Dr. Erik Sloth

Dr. Erik Sloth is a consultant anesthetist and professor of Point-Of-Care Ultrasound (PoCUS). He has authored 180 papers, primarily on hemodynamics and focused transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and has supervised two cohorts of Ph.D. candidates. Professor Sloth developed the Focus Assessed Transthoracic Echocardiography (FATE) protocol almost 30 years ago, making him a PoCUS pioneer and leader in cardiac and pulmonary ultrasound (US).

Additionally, he was an early adaptor of the reverse classroom learning model by developing a pre-course online "e-learning" curriculum to be followed by a systematic and comprehensive hands-on training course. This course has been implemented successfully in more than 50 different countries and has been translated into 6 languages on the USabcd.org platform. Professor Sloth’s innovative idea that "all physicians should learn ultrasound of the heart of lung" has been the source of much debate over the course of his career; however, this idea is finally becoming a reality. By making ultrasound accessible to every clinician, Professor Sloth is one of the few physicians to create a true paradigm shift in anaesthesia, critical- and intensive care.

About USabcd

USabcd was founded in 2010 by Erik Sloth, MD, PhD, DMSc, Professor of Point-Of-Care Ultrasound, Lars Knudsen, MD, PhD, and Thomas Fichtner Bendtsen, MD, PhD, research anesthetist - all from Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark. Their vision was global dissemination of point-of-care ultrasound as a universal tool to improve the quality of acute, critical, and perioperative patient care.  Their method was the unique USabcd learning concept that combines eLearning with focused, structured and comprehensive 1- to 2-day workshops of hands-on training for maximum learning outcomes. Courses based on this concept are now run all over the world and are advertised on www.usabcd.org.