2024-2025 Board of Directors

SPOCUS has brought together clinicians & students from many specialties, practices, and walks of life, all of who are united in their passion for point-of-care ultrasound. Our members recognize the great value that ultrasound offers to our patients, and our practice. We are fortunate to have a board of directors comprised of experienced practitioners with skills and knowledge in the practice, education, and administration of point-of-care ultrasound, who are listening to the needs of our members and always pushing to expand POCUS into undiscovered realms.

Jonathan HIll, MMSc, PA-C

Jonathan Hill, MMSc, PA-C is a certified Physician Assistant and the Director of Clinical Education at Mercer University’s Physician Assistant Studies Program in Atlanta, GA. He lives in Statham, GA, and actively practices in Emergency Medicine, with previous clinical experience in inpatient pulmonary/critical care and urgent care. Jonathan’s involvement with SPOCUS began as a student competitor in the iScan competition. Inspired by that experience, he went on to serve as a volunteer and member before joining the SPOCUS Board in 2025. In addition to his academic and clinical work, he teaches POCUS at Mercer and has delivered lectures and workshops at both the state and national level. As a SPOCUS leader, Jonathan is committed to growing membership, engaging students, and advancing the integration of point-of-care ultrasound across all areas of medicine.

Daniel Sturm

Daniel Sturm is a physician assistant and full-time faculty member at Butler University. He currently works part-time in an urgent care setting and has a primary care background working in family and internal medicine. Daniel graduated from Midwestern University, Downer’s Grove campus in 1997. His passion for ultrasound began to grow a few years ago when he joined SPOCUS and was tasked with implementing ultrasound into the PA curriculum at Butler University. He has served as a House of Delegate member for the Indiana Chapter for the past 3 years. Previously, he was the chair of the Indiana Academy of Physician Assistants and was instrumental in planning an annual CME conference and helped develop a student track for this conference, which includes a state-level Medical Challenge Bowl for Indiana PA students. In addition, he serves as the faculty advisor for the Butler student ISCAN ultrasound team. In his spare time, Daniel is an active adult leader for Scouts BSA. He is married with two children and resides in Westfield, Indiana.

Jeremy Gerber, DMSc, MSM, PA-C

Jeremy Gerber is a graduate of Trevecca Nazarene University PA program, and he developed a passion for point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) and medical education while practicing in Emergency Medicine. For over four years, he has served as a faculty member at two PA programs in Tennessee, where he spearheaded the implementation of longitudinal POCUS curricula. Currently, he serves as full-time didactic faculty at South College Nashville PA program. He has had the privilege of instructing students and providers at ultrasound workshops at the regional, state, and national levels. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his wife and three young children and investing in his church community.

Cynthia C. Bennett, OBGYN

Dr. Bennett is a board-certified OB/GYN who attended medical school at The University of North Carolina School of Medicine and residency at the University of Florida/ Shands Teaching Hospital. After leaving clinical practice, Dr. Bennett joined the faculty of Elon University’s Department of Physician Assistant Studies, where she is an Associate Professor. Dr. Bennett teaches heavily in the basic sciences, including anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology, as well as teaching reproductive medicine and surgical skills. Dr. Bennett learned obstetric/ gynecologic ultrasound as a resident and worked with ultrasound actively as a practitioner. She is excited about the possibilities that POCUS education brings for PA students and has loved both training in POCUS herself and teaching her students the many applications of POCUS.

Jennifer Teeters, MMS, PA-C, ATC

Jennifer Teeters is the Academic Director and full-time faculty member for the University of South Florida Physician Assistant Program, where she also practices part-time in Family Medicine. She developed and leads the Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) curriculum at USF and is forming the first USF student ultrasound team through the Interprofessional Student Collaborative for the Advancement of Networking in Ultrasound (ISCAN), serving as its faculty advisor. A graduate of the Wake Forest University PA Program and a certified athletic trainer, Jennifer serves as the Athletic Trainer for the professional women’s tackle football team, the Tampa Bay Inferno. In her spare time, she enjoys adventures with her Golden Retriever,
Charlie.