Located in Boston, Massachusetts, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center serves as a teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School. The hospital has 621 beds, and treats more than 39,000 inpatients and 400,000 outpatients each year, according to the hospital's website. The medical center's School of Diagnostic Medical Sonography grants an 18-month certificate program in ultrasonography. To enroll in the program, students must possess either a two-year degree in an allied-health-related field or a bachelor's degree in any area with college-level coursework in science and mathematics. The program covers abdominal, obstetric, gynecological and vascular sonography techniques. Students must attend classes on a full-time basis. Beth Israwl Deaconess Medical Center does not offer financial aid or any type of payment plans.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Shapiro Clinical Center 4th Floor
330 Brookline Ave
Boston, MA 02215
617-667-1661
bidmc.org/dms
Affiliated with the Mayo Clinic, the Mayo School of Health Sciences provides allied health education programs for approximately 800 students at its locations in Rochester, Minnesota and Jacksonville, Florida. Individuals who hold certified nursing assistant status from their states, or who have a degree or are in the final year of a degree program in radiography may apply to the hospital's diagnostic medical sonography program. SAT or ACT scores are also required, and all applicants must possess CPR certification. Those admitted to the program study full-time for 21 months and courses cover abdominal, obstetric, gynecologic and pediatric ultrasound. Students complete five clinical rotations in the Mayo Clinic's facilities during the course of the program. A limited number of institutional grants and scholarships are available through the Mayo Clinic, and the school also participates in private loan programs.
Mayo School of Health Sciences
200 1st St. SW
Rochester, MN 55905
507-284-6520
mayo.edu/mshs/
The Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare system consists of seven medical facilities in Tennessee that together have approximately 1,000 patient beds. The hospital system offers a diagnostic medical sonography certificate program from its facility in Memphis. For consideration for the program, applicants must possess either a two-year allied health degree and certification or a four-year bachelor's degree with previous post-secondary credits in physics, anatomy, communications, medical terminology and mathematics. Students admitted to the school may specialize in abdominal or cardiac ultrasound. Both programs take 15 months of full-time study to complete and include clinical experience in the Methodist Le Bonheur facilities. Financial aid is not offered through the hospital.
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
1265 Union Ave.
Memphis, TN 38104
901-516-8099
methodisthealth.org