Keith Mauney | Founder

Formed by Practice, Guided by Purpose

Since 1973, his journey through every major chapter of clinical ultrasound’s evolution has shaped not just his own career, but the very way the world learns this art and science. From the first heart-lung bypass teams to the early days of Doppler and stroke interdiction imaging, he stood at the intersection of clinical discovery and patient compassion—the same intersection where our learners stand today.

He served as a coronary care nurse and later a cardiac diagnostician in the First-Generation of Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute in Charlotte, North Carolina. There he later opened the nation's second Stroke Interdiction Clinic, pioneering ultrasound imaging of the carotid artery, before duplex ultrasound was invented.

Relocating to UT Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Keith founded the first Vascular Ultrasound Laboratory and, in 1981, created the outreach program that became the Keith Mauney & Associates Ultrasound Training Institutes. Its mission was simple but radical: to teach every healthcare professional not only how to perform ultrasound, but how to think with it—and to do so side by side, hands-on, until confidence became second nature.

Founded at UTSW Medical School, 1981, Independent Since 1987

That same vision now defines every KMA Ultrasound course. The systems he helped pioneer, the research he guided, and the thousands of colleagues he’s mentored all converge into one promise: We transform complexity into unshakeable clarity—so you can serve your patients with confidence and precision.

Keith’s influence extends from rural clinics to the halls of Harvard Medical School, from St. Jude Children's Hospital to national healthcare advisory panels— twice to the White House. His course materials can be found on shelves across six continents. Yet in the classroom, his focus has never changed: the learner in front of him. His teaching philosophy is deeply personal—you are the reason we exist, and your mastery is his lifelong commitment.

To this day, Keith personally supports our graduates long after class ends. Every principle he’s taught, every relationship he’s built, reinforces a culture of lifelong mentorship that continues across the Institute’s programs and faculty, reaching across every continent.

Still at the Bedside

Beyond the classroom, Keith remains a passionate student of people, ideas, the arts and the Church. But his greatest public legacy lives in every clinician who leaves his classroom seeing the patient more clearly—and serving them more completely.

A Legacy Carried Forward