Enhancing the profession to ensure quality patient care.
Advance your knowledge through educational sessions, hear from top industry speakers, and expand your professional network.
AST Former Presidents proudly offer a scholarship for Certified Surgical Technologists attending the AST national conference for the first time. Application deadline: March 31.
Rally your crew for the ultimate showdown at the 2026 AST Surgical Technology Conference!
Make it the year you earn the recognition you deserve! AST awards its highest honor to those who uphold the highest standards of the profession and the organization and advocate for the critical role of the surgical technologist.
We have everything you need to advocate for the profession.
Update your contact information, renew your membership, submit CE credits online and more.
Get the details about the educators conference, and find tools, resources and more to help you in the classroom.
Find everything you need about your state assembly including each SAs website, policies, bylaws and more.
The Association of Surgical Technologists (AST) was established in 1969 with the mission of ensuring quality patient care.
Today, AST is proud to acknowledge more than 60,000 members and represents the interests of more than 80,000 practitioners nationwide. AST actively promotes education for the profession; legislatively advocates for practitioner recognition; supports state-level constituent organizations; and has committed to students as the future of the profession.
As the oldest and most widely recognized professional organizations for surgical technologists, AST's primary purpose is to ensure that surgical technologists possess the knowledge and skill sets to administer the highest quality of care for every patient. Aeger primo!