Elke Platz, MD, MS

Director

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Dr. Platz serves as Director of the Ultrasound Research Core Laboratory and Director of Translational Ultrasound in the Cardiovascular Division at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. She has a broad background in point-of-care ultrasonography and lung ultrasound imaging. Her work has been supported by NIH/NHLBI, Harvard University, the American Heart Association and other foundations. She is a graduate of the University of Marburg (Germany) and the Harvard School of Public Health and is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School.