Matthew Kongkatong, MD

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
Ultrasound Faculty
Director, Fourth-Year Emergency Ultrasound Elective

P.O. Box 800699
Charlottesville, VA 22908-0699
Phone: (434) 924-8485
Fax: (434) 924-2877
E-mail: MK3WK@uvahealth.org

Dr. Kongkatong is an Assistant Professor within University of Virginia Department of Emergency Medicine as well as a core faculty member for its residency program and the director of the Emergency Ultrasonography fellowship. Dr. Kongkatong earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from The Commonwealth Medical College in 2014. He completed his emergency medicine residency training and emergency ultrasound fellowship training at the University of Virginia. He was among the first group of Emergency Physicians to earn the ABEM Focused Practice Designation in Advanced Emergency Ultrasound. 

Dr. Kongkatong is responsible for training residents and medical students in point-of-care ultrasonography and ultrasound-guided procedures. He has several publications regarding the use of point-of-care ultrasonography in the emergency department. His current clinical and research interests are expanding the use of ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia in the emergency department and alternative pain therapies.