Diagnostic Ultrasound & Vascular Technology

This branch of medicine uses high-frequency sound waves for diagnostic imaging. The accredited certificate program is eighteen months in length and prepares the student as an entry-level sonographer.

The student receives a certificate from the University of Kansas upon successful completion of the program on the Medical Center campus in Kansas City, Kansas.

Graduates are candidates to take the national registry examinations given by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS) in Abdomen, OB/GYN, General and Vascular Physics and Vascular Technology.

Those who pass the exams become Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographers and Registered Vascular Technologists. The Diagnostic Ultrasound Division of the Department of Radiology performs a variety of diagnostic and vascular exams.

Didactic studies include courses in medical law and ethics, intro to sono, ultrasound physics and instrumentation, abdomen, ob/gyn, small parts, neurosonology, vascular technology and vascular physics and instrumentation.

The program begins in September of each year and is 18 months in length. Applicants must be a Registered Radiologic Technologist with the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (A.R.R.T) or registry eligible and either a graduate from a twenty-four month certificate program or a 60-semester credit hour degree program in Radiology.

The student must pass the X-Ray registry before completing the Ultrasound program. A post-secondary cumulative grade-point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale is required with credits in college Algebra and Communications. Deadline for applications is February 28.