SCUF26 Conference

Sept. 15-17 in Chattanooga, TN

Fellow Lightning Talks

Calling all ultrasound fellows! Submit your Fellow Lightning Talks for the opportunity to speak at the Annual SCUF conference! What is new and exciting in ultrasound? Do you have a passion area or hot take on something in ultrasound and looking to get on your soap box? Whatever the idea is—we want to hear it!

Submit Your idea

Get ready to submit (handout)

What are the Fellow Lightning Talks?

The fellow lightning competition is a speaking competition between CURRENT ultrasound fellows. Each fellow has five minutes to talk about a topic of their choice which will be judged based on the criteria in the submission form.

What makes for a good topic?

We want to hear about something that excites YOU! This could be about the next new, unique, and exciting application of POCUS, an innovative educational curriculum or tool, a practice-changing research topic, or your hot take on an ultrasound controversy!

It is helpful to be specific when selecting a topic. For example, it is difficult to talk about transesophageal ECHO (TEE), artificial intelligence, transcranial doppler, or nerve blocks in a 5-minute presentation. Narrow the scope down, and keep it focused! Work with your fellowship director on a topic to present on, and please do not hesitate to reach out to us with any questions about topic selection!

Deadlines SCUF 2026

Submissions open: June 1, 2026
Submission Deadline: July 20, 2026 (10PM CST)
Video Pitch Slots: July 25-August 6, 2026
Speakers chosen: August 10, 2026
Presentation date: September 16, 2026

What are the steps?

First, familiarize yourself with selection criteria, past topics and winners, and FAQs.

Next, submit your idea for a talk on the submission form here.

The submissions will be screened by the fellow LT committee.

Top 20 written submissions will be invited for the live (virtual) pitch! Slides OPTIONAL for the virtual pitch, but limited to no more than 3 total slides!

In 2-3 minutes, let us know:
– Who are you?
– What is your topic about?
– Why are you excited about it?
– Why does the SCUF community need to hear it?

SCUF26 Speakers & Topics

Aswin Bikkani: “A New Self Healing Hydrogel for Durable, DIY, Ultrasound Guided Procedural Simulation“ (winner)
Amanda Baroutjian: “Before the Scope: A New Window into Upper GI Bleeding”
Josh Hoffer: “Toothy Problems: Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Odontogenic Infections”
Lucia Lin: “POCUS Reels: Adapting POCUS Education for the Modern Trainee”
Rosa Reyes: “Beyond the Strings: Using POCUS to Improve IUD Care”
Willis Schuerger: “Headache free in 1-2-3: Ultrasound Guided Occipital Nerve Blocks”

SCUF25 Speakers & Topics

Kaitlyn Boggs: What the Puff? (winner)
John Bowling: The Axillary Avenger: Your Super Nerve Block for those Pesky Wrist and Arm Fractures
Alexis Gannon: Sonographic Approach to Shoulder Dislocation and Reduction
Benjamin Monge: Sweet Cheeks! Transgluteal sciatic nerve block with D5W for treatment of sciatica
Courtney Smith: The Block Awakens: A Force for Change in Hip Fracture ED Pain Management
Ying Wu: Ice, Ice Baby – Freezing Out the Pain of Traumatic Rib Fractures

SCUF24 Speakers & Topics

John Michael Bowling: Fight the Visceral Villain with the Erector Spinae Plane Block! (winner)
Franz Mendoza-García: Puerto Rico SonoFest
Carolina Isabel Brea: 3 Things I Wish I Knew Starting a POCUS Program in Free Clinics
Townsend Reeves: Up’ing your Block Rizz with the TPVB
Margaret Rinaldi: Infant Spinal Ultrasound: Tap into your potential
Alexa Thomas: Modified Subcostal and RVOT VTI