As Governor, Dr. Ma serves as the official representative of the College for the Prairie Provinces Chapter, providing a link between members at the local level and leadership at the national level. To learn more about the Prairie Provinces Governor, read her bio below.
Irene Ma, MD, PhD, FRCPC, F바카라 사리트, RDMS, RDCS, FAIUM
Medical School Education: University of Calgary
Post-Doctoral Training: Nephrology; Emergency Ultrasound
Certifications: FRCPC; RDMS; RDCS
Present Position: Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary
바카라 사리트 Chapter and Leadership Activities: Invited Workshop Leader, What's Important in POCUS - Evidence, Myths and Wishful Thinking, Rocky Mountain/바카라 사리트/AMA Internal Medicine Meeting, Banff, AB
바카라 사리트 National Activities: Fellowship 2009; Mentor, 바카라 사리트 POCUS Mentorship Program since 2021; First Author, Abdominal Free Fluid (I. Ma, W.H. Novak, B. Boesch, D. Chick), 바카라 사리트 Online Module 2019; Peer Reviewer, Lung Ultrasound (R. Dversdal et al.), 바카라 사리트 Online Module 2019; Instructor, 바카라 사리트 POCUS Foundational Skills for Internists, Rosemont, IL 2019; Moderator, Point-of-Care & General Medicine Ultrasound, Practical POCUS Matters Panel, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM)/바카라 사리트/Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU), Portland, OR 2017; Instructor, Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Internists and Hospitalists, 바카라 사리트 Pre-course, Internal Medicine Meeting 2016-2019; Presenter, Basic Abdominal POCUS for the General Internist, Point-of-Care & General Medicine Ultrasound, AIUM/바카라 사리트/OHSU, Portland, OR 2016-2019
Other Appointments/Activities: Director of Ultrasonography and Procedural Skills, Internal Medicine Residency Program, University of Calgary since 2011; Chair, John A. Buchanan Chair in General Internal Medicine, University of Calgary since 2019; Board of Governors, AIUM 2019-2022; Third Vice President, AIUM since 2021 (term ends 2023); Associate Editor, Canadian Medical Education Journal since 2012
Areas of Professional Interest and Expertise: Medical Education (PhD, University of Calgary 2010); Point-of-Care Ultrasound (Emergency Ultrasound, Massachusetts General Hospital 2016; RDMS 2016; RDCS 2017); Clinical Epidemiology (MSc, Stanford University 2001)