AST membership continues to experience dynamic growth and includes more than 42,000 surgical technologists and surgical assistants, who work in operating rooms, surgery centers, specialty clinics, educational programs and medical device corporations.
AST will help you connect with OR professionals who are directly involved with purchasing - or the veto - of products and services used in the OR!
A Snapshot of AST Membership
- More than 42,000 surgical technologists and surgical assistants
- 72% of AST members are involved with purchasing
- Over 71% of all surgical technologists work in hospitals and surgery centers
- Over 28% of AST members have been in the industry more than 15 years
- Nearly 20% of CSTs have a master's degree or higher
- Median age is 39
AST has developed a structure of integrated media opportunities for you to effectively communicate with our members and convey your marketing message in the most effective way possible.
- Display advertising in the AST monthly clinical journal The Surgical Technologist – reaches 70,000 OR professionals
- E-advertising opportunities
- Exhibiting at the annual AST National Surgical Technology Conference and AST's Educators Conference – more than 2,000 OR professionals attend each year
- Other Marketing Opportunities – Corporate Partnerships, Direct Marketing, AST Foundation, Affiliate Memberships