RECERTIFICATION Advanced CE

  • 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


    ALABAMA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: March 28, 2020   (on January 24, date and location changed from March 14)
    Title:     The Future of Surgery Spring Workshop and Business Meeting 
    Location:     South Baldwin Regional Medical Center - Residents Meeting Room, 1851 N McKenzie St. Suite 200, Foley, AL 36535
    Contact:     Crystal Warner, 1221 Hwy 235, Nancy, KY 42544, 850-542-5958, crystalwarner61@gmail.com
    CE Credits:     4 pending submission for approval

    ALASKA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date:     March 28, 2020
    Title:     Annual Meeting and Workshop with Elections
    Location:     Providence Alaska Medical Center, 3200 Providence Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508
    Contact:     Dawn Burns, 3200 Providence Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508, 907-212-2057, dawn.burns@providence.org
    CE Credits:     6 pending submission for approval 

    ARIZONA STATE ASSEMBLY 

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date:     April 18, 2020
    Title:     Forensic Considerations in the Operating Room 
    Location:     GateWay Community College - Health Science Building, 108 N 40th St, Phoenix, AZ 85034
    Contact:     Raquel Briggs, 2365 E Cactus Road, Phoenix, AZ 85022, 602-388-5825, raquelebriggs@gmail.com
    CE Credits:     4 pending submission for approval

    ARKANSAS STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: March 14, 2020
    Title: Springtacular! 2020 and Beyond!
    Location: UAMS Reynolds Institute on Aging - Jo Ellen Ford Auditorium, 629 Jack Stephens Dr, Little Rock, AR 72205
    Contact: Cindy Lewis, PO Box 15772, Little Rock, AR 72231, 501-951-3180, arsa.st@yahoo.com
    CE Credits: 8 approved by AST

    COLORADO/WYOMING STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date:     April 25, 2020
    Title:     Spring Fling of Education
    Location:     Pikes Peak Community College, 5675 S Academy Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO 80906
    Contact:     Karey Covington, 2716 S Pagosa St, Aurora, CO 80013, 720-227-2779, surpriskarey@hotmail.com
    CE Credits:     6 pending submission for approval

    CONNECTICUT STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date:     March 7, 2020
    Title:     Perioperative Management of Craniomaxillofacial Fractures 
    Location:     West Haven VA Hospital, 950 Campbell Ave, West Haven, CT 06516
    Contact:     MarySusan Cuda-Lewis, 11 Legion Road, Seymour, CT 06483, 203-606-7968, cabingirl11@sbcglobal.net
    CE Credits:     6 approved by AST

    FLORIDA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: February 29, 2020
    Title: Leaping into 2020
    Location: Morton Plant Hospital, 300 Pinellas St, Clearwater, FL 33756
    Contact: JoLana Cota, 2120 21st Lane, Greenacres, FL 33463, 561-602-9256, cotaj@palmbeachstate.edu
    CE Credits: 7 approved by AST 

    GEORGIA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: March 14, 2020
    Title: 140 Years of Healing: Learning from Emory Saint Joseph's
    Location: Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital, 5665 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, GA 30342
    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 12, 2020
    Title:     Trauma and the Surgical Patient
    Location:     Ogeechee Technical College, 1 Joe Kennedy Blvd, Statesboro, GA 30458
    Contact:     Dustin Cain, PO Box 216, Lawrenceville, GA 30046, 678-314-5773, dustin_caincst@yahoo.com
    CE Credits:     8 pending submission for approval 

    IDAHO STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop / Webinar
    Date:     April 17-18, 2020
    Title:     Spring Conference 
    Location:     Holiday Inn Express, 201 N 3rd St, McCall, ID 83638
    Contact:     Leah Guill, 6120 E Grand Prairie Dr, Boise, ID 83716, 208-596-1774, idsast@gmail.com
    CE Credits:     9 pending submission for approval

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop 
    Date:     November 14, 2020
    Title:     2020 Fall Conference and Business Meeting
    Location:      St. Luke’s Anderson Center, 190 E Bannock St, Boise, ID 83712
    Contact:     Leah Guill, 6120 E Grand Prairie Dr, Boise, ID 83716, 208-596-1774, idsast@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 7 pending submission for approval

