Renee K. Dversdal, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.I.U.M (she/her/hers)

  • Professor of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, School of Medicine
  • Medical Director, OHSU Simulation

Biography

I work as an academic hospitalist here at Oregon Health & Science University, and enjoy teaching students, residents, fellows and peers. My obsessions with simulation as an educational method and point-of-care ultrasound for both clinical and educational purposes started during internal medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital.  I have been able to incorporate these into my clinical, educational & service roles since returning to my medical school alma mater OHSU in 2012.

In my role as the Medical Director of OHSU Simulation I am able to work with learners, staff and faculty of all kinds.  Former educational roles include Director of OHSU Point of Care Ultrasound, Founding General Medicine Ultrasound Fellowship Director, and Internal Medicine Core Clerkship Director.  

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.A., 2002, Willamette University
    • M.D., 2009, Oregon Health & Science University

  • Internship

    • Massachusetts General Hospital, 2010

  • Residency

    • Massachusetts General Hospital, 2012

Areas of interest

  • Simulation in medical education
  • Point of care ultrasound
  • Patient Decision Aids/Education Tools in Advanced Care Planning

Additional information

Honors and awards

  • 2020 OHSU Physician Assistant Program Director’s Award co-recipient
  • 2019 OHSU All-Hill Student Council “Forging the Way” Flame award nominee
  • 2018 OHSU School of Medicine Faculty Teaching Award Nominee
  • 2017 Oregon ACP Early Career Physician Award
  • Faculty Hooder Selected by OHSU MD Class of 2016

Publications

Elsevier pure profile

Selected publications

  • Restrepo D, Heyne T, Schutzer C, Dversdal R. “Teaching old dogs new tricks” – POCUS Education for Senior Faculty. POCUS Journal. 2023;8(1):9-12. doi:10.24908/POCUS.V8I1.16145
  • Biggerstaff SC, Silver AM, Donroe JH, Dversdal RK. The POCUS Imperative. J Grad Med Educ. 2023;15(2):146-149. doi:10.4300/JGME-D-22-00247.1
  • Dversdal RK, Northcutt N, Ferre R. Building and Maintaining an Ultrasound Program; It Takes a Village. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2021;28(3):236-243. doi:10.1053/j.ackd.2021.06.005  PMID 30280401
  • Marshall AL, Dversdal RK, Murphy M, Prill DM, Zhang T, Jain S. WOMENtorship: The #WomenInMedicine perspective. Med Teach. October 2019:1-3. doi:10.1080/0142159X.2019.1671967  PMID 31599174
  • Clay RD, Lee EC, Kurtzman MF, Dversdal RK. Teaching the Intern to See: Effectiveness of a 1-day Workshop in Bedside Ultrasound for Internal Medicine Residents. Crit Ultrasound J. 2016 Dec;8(1):11.
  • March CA, Scholl G, Dversdal RK, Richards M, Wilson LM, Mohan V, Gold JA. Use of Electonic Health Record Simulation to Understand the Accuracy of Intern Progress Notes. J Grad Med Educ. 2016 May;8(2):237-40.
  • Wagner M, Dversdal R, Blaivas M. Point-of-Care Ultrasonography: A How-To for the Primary Care Provider. Consultant 360. 2016;56(1):28-39.
  • El-Jawahri A1, Mitchell SL, Paasche-Orlow MK, Temel JS, Jackson VA, Rutledge RR, Parikh M, Davis AD, Gillick MR, Barry MJ, Lopez L, Walker-Corkery ES, Chang Y, Finn K, Coley C, Volandes AE.  A Randomized Controlled Trial of a CPR and Intubation Video Decision Support Tool for Hospitalized Patients.  J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Aug;30(8):1071-80.
  • Rutledge RK. A Piece of My Mind. Hating Hope. JAMA 2013 Jan 23;309(4):353-4.
  • Rutledge RK, Keen EC. Images in clinical Medicine.  Whooping Cough in an Adult.  N Engl J Med. 2012 Jun 21;366(25):e39.

Publications