O. John Ma, MD

O. John Ma, MD served as an Executive Chief of five emergency departments. His responsibilities included overseeing emergency department clinical operations, ensuring the success of the research and education missions, and setting the strategic direction of the department.

O. John Ma, MD has focused his research primarily on the applications of ultrasound in diagnosing injuries in trauma patients.

O. John Ma, MD is the recipient of four Teacher-of-the-Year awards and the 2005 SAEM Excellence in Ultrasound Education Award.

O. John Ma, MD was the CEO and Co-Founder of Innovative, Disruptive, Emerging Applications in Emergency Medicine (IDEA-EM).

O. John Ma, MD has edited 20 reference textbooks that have been published in over 10 languages, which include Ma and Mateer’s Emergency Ultrasound and Tinitnalli’s Emergency Medicine textbook.