Megan M. Leo, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of 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.

Publications

  • Published 10/3/2025

    Zimmerman B, Madsen TE, Giampaolo G, Rogers J, Stroud HD, Boulger CT, Prats MI, Wu A, Leo M, Pare JR, Muruganandan M, Kaine J, Brenner DS, Soriano PC, Villarroel NA, Schroeder ML, Strokes N, Tyson A, Gleeson T, Hill M, Baird J, McGregor AJ, Dwyer KH. Multicenter Study Evaluating Impact of Patient and Sonographer Demographics on Quality of Focused Cardiac Ultrasounds. West J Emerg Med. 2025 Oct 03; 26(5):1423-1430. PMID: 41193004.

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  • Published 7/23/2025

    Dearing E, Frasure SE, Howell K, Leo MM, Lipton M, Gottlieb M, Demant M, Nelson BP, Liu YT, Boniface K. Inter-rater reliability of ultrasound quality assurance review of FAST examinations: A cross-sectional study. Am J Emerg Med. 2025 Nov; 97:170-174. PMID: 40743609.

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  • Published 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 May; 91:46-54. PMID: 39987627.

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  • Published 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.

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  • Published 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.

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Education

  • University of Florida College of Medicine, MD
  • University of Virginia, BA

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