Overview

The Cardiac Sonography program (echocardiography) focuses on anatomy and pathology of the adult and pediatric heart. This specialty trains the students to image standard views, monitor flow patterns, evaluate heart valves, learn the cardiac cycle, and determine pathology of the heart.

Courses

Summer I

• Introduction to Sonography
• Fundamentals of Scanning
• Cross-sectional Anatomy
• Patient Care Skills
• Cardiac Scan Lab I
• Cardiac Anatomy

Fall

• Ultrasound Physics I
• Cardiovascular Principles
• Cardiac Scan Lab II
• Clinical Internship I

Spring

• Ultrasound Physics II
• Echocardiography I
• Cardiac Scan Lab III
• Clinical Internship II
  

Summer II

• Echocardiography II
• Clinical Internship III

Cardiac Clinical Sites

• Bon Secours Hospital
• Carlisle Regional Medical Center
• Chesapeake Cardiovascular
• Doctors Community Hospital
• Franklin Square Hospital
• Good Samaritan Hospital
• Harford Memorial Hospital
• Howard County General Hospital
• Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
• Johns Hopkins Hospital Pediatric Cardiology
• Maryland Cardiovascular Associates
• Memorial Hospital (York, PA)
• Meritus Medical Center
• Sinai Hospital
• Southern Maryland Hospital
• St. Agnes Hospital
• St. Joseph Medical Center
• St. Mary's Hospital
• University of Maryland Medical Center
• Washington Adventist Hospital

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