Comparison of ultrasound-measured properties of the common carotid artery to tobacco smoke exposure in a cohort of Indonesian patients

Allen Yu

University of California Irvine School of Medicine

Allen is a second-year medical student at the UC Irvine School of Medicine. He completed his undergraduate studies at UC Berkeley, where he earned a B.S. in Nutritional Science. As a nutrition major, Allen became interested in chronic diseases of nutrition imbalance, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and the metabolic syndrome. Here at UCI, he is creating resources to educate primary care providers in Southern California about ways to screen for and prevent early childhood obesity. Over the previous summer, Allen also traveled to Indonesia for a month-long ultrasound outreach program. In addition to educating Indonesian physicians on the proper use of ultrasound to diagnose a variety of medical conditions, he also carried out a research project correlating tobacco smoke exposure to ultrasound-measurable properties of vascular health and stroke risk.

Jonathan Lee

University of California Irvine School of Medicine

Jon Lee was born and raised in Southern California, but both his parents immigrated from Jakarta, Indonesia. Jon received a bachelor’s degree in Psychobiology from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2014. He is currently a second year medical student at the University of California, Irvine - School of Medicine. Jon is passionate about working with both local and global underserved communities. He has volunteered in local free clinics as a medical student and has been involved in student interest groups such as Technology in Medicine Interest Group and Emergency Medicine Interest Group. In 2015, Jon and ten of his classmates founded an initiative called “UCI Team Indonesia.” This team traveled to Bandung, Indonesia this past summer with five portable ultrasound machines to teach a community of physician’s basics of ultrasound techniques and conduct several other research studies.

Abstract

Background: With 72% of Indonesia males over 15 years old who smoke, Indonesia has one of the highest incidences of tobacco use in the world. Smoking is the most significant lifestyle factor that contributes to development of... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Allen Yu (University of California Irvine School of Medicine)
  2. Bima Hasjim (University of California Irvine School of Medicine)
  3. Luke Yu (University of California Irvine School of Medicine)
  4. Christopher Gabriel (University of California Irvine School of Medicine)
  5. Alexander Anshus (University of California Irvine School of Medicine)
  6. Jonathan Lee (University of California Irvine School of Medicine)
  7. Michael Louthan (University of California Irvine School of Medicine)
  8. Esther Kim (University of California Irvine School of Medicine)
  9. Katrina Lee (University of California Irvine School of Medicine)
  10. Christina Tse (University of California Irvine School of Medicine)
  11. Thomas Keown (University of California Irvine School of Medicine)
  12. Shadi Lahham (Department of Emergency Medicine, UC Irvine Medical Center)
  13. John Christian Fox (Department of Emergency Medicine, UC Irvine Medical Center)

Topic Areas

Point of Care ultrasound in health care delivery to underserved populations , Point of Care ultrasound in general clinical practice , New Uses

Session

A08 » Oral Presentation 3: Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Underserved and General Clinical Practice (13:00 - Friday, 23rd September, TTU SUB/ Caprock)

Paper

WCUME_Carotid_US_Study_Draft.pdf