MedStar Research Institute: Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer; Baltimore, Maryland

Description: The National Institute on Aging (NIA)/MedStar Research Institute (MRI) is actively recruiting an experienced, highly motivated and qualified Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer to provide clinical research support for NIA research studies conducted at Harbor Hospital in Baltimore, MD.

Responsibilities: Primary duties include performing high quality transthoracic echocardiograms for research purposes, with a particular focus on assessing diastolic properties (e.g. tissue Doppler, pulmonary venous flow, IVRT) and on measuring of atrial, ventricular and aortic dimensions. Duties also include performing carotid and brachial arterial scans.
Working with and maintaining the Xcelera workstation, and generating preliminary reports for the studies performed.

Salary:

Requirements: Candidate must be a Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer with at least 5 years of experience. Vascular experience a plus.

Contact: For consideration, please forward your resume via email to: careersnia@medstarresearch.org or fax to (301) 560-7373.

Please indicate requisition #7411-EJ on your resume or application. www.medstarresearch.org EOE

Address: MedStar Research Institute
Human Resources Dept
6495 New Hampshire Ave, #201
Hyattsville, MD 20783

Email: careersnia@medstarresearch.org

Phone: 301-560-7300

Fax: 301-560-7373

Date Posted: 02-28-2007