Marko Balan is an intensivist and internist practicing in St. John’s, NL. He completed his core internal medicine residency and critical care fellowship at Dalhousie University along with a critical care ultrasound fellowship at Western University. In 2019 he completed the Excellence in Quality Improvement Certificate Program (EQUIP) of the Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (University of Toronto) and is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Healthcare Quality degree at Queens University. Dr. Balan’s clinical and healthcare quality interests include reducing low-value care within intensive care units, and medical education and quality assurance in point-of-care ultrasound.