• Upcoming Programs

    State assemblies offer various programs and events throughout the year. Getting involved in one's state assembly is a great way to network with others in your area, gain access to workshops and educational programs that offer CE credits and become involved in your state assembly.

  • State Assembly Upcoming Programs


    ALASKA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: February 9, 2019
    Title: Alaska AST Spring Workshop and Elections
    Location: Providence Alaska Medical Center, 3200 Providence Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508
    Contact: Dawn Burns, PO Box 230041, Anchorage, AK 99523, 907-212-2057, dawn.burns@providence.org
    CE Credits: 5 pending submission for approval 

    FLORIDA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: November 10, 2018
    Title: Eyes on Sarasota
    Location:  The Hilton Garden Inn, 8270 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34243
    Contact: Jo Lana Cota, 2120 21st Lane, Greenacres, FL 33463, 561-602-9256, cotaj@palmbeachstate.edu
    CE Credits: 6 Approved by AST

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: March 9, 2019
    Title: Advanced Surgical Techniques
    Location: Quality Inn, 2701 E Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33612
    Contact: Jo Lana Cota, 2120 21st Lane, Greenacres, FL 33463, 561-602-9256, cotaj@palmbeachstate.edu
    CE Credits: 7 pending submission for approval 

    GEORGIA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: March 9, 2019
    Title: Knowledge in Bloom: Planting Good Seeds in the OR
    Location: Gwinnett Technical College, 5150 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Lawrenceville, GA 30043
    Contact: Dustin Cain, PO Box 216, Lawrenceville, GA 30046, 678-314-5773, dustin_caincst@yahoo.com
    CE Credits: 7 pending submission for approval

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: September 14, 2019
    Title: Surgery on the Beach 2019
    Location: Hotel Tybee, 1401 Strand Ave, Tybee Island, GA 31328
    Contact: Dustin Cain, PO Box 216, Lawrenceville, GA 30046, 678-314-5773, dustin_caincst@yahoo.com
    CE Credits: 8 pending submission for approval

    HAWAII STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date:     November 17, 2018
    Title: Annual Meeting & Elections 2018/Suture and Casting Workshop
    Location: Kaiser Permanente Medical Center - Moanalua Auditorium, 3288 Moanalua Road, Honolulu, HI 96819
    Contact: Ana Zarate, PO Box 2129, Ewa Beach, HI 96706, 910-599-2086, anazarat804@gmail.com or hawaiistateassembly@yahoo.com
    CE Credits: 5 approved by AST  

    IDAHO STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: November 10, 2018  
    Title: 2018 Business Meeting and Conference
    Location: Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, 1055 N Curtis Road, Boise, ID 83706
    Contact: Leah Guill, 6120 E Grand Prairie Dr, Boise, ID 83716, 208-596-1774, IDSAST@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 5 approved by AST

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: November 13, 2018
    Title: November FREE CE Event
    Location: Café Ole’, 210 N Milwaukee St, Boise, ID 83704
    Contact: Leah Guill, 6120 E Grand Prairie Dr, Boise, ID 83716, 208-596-1774, IDSAST@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 1 approved by AST

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: January 8, 2019
    Title: January FREE CE Event
    Location: Café Ole’, 210 N Milwaukee St, Boise, ID 83704
    Contact: Leah Guill, 6120 E Grand Prairie Dr, Boise, ID 83716, 208-596-1774, IDSAST@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 1 pending submission for approval

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: March 12, 2019
    Title: March FREE CE Event
    Location: Café Ole’, 210 N Milwaukee St, Boise, ID 83704
    Contact: Leah Guill, 6120 E Grand Prairie Dr, Boise, ID 83716, 208-596-1774, IDSAST@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 1 pending submission for approval

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: June 11, 2019
    Title: June FREE CE Event
    Location: Café Ole’, 210 N Milwaukee St, Boise, ID 83704
    Contact: Leah Guill, 6120 E Grand Prairie Dr, Boise, ID 83716, 208-596-1774, IDSAST@gmail.com 
    CE Credits: 1 pending submission for approval

    INDIANA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: March 2, 2019
    Title: Indiana State Assembly 2019 Spring Workshop
    Location: Ceruti’s Catering, 6601 Innovation Blvd, Fort Wayne IN, 46818
    Contact: Colby Allen, 4917 Clarkson Dr, Indianapolis IN, 46254, 765-427-7355, allencol2011@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 7 pending submission for approval

    ILLINOIS STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: March 2, 2019
    Title: Annual Meeting, Elections and Seminar
    Location: Rasmussen College, 1400 West Normantown Road, Romeoville, IL 60446
    Contact: Stacie Chaney, PO Box 3832, Decatur, IL 62524, 708-252-6617, stacie.chaney@live.com
    CE Credits: 5 pending submission for approval 

    IOWA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: April 13, 2019
    Title: 2019 Spring Workshop
    Location: Kirkwood Community College, 6301 Kirkwood Blvd SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404
    Contact: Michael Sells, 208 Palo Road, Center Point, IA 52213, 319-651-4165, michael.sells@kirkwood.edu
    CE Credits: 7 pending submission for approval 

