Bio


PATRICK LANTER, MD, MPH FACEP is an assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University. Dr. Lanter previously completed a 2-year ultrasound fellowship and 2-year global emergency medicine at Stanford and has completed his master's in public health at the University of California Berkeley. He completed his emergency medicine residency at Washington University in St. Louis where he served as Chief Resident. He completed his medical school training at the University of Illinois, Chicago and was a member of the Global Medicine Program during his time there. His work has focused on the development of a sustainable ultrasound training program at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali in Rwanda. Additionally, he has served as a course instructor for 2 Stanford courses (Medical Student Introduction of POCUS and Point of Care Ultrasound Clerkship), and the Emergency Medicine Clerkship at the University of Global Health Equity in Butaro, Rwanda.

Clinical Focus


  • Emergency Medicine
  • Point of Care Ultrasound
  • Global Emergency Medicine
  • System Development
  • Education

Academic Appointments


Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations


  • Co-Chair, Global Ultrasound Committee of the Global Emergency Medicine Academy of SAEM (Society of Academic Emergency Medicine) (2024 - Present)

Professional Education


  • Medical Education: University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine (2017) IL
  • Residency: Washington University School Of Medicine (2021) MO
  • Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine, Focused Practice in Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasonography (2024)
  • Fellowship: Stanford University Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship (2024) CA
  • Fellowship: Stanford Health Care Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship (2024) CA
  • Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine (2022)

All Publications


  • 28-Year-Old Female Presenting for Pregnancy Confirmation. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open Sheridan, M., Lanter, P. 2025; 6 (4): 100189

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.acepjo.2025.100189

    View details for PubMedID 40546278

  • Elderly Female With Hypotension JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS OPEN Diercks, L., Chiacchia, S., Hall, N., Lanter, P. 2025; 6 (3)
  • Elderly Female With Hypotension. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open Diercks, L., Chiacchia, S., Hall, N., Lanter, P. 2025; 6 (3): 100162

    View details for DOI 10.1016/j.acepjo.2025.100162

    View details for PubMedID 40475829

    View details for PubMedCentralID PMC12139451

  • Evaluating Sri Lanka’s road traffic crash and injury research: a systematic review focusing on data sources and methodological approaches European Journal of Public Health Studies Selvaratnam , N. C., Selvaratnam , N. D., Lanter, P., Dharmaratne, S. D., Acker, P. C. 2025

    View details for DOI 10.46827/ejphs.v8i2.212

  • Use of POCUS for the identification of oligohydramnios with concern for premature rupture of membranes Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine Han, D., Treacy-Abarca, S., Lanter, P. 2023; 32
  • Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction: An uncommon mimic of small/large bowel obstructions Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine Quach, N., Lanter, P. 2022; 27