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Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography

Organization

The Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS) is a nonprofit professional association, representing over 24,000 sonographers and sonography student members across all fifty U.S. states and forty-eight countries, as of 2022. SDMS hosts an annual conference for sonographers and publishes a bi-monthly journal, the Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography. The SDMS provides its membership with a comprehensive array of continuing medical education activities, information, and products reflecting all of the sonography specialty areas, including:

Abdominal Sonography
Adult Cardiac Sonography
Breast Sonography
Fetal Cardiac Sonography
Musculoskeletal Sonography
Neurosonology
OB/Gyn Sonography
Pediatric Cardiac Sonography
Point-of-Care Sonography
Physician Vascular Interpretation
Vascular Sonography
Veterinary Sonography

The association has a broad advocacy program focused on legislative and regulatory initiatives designed to support sonographers and quality control standards for sonography services provided to patients by the SDMS membership. The SDMS publishes resources related to the practice of diagnostic medical sonography, including the Scope of Practice and Clinical Standards for the Diagnostic Medical Sonographer, the Guidelines for Infection Prevention and Control in Sonography, and the Industry Standards for the Prevention of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Sonography.

History and Affiliations

The SDMS was incorporated in 1970 in the State of Washington and is registered with the Texas Secretary of State as a foreign corporation operating in Plano, Texas. The SDMS is recognized by the US Internal Revenue Service as an exempt organization under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 501(c)(6). The SDMS is affiliated with another nonprofit organizations - the SDMS Foundation, which is recognized by the US Internal Revenue Service as an exempt organization under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 501(c)(3) as a public charity (offering grants, scholarships, education, research, and international assistance programs).

References

Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography. (2022). "2022 Annual Report".
Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography. (August 21, 2024). "Scope of Practice and Clinical Standards for the Diagnostic Medical Sonographer".
(2020). "Guidelines for Infection Prevention and Control in Sonography: Reprocessing the Ultrasound Transducer". Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography.
(2017). "Industry Standards for the Prevention of Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Sonography". Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography.
(1988). "The History of the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers". Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography.

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