Joseph Colla, MD
Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
About
Dr. Joseph Colla is an emergency physician and educator whose work centers on emergency ultrasound education, cardiovascular imaging, and improving acute care delivery. He serves as Director of Emergency Ultrasound and Fellowship Director for the Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship, guiding faculty and residents in advanced sonographic applications and procedural safety. His academic focus includes expanding training in point-of-care ultrasound and advancing diagnostic practices within emergency medicine.
Selected Grants
National Institutes of Health, Improving Sickle Cell Care in Adolescents and Adults in Chicago (ISAAC Project), Co-Investigator
American Geriatrics Society / Hartford Foundation, Geriatrics for Specialists Dissemination: Geriatric Emergency Medicine Curriculum for Residents at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Co-Investigator
Publication Aggregators
Notable Honors
2020, Rising Star Award, University of Illinois College of Medicine
2017, Vanguard Award for Documentation Compliance, University Hospital
Education
Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship, Advocate Christ Medical Center
Residency in Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati
M.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
B.S., Mount Union College
Selected Presentations
National and international presentations on emergency ultrasound education and cardiovascular imaging; Advanced Cardiac Ultrasound Modules, Illinois College of Emergency Physicians Course, Park Ridge, IL; Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anesthesia Course, ACEP Scientific Assembly, Chicago, IL; Ten Do-Not-Miss Causes of Headache in the E.D., INDUS-EM Conference, Thrissur, India; RUSH Protocol: Cardiac and Trauma Ultrasound Applications, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi; Emergency Sonography Workshop, Medical College Boroda and SSG Hospital, Vadodara, India.