John Persinger
BA, RDMS, RMSKS, CTT+
John Persinger was born in Virginia and raised in Enumclaw, WA near Mount Rainier. In June of 1985, John enlisted in the US Army, where he served as a radiologic technologist and received training in ultrasound in 1987.
During the course of his career in ultrasound, John has worked as a staff sonographer in military and civilian community hospitals and imaging centers. For 17 years, he served as supervisor of the ultrasound section at Madigan Army Medical Center. As a clinical education specialist for Philips, John taught MSK and general ultrasound courses at regional symposia, education centers, and customer on-site events.
Prior to launching JP MSK Ultrasound, John was hired by the Geneva Foundation in support of the Musculoskeletal Injury Rehabilitation Research for Operational Readiness (MIRROR) program where he provided ultrasound support to musculoskeletal research in the DOD.
He is registered by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARMDS) in abdominal, obstetric/gynecological, and musculoskeletal imaging. As an ARDMS subject matter expert, John serves on the ARDMS Musculoskeletal Items Writing and Development Committee and the Musculoskeletal Standards and Assessment Committee.
John has a passion for sharing his experience with others, having served as a clinical instructor, trained military sonographers, and assisted in the education of medical students, residents, and fellows. He holds an appointment as a research associate professor in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Uniformed Services University (USU) in Bethesda, Maryland.
Outside of ultrasound, John has a life-long love of history, which culminated in his receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Military History form American Military University in 2014, graduating Summa Cum Laude, receiving the President’s Award, and serving as class speaker at commencement.
In 2020, John was a member of a USU team that received the Innovation in Education Award for developing a virtual musculoskeletal ultrasound course in response to the pandemic.
When not near an ultrasound system, John likes to enjoy the outdoors through a variety of activities. Those include hiking, biking, and gardening, all of which are made better by the company of his wife and/or three children. Combining the outdoors with his passion for history, John participated in Civil War living history and reenactments, attending events locally in the Pacific Northwest and as far away as Virginia and Maryland. Currently, John has combined history with an artistic twist and volunteers as a blacksmith at Fort Nisqually Living History Museum in Tacoma, WA. The museum is a restored Hudson Bay Company outpost with a focus on education through interpretation of life in the Washington Territory during the 1850s.