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

Renee Dversdal, MD, FACP, FAIUM is an academic hospitalist at Oregon Health & Science University. Her simulation and ultrasound obsessions started during her residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and have continued to grow since returning to OHSU in 2012. She is currently the Medical Director of OHSU Simulation, and was formerly the Director of OHSU Point of Care Ultrasound and Founding General Medicine Ultrasound Fellowship Director.  She has been active teaching and serving on committee and boards nationally & internationally. 

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

  • 2017 Oregon ACP Early Career Physician Award

Publications

Elsevier pure profile

Selected publications

  • Dversdal R, Wu T. Ultrasound for Primary Care Practitioners and Emergency Medicine Physicians. In: Advanced Thyroid and Parathyroid Ultrasond. Milas M, ed. Springer Verlag. 2017.
  • 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.
  • Rutledge R. Utilizing Available Technology to Enhance Patient Knowledge and Investment. NEJM 200th Anniversary Essay Content, winner, March 2012.

Publications