Diagnostic Medical Sonography

At RIT you can also earn a Certificate in Diagnostic Medical Sonography. This option is designed for individuals who hold a:

• Bachelor’s degree in the life sciences and other closely related degrees that may be approved by the Program Director. Additional pre-requisite coursework may be required for any type and level of degree.
• Current active license or registry in an area of Medical or Allied Health Sciences: Examples of Medical or Allied Health Sciences areas are respiratory therapy, nuclear medicine, physical therapy, radiography (x-rays), nursing and much more. Any of the some 200 areas in the Medical or Allied Health Sciences fields will be considered.

The Certificate Program is an eighteen-month program which includes a full-time year of clinical training and one year of prerequisite coursework prior to the clinical internship. The clinical internship prerequisite courses are taken at RIT after you are accepted to the program.

Pre-requisite Courses for the Clinical Internship (These courses are ONLY offered at RIT)

• DMSO-312 Human Cross Sectional Anatomy
• DMSO-301, 302 Sonographic Scanning Skills and Techniques I, II
• DMSO-309, 310 Sonography Physics and Instrumentation I, II
• MEDS-315 Medical Pathophysiology
• MEDS-333 Patient Care

The following courses may also be required, depending on the applicants background:

• MEDS-201Language of Medicine (or equivalent course/experience)
• MEDS 250, 251Human Anatomy & Physiology I & II with their labs (or equivalent course)
• PHYS 111, 112 College Physics I, II with their labs (or equivalent course)
• MEDS 245 Medical Genetics

For more information on the Certificate Program, please contact the
Program Director, Hamad Ghazle, hhgscl@rit.edu, (585) 475-2241