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: October 12, 2019
    Title: 2019 Fall Business Meeting and Workshop
    Location: Des Moines Area Community College, 1100 7th St, Des Moines, IA 50314
    Contact: Michael Sells, 208 Palo Road, Center Point, IA 52213, 319-651-4165, michael.sells@kirkwood.edu
    CE Credits: 7 pending submission for approval

    KANSAS STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: March 2, 2019
    Title: 2019 Spring Workshop and Annual Business Meeting
    Location: Neosho County Community College, 900 E Logan St, Ottawa, KS, 66067
    Contact: Jennifer Cain, 18355 Canton St, Gardner KS, 66030, 970-420-8185, jcain@neosho.edu
    CE Credits: 6 pending submission for approval 

    KENTUCKY STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: November 16-17, 2018
    Title: 2018 Kentucky State Assembly of AST - Annual Fall meeting
    Location: TBA, Louisville, KY 40202
    Contact: Kentucky State Assembly, PO Box 206187, Louisville, KY 40250, ksaofast@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 9 pending submission for approval 

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: April 19, 2019
    Title: Chris Keegan Spring Workshop 2019
    Location: Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, Regional Postsecondary Center (RPC) Room 212, 600 College Street Road, Elizabethtown, KY 42701
    Contact: Kentucky State Assembly, PO Box 206187, Louisville, KY 40250, ksaofast@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 3 pending submission for approval

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: September 20-21, 2019
    Title: 2019 Kentucky State Assembly of AST – Annual Fall Meeting
    Location: TBD, Louisville, KY
    Contact: Kentucky State Assembly, PO Box 206187, Louisville, KY 40250, ksaofast@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 9 pending submission for approval  

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: April 17, 2020
    Title: Chris Keegan Spring Workshop 2020
    Location: Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, Regional Postsecondary Center (RPC) Room 212, 600 College Street Road, Elizabethtown, KY 42701
    Contact: Kentucky State Assembly, PO Box 206187, Louisville, KY 40250, ksaofast@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 3 pending submission for approval  

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: September 18-19, 2020
    Title: 2020 Kentucky State Assembly of AST – Annual Fall Meeting
    Location: TBD, Louisville, KY
    Contact: Kentucky State Assembly, PO Box 206187, Louisville, KY 40250, ksaofast@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 9 pending submission for approval  

    LOUISIANA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: March 2, 2019
    Title: Spring Fling
    Location: Woman’s Hospital, 100 Woman’s Way, Baton Rouge, LA 70817
    Contact: Rochelle Duplechian, 835 Vatican Road, Carencro, LA 70520, 337-302-7844, rduplechiancst@yahoo.com
    CE Credits: 6 pending submission for approval        

    MARYLAND STATE ASSEMBLY 

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: November 3, 2018
    Title: AST Maryland State Assembly Fall Workshop
    Location: Carroll Hospital, William Kahlert Regional Cancer Center - East Pavilion Entrance, 291 Stoner Ave, Westminster, MD 21157 
    Contact:     Rasheedah Bilal-Sanders, 6531 Frietchie Row, Columbia, MD 21045, 240-353-1264, astmdstassembly@gmail.com 
    CE Credits: 7 approved by AST

    MASSACHUSETTS STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date:     November 17, 2018
    Title: Fifty Shades of Joint Revision; We Are All in This Together
    Location: Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, 41 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01805
    Contact: Jayne MacPherson, 3 Webster St, Natick, MA 01760, 508-596-0859, jmacpherson@bhcc.mass.edu
    CE Credits: 6 approved by AST

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date:     January 19, 2019
    Title: Simulation Workshop
    Location: Springfield Technical Community College, 1 Armory Square, Springfield, MA 01105
    Contact: Michele Dodge, 16 Colonial Road, Wilbraham, MA 01095, 413-599-1484 or 413-348-5135, mdodge@stcc.edu
    CE Credits: 5 pending submission for approval 

    MICHIGAN STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: April 6, 2019
    Title:     MSA Every Day Adventure
    Location:     Baker College of Clinton Township, 34950 Little Mack Ave, Clinton Township, MI 48035
    Contact:     Mary Jo Nowicki, 1548 S Renaud Road, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236, 586-552-3135, maryjo.nowicki@gmail.com
    CE Credits:     6 pending submission for approval

    MISSISSIPPI STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: March 1-3, 2019
    Title: Spring Workshop
    Location: Columbia Area Career Center, 4203 South Providence, Columbia, MO 65203
    Contact: Tammy Pearson, 3143 Algoa Road Apt B, Jefferson City, MO 65101, 573-202-3947, trpearson0@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 13 pending submission for approval 

    NEBRASKA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: March 2, 2019
    Title: Winter 2019 Workshop and Annual Meeting with Elections
    Location: Nebraska Methodist College, 720 N 87th St, Omaha, NE 68114
    Contact: Casey Glassburner, PO Box 67034, Lincoln, NE 68506, 402-580-0057, nebraskastateassembly@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 6 pending submission for approval  

