Our Faculty
Meet the Team
The faculty and staff shaping the next generation of point-of-care ultrasound leaders.
Dr. Daniel Singer, MD, FPD-AEMUS
Advanced EM Ultrasound Fellowship Director · Clinical Assistant Professor
Dr. Singer completed medical school in Tel Aviv (2017), residency at Stony Brook (2020), and his Emergency Ultrasound fellowship (2021). He returned to Stony Brook in 2022 and leads the fellowship program while teaching fellows, residents, and medical students. His research interests include medical education, resuscitative TEE, and procedural analgesia with nerve blocks.
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Dr. Kingsley Boateng, MD, FPD-AEMUS
Interim Ultrasound Division Chief · Clinical Assistant Professor
Dr. Boateng completed medical school at New York Medical College and his residency at Stony Brook, then completed an Emergency Ultrasound fellowship at Northwell University Hospital at Manhasset. He returned to Stony Brook where he focuses on ultrasound education for residents and medical students, with particular interests in musculoskeletal ultrasound, regional anesthesia, and simulation-based medical education. He also serves as Assistant Director of the EM Office of Health Equity & Inclusion.
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Dr. Michael Secko, MD, FAEMUS
Professor · Past Advanced EM Ultrasound Fellowship Director · System-Wide POCUS Director
Dr. Secko is a Clinical Associate Professor and Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs with over 20 years of practice experience. A graduate of SUNY Downstate Medical Center, he serves as System-Wide Director of POCUS and is Secretary of the Society of Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship (SCUF). He has published numerous peer-reviewed studies and is a national leader in emergency ultrasound education.
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Dr. Simran Buttar, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor · Emergency Ultrasound Division
Dr. Buttar is ABEM board-certified with over 7 years of emergency medicine experience. She earned her medical degree from the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University (2013) and completed an Emergency Ultrasound fellowship at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, followed by a Medical Education fellowship at Jefferson University in Philadelphia. She chose emergency medicine as a student at Stony Brook under the mentorship of physicians who are now her colleagues. Her research focuses on sonographic findings in ovarian torsion and simulation-based ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia training.
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Dr. Benjamin Fombonne, MD, DTMH
International Division Chief · Clinical Assistant Professor
Dr. Fombonne is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University and serves as Division Chief and Fellowship Director of the Division of International Emergency Medicine. He earned his medical degree from SUNY Stony Brook (2019), completed his Emergency Medicine residency at Stony Brook (2022), and holds a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTMH). His interests include international emergency medicine development, clinical education in resource-limited settings, and global health applications of point-of-care ultrasound.
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Emergency Ultrasound Fellow
Dr. Treat earned his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (2022) and completed his Emergency Medicine residency at Stony Brook University Medical Center (2025). He is currently pursuing advanced training in emergency ultrasound through Stony Brook's ACEP-accredited emergency ultrasound fellowship program.
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Division Administrator
Viviana Andino serves as the Division Administrator for the Emergency Ultrasound Division at Stony Brook University Hospital. She oversees the day-to-day operations of the division, coordinating fellowship logistics, scheduling, and administrative support for faculty, fellows, and the broader POCUS program.
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Former Fellows
Our alumni are leading ultrasound programs and practicing emergency medicine across the country.
Cesar Soto, MD
Emergency Physician, Stony Brook Medicine
Matthew Lohse, MD
Ultrasound Director, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center — Temple, TX
John Kneib, MD
Emergency Physician, Roper Hospital — Charleston, SC
Daniel Singer, MD
Fellowship Director & Clinical Assistant Professor, Stony Brook
Garrett Ghent, MD
Emergency Physician, Sentara Health — Charlottesville, VA
Vladimir Kotelnik, MD
Emergency Physician, West Boca Medical Center — Cooper City, FL
Gilbert Tetteh, MD
Emergency Physician, Kaiser Permanente — Oakland, CA
Matthew Vitale, MD
Ultrasound Director, NUMC
Kazi Sumon, MD
Director of Emergency Ultrasound, The Brooklyn Hospital Center
Kristopher Bianconi, MD
Emergency Physician, RWJBarnabas Health — Newark, NJ
Benjamin Fombonne, MD
International Division Chief, Stony Brook
Aneesa Ali, DO
Clinical Instructor, Long Island Community Hospital – NYU Langone