Richard Hoppmann

Richard Hoppmann

Biography

Richard A. Hoppmann, M.D., F.A.C.P., is currently, the Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, Professor of Medicine, and Director of the Ultrasound Institute of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. Dr. Hoppmann is board certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology. In 2006, he introduced an integrated ultrasound curriculum (iUSC) across all four years of medical student education. He has helped develop a number of ultrasound training programs, including one for primary care physicians in rural South Carolina. He is founder and served as the first President of the Society of Ultrasound in Medical Education. He is on the Board of Governors of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and is President of WINFOCUS. He has published extensively on ultrasound education and has been the recipient of over $1.8M in ultrasound education grants.

Affiliations

Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Ultrasound Institute, Ultrasound Institute, University of South Carolina School of Medicine.