Credentials

Douglas Hoffman, MD

Current Position

Director of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
Departments of Orthopedics and Radiology
Essentia Health, Duluth, Minnesota

Education

Medical Degree: University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
Family Practice Residency: St. Margarets Memorial Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship: Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mini-fellowship Musculoskeletal Ultrasound: Geneva, Switzerland and Paris, France

Certifications

Board Certified Family Practice
Certificate of Add Qualification – Sports Medicine
ARDMS Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

Leadership Positions

Sports Ultrasound Committee Vice Chairman, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM)
Sports Ultrasound Education Committee Chairman, AMSSM
Sports Ultrasound Advanced Course Co-director, AMSSM
Founder, AMSSM Ultrasound Case Series
Founder and Co-director, Teach the Teachers Annual Conference

MSK US Related Publications

Hoffman D, Jones J, D’hemecourt P, Pitts J, De Luigi J. Foot Injection Techniques. In: Williams, et L (eds). Altlas of Interventional Orthopedic Procedures. London: Elsevier, 2023:

Hoffman D, Botchu R, Bianchi S. Ultrasound Imaging of the Ankle. In: Davies, et al (eds). Imaging of the Foot and Ankle. Switzerland: Springer, 2023: 59-72.

Hoffman D. Kruse RC, Rajakulasingam R, Botchu R. Imaging of the Forefoot. In: Davies, et al (eds). Imaging of the Foot and Ankle. Switzerland: Springer, 2023: 475-508.

Hall MM, Kliethermes SA, Henning PT, Hoffman DF, Mautner K, Obunadike E, Onishi K, Pourcho AM, Sellon JL, Chimenti R. Three-Month complication rate of ultrasound-guided soft tissue surgical procedures across six sports medicine clinics. J Ultrasound Med 2023;42(11):2629-2641.

Hoffman DF, Honsvall Hoefler A, Bianchi S, Smith J. Ultrasound visualization of the thumb annular pulleys: A cadaveric validation study. PM R 2023;15(2):203-211.

Hall MM, Allen GM, Craig J, DeAngelis JP, Delzell PB, Finnoff JT, Frank RM, Gupta A, Hoffman DF, Jacobson JA, Narouze S, Nazarian LN, Onishi K, Ray JW, Sconfienza LM, Smith J, Tagliafico A. Recommended musculoskeletal and sports ultrasound terminology: A Delphi-based consensus statement. J Ultrasound Med 2022;41(10):2395-2412.

Hall MM, Bernhardt DT, Finoff JT, Hoffman DF, Hrubes MR, Mautner KR, Rao AL, Ray JW, Smith J, Waterbrook AL. American Medical Society for Sports Medicine sports ultrasound curriculum for sports medicine fellowships. Br J Sports Med 2022;56(3):127-137.

Hoffman DF. Sonographic evaluation of lesser metatarsalgia. In: SIMS Meyer P (ed); Diagnostic and Musculoskeletal Imaging 2021.

Bianchi S, Hoffman DF, Tamborrini G, Poletti PA. Ultrasound findings in less frequent causes of carpal tunnel syndrome. J Ultrasound Med 2020;39(12):647-657.

Hoffman DF, Sellon JL, Moore BJ, Smith J. Sonoanatomy and pathology of the gluteus minimus tendon. J Ultrasound Med 2020;39(4):647-657.

Honsvall Hoefler A, Smith J, Hoffman DF. Sonographic identification of an atypical palmar cutaneous branch of the median nerve. PM R 2019;11(11);1248-1249.

Hoffman DF and Smith J. Sonoanatomy and pathology of the posterior band of the gluteus medius tendon. J Ultrasound Med 2017;36(2):389-399.

Warth LC, Bollier MJ, Hoffman DF, Cummins JS, Hall MM. New complication associated with all-inside meniscal repair device: ultrasound-aided diagnosis and operative localization of foreign body reaction. Orthop J Sports Med 2016;4(9).

Hoffman DF, Adams E, Bianchi S. Ultrasonography of fractures in sports medicine. Br J Sports Med 2015;49(3):152-160.

Hoffman DF, Nazarian LN, Smith J. Enthesopathy of the lateral cord of the plantar fascia. J Ultrasound Med 2014;33(9):1711-1716.

Hoffman DF, Grothe HL, Bianchi S. Sonographic evaluation of hindfoot disorders. J Ultrasound 2014;8:141-40.

Hoffman D, Bianchi S. Sonographic evaluation of plantar hindfoot and midfoot pain. J Ultrasound Med 2013;32:12710-84.

Bianchi S, Hoffman D. Ultrasound of talocalcaneal coalition: retrospective study of 11 patients. Skeletal Radiol 2013;42:1209-14.

Almusa E, Peterson WH, Bianchi S, Jocob D, Hoffman D. Radiological Investigations. In: Chick G (ed). Acute and Chronic Finger Injuries in Ball Sports. Paris, France: Springer, 2013: 89-124.

MSK US-related Webinars and Videos

AIUM Webinar – The Deltoid-Spring Ligament Complex, 2024
AIUM Webinar – Sports Ultrasound of the Anterior Ankle (into the Midfoot), 2021
AIUM Webinar – Sports Ultrasound of the Hand and Fingers, 2019
AIUM Webinar – Sports Ultrasound of the Forefoot, 2018
AIUM Webinar – The Sonographic Evaluation of Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome, 2017
AMSSM US Case Series – Greater trochanteric pain
AMSSM US Case Series – Lesser metatarsalgia
AMSSM US Case Series – Lateral ankle pain
AMSSM US Case Series – Groin hernia
AMSSM US Case Series – Mid-substance plantar fasciopathy