Carteret Community College
URL: www.carteret.edu/education/academicprograms/sonography/index.htm
Elaine Fuge
Curriculum Area Coordinator
(252) 222-6165, Room W139
Wayne West Building
fugee@carteret.edu
Joe Downey
(252) 222-6101
downeyj@carteret.edu
The medical sonography curriculum prepares the graduate to be a Sonographer, a skilled medical professional who uses high frequency sound waves to image the body.
Course work includes clinical rotations to area health care facilities, cross-sectional anatomy, sonography physics, along with abdomen, pelvic, vascular, and obstetric sonography.
Graduates are eligible to take the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists' sonography exam. Sonographers can find employment in clinics, physician's offices, mobile services, hospitals, and educational institutions.
Applicants must be a registered Radiologic Technologist or registry eligible by having successfully completed an accredited radiography program within the last two years. Applicant must become registered in radiography in order to sit for the sonography registry exam to become a registered Sonographer.
Center for Medical Ultrasound
Johnston Community College
URL: http://www.johnstoncc.edu
P.O. Box 2350
Smithfield, NC 27577
Phone: 919-209-2158
Medical Sonography includes Abdomen, OB/GYN, Vascular, and Neurosonology. This program is a post-Graduate program for students who have completed a minimum of an Associates Degree in an accredited Radiography Program and hold a current ARRT certification. The curriculum is a sequenced 16-month, daytime only, diploma program. We also offer a diploma and an Associates Degree option. We accept 10 students every Fall. Application deadline is June 1.
Cardiovascular Sonography includes Adult Echocardiography, cerebrovascular, and peripheral vascular sonography. This program is a post-Graduate program for students who have completed a minimum of an Associates Degree in an accredited Radiography Program, Respiratory Therapy Program, Paramedic Program, Nursing Program, or Physical Therapy Program. The applicant must hold a current certification in their health specialty. The curriculum is a sequenced 16-month, daytime only, diploma program. We also offer a diploma and an Associates Degree option. We accept 10 students every Fall. Application deadline is June 1.
Web site: http://www.johnstoncc.edu
Director's email address: godwinc@johnstoncc.edu
South Piedmont Community College
South Piedmont community College - Monroe, NC Diagnostic Medical Sonogrpahy Program
4209 Old Charlotte Hwy
Monroe, NC 28110
phone# 1-877-821-2200 or 704-289-8588
Program Director: Alice Bradley, RTR, RDMS
abradley@spcc.edu
The Medical Sonography programs includes general abdomen, OB/Gyn and an introduction to vascular. This is a 21 month Associates Degree program.This year there are 24 students enrolled.
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, NC
336-716-4505;
800-277-7654 ext. 64505
Email: cmu@wfubmc.edu
Website: http://www.wfubmc.edu/ultrasound