Essentials of Musculoskeletal (MSK) Ultrasound: Diagnostic and Interventional Skills

Director of MSK Ultrasound at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Madison, Wisconsin

Dr. Zachary Stewart is a musculoskeletal radiologist and the director of musculoskeletal ultrasound at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. He is also appointed as an Instructor of Radiology by Harvard Medical School. He completed his fellowship in Musculoskeletal imaging and Intervention at the University of Wisconsin in 2022 under the mentorship of Dr. Ken Lee. Since joining MGH in July of 2022, Dr. Stewart has established busy diagnostic and interventional musculoskeletal ultrasound services, including a weekly ultrasound clinic dedicated exclusively to peripheral nerves.

Dr. Stewart’s primary clinical interests are in diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound and image-guided pain palliation. His research interests focus on applications of quantitative imaging, such as shear-wave elastography, improving imaging for foot and ankle diagnostic imaging, and optimizing techniques for interventional pain procedures. He is board-certified by the American Board of Radiology and is a member of the Society of Skeletal Radiology, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, American College of Radiology, and the Radiological Society of North America.

Cathryn Couvillion is the Lead Ultrasound Technologist at Children’s Hospital New Orleans. She has been the lead tech for 15 years specializing in General, GYN, Peds, Vascular, MSK. Cathryn is registered in ARDMS, AB, OB/GYN, RVT, PS, BR. She is also a registered Radiologic Technologist, ARRT. Cathryn currently orients and precepts all new Sonography graduates and students from the surrounding Sonography Programs. She serves on the Medical Diagnostic Sonography Advisory Board for Delgado Community College. She accompanies the Ultrasound Dept by serving as the Radiology liaison between all departments and offsite satellite clinics. She has accomplished ACR accreditation for the Ultrasound Dept. in 4 categories and assisted with MRI and CT accreditation. She monitors all QA for Ultrasound imaging and TJC policies and protocols. She has a passion for Ultrasound procedures and learning new scanning techniques for enhancing imaging optimization. She enjoys attending SDMS and MSK conferences to expand her learning and teaching techniques.

Penn State Health
Hershey, Pennsylvania

UW Health Radiologist and professor in the Department of Radiology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. 

Christina Hendricks is a senior sonographer from the University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics with over 16 years experience in abdominal, OB/GYN, vascular, musculoskeletal, and pediatric ultrasound. She also assists in a variety of ultrasound guided procedures including biopsies, injections, and microwave, cyro, & histotripsy ablations. As a senior sonographer, Christina not only scans patients but also writes protocols, oversees accreditation compliance & quality assurance, educates a variety of students & radiology trainees in all areas of ultrasound, and teaches musculoskeletal ultrasound skills at national conferences.

In her life outside of the hospital, Christina loves domestic travel to many of our national parks to explore & day-hike, as well as international travel, including several volunteer trips to teach ultrasound in low resource settings abroad. She believes it is important to learn about other cultures through experience to better herself as a professional & member of society.
 

Technical Manager at Massachusetts General Hospital