Bob Jarman

Dr. Bob Jarman M.D. MBBS

MSc(Medical Ultrasound) FRCS(Ed) FRCEM(UK) FRCP(Ed) CFEU Consultant in Emergency Medicine | Royal Victoria Infirmary | Newcastle upon Tyne | UK Visiting Professor and MSc Point-of-Care Ultrasound Lead | University of Teesside | Middlesbrough | UK

Dr. Bob Jarman trained in the north east of England and now practices as a Consultant in Emergency Medicine based at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. He has been instrumental in establishing education and training programmes in point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) in the UK and internationally.

He is lead for a successful Masters programme in PoCUS based at Teesside University. Middlesbrough, UK, where he is also a Visiting Professor. Bob has previously chaired the UK Royal College of Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Subcommittee, National PoCUS Committee of the British Medical Ultrasound Society and is the outgoing chair of the Emergency Ultrasound Specialty Interest Group of the International Federation of Emergency Medicine (IFEM).

He has published in peer-reviewed journals and was the lead author for the international IFEM Ultrasound Curriculum Guidance. Bob’s special interest is in PoCUS education and training and PoCUS in the high-acuity sick and injured patient, especially chest, echocardiography and shock protocols.

He has also been busy training clinicians working in austere and prehospital environments.