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Dr. Lior Fuchs
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Senior physician in the Intensive Care Unit and the Internal Division at Soroka for the past six years
Specialization: Intensive care and critical care ultrasound
Research and papers:
Studies focusing on the study of ICU large data. Using point of care ultrasound to improve the treatment and diagnosis of patients in intensive care an Israeli position paper for the proper integration of the point of ultrasound care in intensive care. Telemedicine of point of care ultrasound in rural Africa. Integration of point of care ultrasound: cardiac, lung and abdominal ultrasound into medical school curriculum. Active member of the Israeli ICU committees. Advisor to technology companies engaged in the development of innovative medical devices for rapid diagnosis at the bedside of unstable patients. Faculty member of international courses on point of care ultrasound.
What are the latest innovations in your field of operation?
As part of my residency in an intensive care unit at a Harvard-affiliated hospital in Boston, I specialized in a new ultrasound-based technology that utilizes smaller and less expensive ultrasound devices so they can be used at the bedside of critical ill patients. The accessibility of these devices to physicians who are not cardiologists and radiologists but physicians in emergency care, intensive care, anesthesia or internal medicine shortens diagnostic and monitoring cycles for patients and increases the ability to physically examine unstable patients.
How would you describe the functions of your unit?
The Intensive Care Unit at Soroka is a leader in the use point of care ultrasound -- a target-focused ultrasound for diagnosing and monitoring unstable patients. We perform echocardiograms, abdominal and lung ultrasounds and imaging for invasive procedures. We give national courses in Israel and in the region and have already provided knowledge to hundreds of senior physicians from Israel and the Palestinian Authority in this new and advanced field. We are also working on revamping the syllabus of the Ben-Gurion University Medical School so that our graduates will be equipped with advanced bedside diagnostic abilities.
What is your vision for the future?
Providing professional and advanced treatment to residents of the Negev.
