Dallas College

Student Experience: Ben Buentipo, B.S., RDMS

“I have 18 years of experience in high-risk obstetrical sonography and have performed over 30,000 ultrasound scans in my career. As the co-owner and clinical director of BB Imaging & Healthcare Consulting, I oversee more than 8,000 scans a year while my company serves more than 40 providers. None of this would have been possible without my educational foundation at El Centro. 

“When I attended the program, I knew that I wanted to be in health care but could not have imagined the impact I would be able to have in communities that are typically underserved by ultrasound. The knowledge and expertise that my company possesses in data analysis, process improvements and systems implementations, combined with our passion to provide high-quality service to all socioeconomic groups, have resulted in setting up hospital departments and outreach clinics with one of the biggest national health care organizations. 

“The Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers has awarded my passion for research, learning, and teaching to serve as a model for recognition of clinical excellence and standards of excellence in ultrasound specialties by designating me as an Advanced Practice Sonographer in 2013. I continue to take the learning I obtained while at Dallas College and share it with new students entering the field, and I am hopeful that I will be able to continue to impact the health care community at large.”


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Zlatko Prijic, RRT

Pulmonary Rehab Coordinator Baylor University Medical Center
“I think I'd recommend El Centro to anybody, and I always do. If someone wants to go into respiratory or wants to learn more about respiratory, I point them in that direction.”
Respiratory Care Program
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Jose (Josey) George, RCIS, LMRT

Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist Baylor Garland Hospital
“My training and education at El Centro provided me with the knowledge and skills required to perform my job very well as an invasive cardiovascular specialist. The best part of my job is the satisfaction I gain at the end of each day, due to the fact that I’ve made a difference in my patients’ and their families’ lives by being a part of the lifesaving medical team.”
Invasive Cardiovascular Technology

Lupe Ortiz, RRT, NPS

Respiratory Care Practitioner Baylor University Medical Center
“I chose El Centro one, it was closer to home. It was a little more affordable than going to somewhere out of state or somewhere else. Just those two things were, were the main thing, the reason why I chose to go to El Centro. I think El Centro did an excellent job of preparing me for going into the workforce.”
Respiratory Care Program
Margaret Lembcke

Margaret Lembcke

Health Information Associate II, Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas and Baylor Medical Center at Irving
“There’s not a thing I don’t use from the information I learned in the Medical Front Office program. The classes did a very good job of teaching skills that we’d really need. We were always learning from people who have worked in the field, not just learned information in a classroom.”
Medical Front Office
Ben Buentipo
Ben Buentipo, B.S., RDMS
Cofounder and Chief Strategy Officer, BB Imaging and TeleScan®
Diagnostic Medical Sonography
School of Health Sciences
Updated September 10, 2026