image review and need to demonstrate something? If so, check out our new Chrome extension! chromewebstore.google.com/detail/the-poc… @EMedCurious @mriscinti @Yale_EUS

After a 1 year hiatus we are bringing back our #POCUS Course to San Diego! It's going to be bigger and better than ever!!! Nov 6th-8th, 2024 soundandsurf.com

UPDATE: Our GI Jr Page is now live! -> thepocusatlas.com/gi-jr We now have 4 pediatric POCUS pages on our site and more underway! ▶️ Biliary ▶️ GI ▶️ MSK ▶️ Pulmonary Thank you to contributors of this project who have helped make this free resource grow!

@RJonesSonoEM @CWRUSOM @MetroHealth_EM @MH_EMultrasound @drjgutt @jminardi21 @PratsEM @SmallsSono Love seeing these shirts out in the wild! Looks like a solid team to me!

Excited for the start of another year teaching the @CWRUSOM M1/M2s POCUS with this great team! I just need to get them on X (Twitter). @MetroHealth_EM @MH_EMultrasound @drjgutt @jminardi21 @PratsEM @SmallsSono Hey @EMedCurious -recognize the t-shirts?

Check out this easy-to-use, free, bedside app for fracture management ➡️ litfl.com/fractures-app/… #MedEd #FOAMED #MedTwitter

📢 Recent POCUS Atlas Jr Submission courtesy of @ZachBoivinMD! This is a clip from a teen presenting with scrotal swelling...You're not supposed to see bowel and testicle in the same image! Calling all PEM POCUS Peeps - we needs more submissions to build our image atlas!

Guess less, know more with #POCUS #FOAMed #FOAMus #echofirst #echo

Introducing the OMI Pocket Guide. Smith ECG Blog Posts organized into an amazingly educational collection, with examples of each type of subtle OMI and of mimics. Also on the banner at the top for easy access any time hqmeded-ecg.blogspot.com/p/omi-pocket-g…

Stoked to start a brand-new #POCUS fellowship with the one/only @EMedCurious! A few of our highlights: 1.) Teaching/knowledge translation emphasis 2.) Heavy content creation resources/training 3.) Great location/residents/faculty 4.) Moonlighting opportunities 5.) Mike Macias

@Jailyn_Avi 6) Jailyn Avila 😀 Super excited to get this program going and match our first fellow this coming year!

📢 It’s official! @EMedCurious and I are starting a #POCUS fellowship in sunny Southern California! Check out the application information here: eusfellowships.com/programs/detai… (And of course, feel free to send a DM for more info!)