Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasonography Fellowship

Fellowship Director Dr. Elijah Wyatt is a board certified emergency medicine physician and holds the ABEM Focused Practice Designation in Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasonography. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville. He completed his Emergency Medicine Residency and AEMUS Fellowship here in Chattanooga and served as chief resident. In addition to mentoring fellows, residents, and students, Dr. Wyatt is an instrumental contributor to CoreUltrasound.com. He has a passion for ultrasound physics and has developed tools for physics education, most notably Ultrasound System Physics, a 26-chapter course with interactive animations designed to improve understanding, available at utaemus.com/physics.

Dr. Wyatt holds the rank of Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine with the College of Medicine – Chattanooga. He is the Clerkship Director for Clinical Ultrasound and currently serves as Interim Program Director of the Emergency Medicine Residency.

Dr. Wyatt is also System and Division Director of Emergency Ultrasound for Erlanger Health System and Medical Director of the Emergency Department at Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital in Murphy, NC.

When he isn't working, Dr. Wyatt devotes his time to his family and hobbies, including arranging music for piano, 3D printing his own tools, and working on electronics.

Department Chair Dr. Ben Smith is a board certified emergency medicine physician and an internationally recognized educator in point of care ultrasound (POCUS). He is a core faculty member of the College of Medicine – Chattanooga Emergency Medicine residency.

Dr. Smith was named the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Outstanding Speaker of the Year in 2021 for his teaching excellence. ACEP also awarded him an Innovation in Clinical Ultrasound distinction in 2017 for his work developing software and social media tools that advance the field of ultrasound. In 2020, the Society of Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships recognized Dr. Smith with its iAward: Innovations and Impact for pushing the limits of the clinical ultrasound subspecialty through new teaching methods, high impact social media, FOAMed, and peer-reviewed research.

One of Dr. Smith's most noted achievements is the creation of CoreUltrasound.com, the highest-ranked POCUS educational site online with more than 1.2 million views. His other digital education tools include Ultrasound of the Week (ranked in the top 20 of ALiEM social media sites) and SonoClipShare.com, a free, secure platform for sharing and reviewing de-identified ultrasound clips that is used by training programs worldwide and is available as an app on iOS and Android.

Dr. Smith is a graduate of the University of Tennessee Health Sciences College of Medicine. He completed his Emergency Medicine Residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham as well as the ACEP Teaching Fellowship.

Dr. Smith holds the rank of Professor and serves as Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the College of Medicine-Chattanooga.

In addition to his clinical skills, Dr. Smith is an avid photographer whose works adorn the halls of Erlanger Hospital. He is also an accomplished brass musician and has performed in the Erlanger Medical Mall with Dr. Elijah Wyatt.

The 2026-27 AEMUS Fellow is Dr. David Wang.

Dr. Wang is a graduate of Emory University School of Medicine and also holds a Master of Public Health. He completed his Emergency Medicine Residency here in Chattanooga, where he served as chief resident, and stayed on for the 2026-27 fellowship year. As a fellow, Dr. Wang assists with the clinical education of residents and rotating medical students while advancing his own expertise in advanced sonography.

Outside the hospital, David is a percussionist with choral, band, and orchestral experience, a musical theater enthusiast, and a fan of hip-hop dance, K-Pop, and competitive Pokemon.