Jim Baun has over 40 years’ experience in clinical, research, and academic ultrasound specializing in vascular and OB/GYN sonography as well as ultrasound physics, instrumentation, and emerging technologies. Jim is widely published in the peer-reviewed medical literature and has authored numerous academic textbooks. He has served on the faculty and advisory councils for several university and college-based sonography programs and has developed didactic curricula for private educational organizations throughout the United States. In recognition of his contributions to the profession, Jim was elevated to Fellow status in the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers in 1997, was the recipient of the Joan Baker Pioneer Award in 2016, and delivered the prestigious McLaughlin Memorial Lecture at the SDMS Annual Conference in 2019.