Megan M. Leo, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Biography
Dr. Megan Leo is the Medical Director of Quality and Patient Safety for the Emergency Department at Boston Medical Center. She is the former Director of Emergency Ultrasound at Boston Medical Center where she was responsible for training and credentialing of attending and resident physicians within the Department of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Leo has held several national leadership positions including past president of the Academy of Emergency Ultrasound (AEUS), past secretary of the Society of Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships (SCUF), past chair of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) international ultrasound interest group, and has been on the SonoGames organizing committee since 2016. Dr. Leo has an academic interest in point-of-care ultrasound education research and the development of artificial intelligence to aid in point-of-care ultrasound interpretation.
Other Positions
- Boston Medical Center
Education
- University of Florida College of Medicine, MD
- University of Virginia, BA
Publications
- Published on 2/15/2025
Moher J, Muruganandan K, Leo MM, Manchanda EC, Linden J, Bryant V, Okafor IM, Pare JR. Racial inequities in point-of-care ultrasound for pregnancy. Am J Emerg Med. 2025 Feb 15; 91:46-54. PMID: 39987627.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/29/2024
Pare JR, Gjesteby LA, Tonelli M, Leo MM, Muruganandan KM, Choudhary G, Brattain LJ. Transfer Learning-Based B-Line Assessment of Lung Ultrasound for Acute Heart Failure. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2024 Jun; 50(6):825-832. PMID: 38423896.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 8/9/2023
Adhikari S, Leo M, Liu R, Johnston M, Keehbauch J, Barton M, Kendall J. The 2023 Core Content of advanced emergency medicine ultrasonography. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2023 Aug; 4(4):e13015. PMID: 37564703.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/7/2023
Leo MM, Potter IY, Zahiri M, Vaziri A, Jung CF, Feldman JA. Using Deep Learning to Detect the Presence and Location of Hemoperitoneum on the Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) Examination in Adults. J Digit Imaging. 2023 Oct; 36(5):2035-2050. PMID: 37286904.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/27/2023
Yildiz Potter I, Leo MM, Vaziri A, Feldman JA. Automated detection and localization of pericardial effusion from point-of-care cardiac ultrasound examination. Med Biol Eng Comput. 2023 Aug; 61(8):1947-1959. PMID: 37243852.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 11/21/2022
Haidar DA, Peterson WJ, Minges PG, Carnell J, Nomura JT, Bailitz J, Boyd JS, Leo MM, Liu EL, Duanmu Y, Acuña J, Kessler R, Elegante MF, Nelson M, Liu RB, Lewiss RE, Nagdev A, Huang RD. A consensus list of ultrasound competencies for graduating emergency medicine residents. AEM Educ Train. 2022 Dec; 6(6):e10817. PMID: 36425790.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/7/2022
Dhanani M, Pfeiffer KV, Rogers J, Leo MM, Sheng AY, Jung CF. Outcomes of a resident-led ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous catheter placement training program and validation of a procedural training checklist. Intern Emerg Med. 2022 Sep; 17(6):1837-1841. PMID: 35796866.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/1/2022
Pare JR, Gjesteby LA, Telfer BA, Tonelli MM, Leo MM, Billatos E, Scalera J, Brattain LJ. Transfer Learning for Automated COVID-19 B-Line Classification in Lung Ultrasound. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2022 Jul; 2022:1675-1681. PMID: 36086232.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/19/2022
Canelli R, Leo M, Ortega R. Use of eFAST in Patients with Injury to the Thorax or Abdomen. Reply. N Engl J Med. 2022 05 19; 386(20):1964. PMID: 35584174.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/10/2022
Canelli R, Leo M, Mizelle J, Shrestha GS, Patel N, Ortega R. Use of eFAST in Patients with Injury to the Thorax or Abdomen. N Engl J Med. 2022 03 10; 386(10):e23. PMID: 35263521.
Read at: PubMed
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