Ria Dancel

Ria Dancel, MD, FAAP SFHM FACP

Dr. Ria Dancel (Ria.Dancel@unchealth.unc.edu) is a Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.

She created and has directed the Medicine Procedure Service since its inception in 2014 and also created and directs the Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) elective curriculum and required intern longitudinal curriculum for the Department of Medicine.

She is on the steering committee for the Society of Hospital Medicine – American College of Chest Physicians POCUS certificate of completion program and also serves on the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine POCUS working group.

She has directed and has been invited to serve as faculty for POCUS workshops and conferences nationally.