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: August 3, 2019
    Title: Summer 2019 Workshop
    Location: CHI-Good Samaritan, 10 E 31st St, Kearney, NE 68847
    Contact: Laura Stallings, PO Box 67034, Lincoln, NE 68506, 402-770-3849, nebraskastateassembly@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 6 pending submission for approval

    NEW MEXICO STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: March 23, 2019
    Title: Spring Fling
    Location: Presbyterian Rust Medical Center, 2400 Unser Blvd SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124|
    Contact: Donna Kirby, 9908 Chelon Pl NW, Albuquerque, NM 87114, 505-280-2891, dkirbyast@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 4-5 pending submission for approval 

    NORTH CAROLINA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: March 23, 2019
    Title: Head, Shoulders, Knees....And Everything In Between
    Location: Duke Regional Hospital, 3643 N Roxboro St, Durham, NC 27704
    Contact: Christine Anderson, 805 Brookgreen Dr, Cary, NC 27511, 919-798-8755, ca156@duke.edu
    CE Credits: 7 pending submission for approval

    OKLAHOMA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: March 9, 2019
    Title: 2019 OKSA Spring Conference
    Location: Devon Boathouse, 725 S Lincoln Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73129
    Contact: Nola Jones, PO Box 722155, Norman, OK 73070, 405-200-8280, nolajones09@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 6 pending submission for approval 

    OREGON STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: March 16, 2019
    Title: Spring Conference
    Location: Providence Portland Medical Center, 4805 NE Gilson St, Portland, OR 97213
    Contact: Sonia Lopez, PO Box 1461, Wilsonville, OR 97070, 503-679-7753, mgaringeroast@outlook.com
    CE Credits: 7 pending submission for approval 

    PENNSYLVANIA STATE ASSEMBLY 

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: March 23, 2019
    Title: Surgical Technologists - Oh the Places You’ll Go
    Location: UPMC Pinnacle Community Osteopathic, 4300 Londonderry Road, Harrisburg, PA 17109
    Contact: Darin Smith, 3812 Kramer St, Harrisburg, PA 17109, 717-422-4258, darindurellesmith@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 6 pending submission for approval

    SOUTH DAKOTA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: April 26-27, 2019
    Title: SDSA Spring Seminar
    Location: Southeast Technical Institute, 2320 N Career Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57107
    Contact: Joyce Van Zee, 5617 S Anthony Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57106, 605-310-1791, joyce.vanzee@southeasttech.edu
    CE Credits: 9 pending submission for approval 

    TENNESSEE STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: March 2-3, 2019
    Title: 2018 TNAST State Convention
    Location: Embassy Suites Chattanooga Hamilton Place, 2321 Lifestyle Way, Chattanooga, TN 37421
    Contact: Steven Noyce, 102 Morgan St, Tullahoma, TN 37388, 615-498-3164, stevennoyce@hotmail.com
    CE Credits: 13 pending submission for approval

    TEXAS STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: January 26, 2019
    Title: Surgery by the Sea LSC-PA
    Location: Lamar State College Port Arthur, 1800 Lakeshore Dr, Port Arthur, TX 77640
    Contact: Brandon Buckner or Stefanie Steele-Galchutt, PO Box 3381, Wichita Falls, TX 76301, 409-984-6367 or 817-235-1660, TXSAStateAssembly@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 8 approved by AST 

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: March 2-3, 2019
    Title: Best Little Workshop in Texas
    Location: Radisson Hotel Fossil Creek, 2540 Meacham Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76106
    Contact: Stefanie Steele-Galchutt, PO Box 3381, Wichita Falls, TX 76301, 817-235-1660, TXSAStateAssembly@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 15 pending submission for approval  

    VIRGINIA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: November 10, 2018
    Title: Surgical Technology Palette of Specialties - CE Workshop
    Location: Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center, 8260 Atlee Road, Mechanicsville, VA 23116
    Contact: Lisa Day, 13284 Firefly Road, Culpeper, VA 22701, 540-422-9471, ldaycsfa@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 6 Approved by AST

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: March 16, 2019
    Title: 2019 Spring Workshop, Business Meeting and Election
    Location: Virginia Baptist Hospital, 3300 Rivermont Ave, Lynchburg, VA 24503
    Contact: Lee-Ellen Dunaway, 7178 Wildway Road, Gladstone, VA 24553, 434-851-7381, ludunaway@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 6 pending submission for approval

    WEST VIRGINIA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: April 6, 2019
    Title: Spring Workshop
    Location: Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College, 2900 Dempsey Branch Road, Mount Gay, WV 25637
    Contact: Kimberly Miller, PO Box 983, Dellslow, WV 26531, 304-415-3341, klucionmiller@aol.com
    CE Credits: 6 pending submission for approval

    WISCONSIN STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: March 9, 2019
    Title: Spring for Knowledge
    Location: Aspirus Wausau Hospital, 333 Pine Ridge Blvd, Wausau, WI 54401
    Contact: Nicole Drott, N4611 County Road V, Antigo, WI 54409, 715-350-1088, nicoledrott@yahoo.com
    CE Credits: 6 pending submission for approval