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Certificate in Diagnostic Medical Sonography

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Overview

UMBC Training Centers offers one of the area's most highly regarded, accredited programs in Diagnostic Medical Sonography. Our program offers three separate concentrations of study - Cardiac, General, and Vascular. The program is a full-time (day), non-degree program that takes 13.5 months to complete. Upon successful completion of the program students receive a Certificate and will be eligibile to take their National Registry Exams.

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Why Sonography?

Sonographers are highly-skilled medical professionals who work directly with patients to perform non-invasive imaging tests and procedures, providing physicians with diagnostic information about various systems of the body.  Whether detecting a blood clot, evidence of cancer, seeing the signs of a stroke or monitoring an infant in the womb, Songraphers are key members of a medical team.

Between 2004 and 2014, employment of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers in the US is expected to grow much faster than average – an increase of 27% or more.  With a median salary of $61,984 a year and growing, Sonography has become one of the most attractive and in-demand professions in the medical field.

Why UMBC?

The UMBC Diagnostic Medical Sonography program is a well established, accelerated 13.5 month program which combines expert classroom and hands on instruction in our onsite scan lab with a wide range of hands on clinical experience, which we faciliate and manage. Our program boasts an employment rate of around 97% upon graduation and has the largest alumni network of ultrasound professionals in the region.

Program Concentrations

Faculty

  • Joel Fradin, MD - Medical Director
  • Donna Zwas, MD - Cardiac Medical Director
  • Michael Lilly, MD - Vascular Medical Director
  • Lyna El-Khoury Rumbarger, BS, RDCS - Program Chair and Director of Cardiac and Physics Instruction
  • Rebecca Schilling, RDMS, RVT - Director of Vascular Instruction and Clinical Coordinator
  • Michele Saty, RDMS - Director of General Instruction and Clinical Coordinator
  • Cathy Trageser, RT, RDMS - General Sonography Instructor and Clinical Coordinator
  • Yvonne Brotzman, RDMS, RVT, RDCS - Scan Lab Instructor