Amar Vira , MD

Amar Vira, MD, is a board-certified Emergency Physician and Ultrasound Director for the University of Texas at Austin Emergency Medicine Residency. Dr. Vira is on the faculty at Dell Medical School and is the Ultrasound Chairman for the USACS National Clinical Governance Board, where he helps sites across the country develop their ultrasound programs. He is also a fellow in the Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasonography by the ABEM and has a special interest in medical education and critical care ultrasound.

Dr. Vira obtained his bachelor’s degree in anthropology and global health from Northwestern University and his medical degree from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He completed his emergency medicine residency at the University of Arizona Medical Center, South Campus, where he was chief resident and earned the Maria C. Mandell Memorial Award for top resident research presentation. He also served as the National Residency Program Representative for the Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association (EMRA). 

Following his residency training, Dr. Vira completed an emergency ultrasound fellowship at The Ohio State University, and the majority of his research focuses on the use of ultrasound. Among his accomplishments, he organized an ultrasound management course for more than 200 participants at the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Scientific Assembly, held in 2015 in Boston, MA.