About

Puja Dalal, MD (she/her/hers) is a board-certified family physician who serves as Assistant Program Director and Director of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) at the Novant Health Family Medicine Residency Program in Cornelius, North Carolina.

Dr. Dalal earned her medical degree from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and completed her residency at Swedish Family Medicine First Hill in Seattle, Washington. Following her residency, she practiced at a community health center in the greater Seattle area and worked internationally in New Zealand before returning to South Carolina to complete a Primary Care Ultrasound Fellowship at Prisma Health/University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia, South Carolina.

At Novant Health, Dr. Dalal developed the residency’s POCUS curriculum and established the privileging pathway for family medicine physicians to obtain institutional credentials in POCUS. She provides instruction to faculty, residents, and medical students through didactic sessions and hands-on training. Dr. Dalal has also served as an instructor at numerous local and national hands-on ultrasound conferences, including those organized by STFM, AAFP, and ACP. She is a core faculty member for the STFM POCUS Certificate Program and served as the Summit Lead for the STFM POCUS Task Force.

Dr. Dalal’s academic interests include point-of-care ultrasound, social justice in medicine, medical education, and care for underserved populations. She is passionate about teaching POCUS to learners at all levels—medical students, residents, and practicing physicians—as a means to enhance access to high-quality, equitable medical care.