    ILLINOIS STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: March 7, 2020
    Title: ISA Annual Meeting, Elections & Seminar
    Location: OSF Medical Center, 530 NE Glen Oak Ave, Peoria, IL 61637
    Contact: Marsha Brook, 1828 S 2nd Ave, Morton, IL 61550, 309-263-7495, mbrook1@outlook.com
    CE Credits:     5 approved by AST

    INDIANA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: March 7, 2020
    Title: Indiana Association of Surgical Technology 2020 Spring Conference
    Location: Ivy Tech Community College, 4475 Central Ave, Columbus, IN 47203
    Contact: Colby Allen, PO Box 421673, Indianapolis, IN 46242, 463-224-5175, allencol2011@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 7 pending submission for approval

    KANSAS STATE ASSEMBLY 

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date:     March 7, 2020
    Title:     2020 Spring Workshop and Business Meeting
    Location:     WSU Tech, 213 N Mead, Wichita, KS 67202
    Contact:     Logan Threet, 213 N Mead, Wichita, KS 67202, 316-617-6718, lthreet@wsutech.edu
    CE Credits:     6 pending submission for approval 

    KENTUCKY STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: April 24, 2020  (on 11-25-2019 changed from 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 approved by AST   

    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 7, 2020
    Title: 2020 Spring Workshop and Business Meeting
    Location: Woman's Hospital, 100 Woman’s Way, Baton Rouge, LA 70817
    Contact: Eboni Saurage, PO Box 60445, Lafayette, LA 70596, 225-216-8120, esauragecst@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 6 pending submission for approval

    MAINE STATE ASSEMBLY 

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date:     April 4, 2020
    Title:     MESA Spring Workshop
    Location:     Thayer Center for Health, 149 North St, Waterville, ME 04901
    Contact:     Lisa Stevens, 244 Brown Road, Poland, ME 04274, 207-577-3964, stevens85L@yahoo.com
    CE Credits:     7 approved by AST

    MARYLAND/DELAWARE STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: March 28, 2020 (on January 22 changed from March 21)
    Title: Spring Workshop and Meeting
    Location: R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center Auditorium, 22 S Greene St, Baltimore, MD 21201
    Contact: Harold Orange, 22 S Greene St, Baltimore, MD 21201, 443-527-8071, jorange330@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 7 pending submission for approval 

    MASSACHUSETTS STATE ASSEMBLY 

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date:     March 21, 2020
    Title:     Trauma Shoulders, Hip, and Spine
    Location    : Bunker Hill Community College, 250 New Rutherford Ave, Boston, MA 02129
    Contact:     Kristen Urbanek, 187 Riverside Ave, Medford, MA 02155, 617-257-5384, rdsox805@yahoo.com
    CE Credits:     6 approved by AST 

    MICHIGAN STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: April 4, 2020
    Title: Celebrating 20 Years with MSA
    Location: Gift of Life Michigan, 3861 Research Park Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48108
    Contact: Renona Smutny, 1510 E Meyers Ave, Hazel Park, MI 48030, 248-891-3989, renonas@yahoo.com
    CE Credits: 6 pending submission for approval

    MINNESOTA STATE ASSEMBLY 

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: March 7, 2020
    Title: Inter-Disciplinary
    Location: Anoka Technical College,1355 US-10, Anoka, MN 55303
    Contact: Lori Molus, 2494 121st Ave, Clear Lake, MN 55319, 320-492-8747, elsie14@frontiernet.net
    CE Credits: 6 approved by AST 

    MISSISSIPPI STATE ASSEMBLY 

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date:     February 22, 2020
    Title:     Surgical Success: Celebrating 20 years of MS AST
    Location:      Holmes Community College, 412 Ridgeland Ave, Ridgeland, MS 39157
    Contact:     Travia Coleman, 412 Ridgeland Ave, Ridgeland, MS 39157, 601-605-3396, tcoleman@holmescc.edu
    CE Credits: 5 approved by AST

    Program Type: Workshop Only 
    Date:     October 17, 2020
    Title: Cruising the Coast 2.0
    Location: Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College – Jefferson Davis Campus, 2226 Switzer Road, Gulfport, MS 39507
    Contact: Venelsa Hanshaw, 2226 Switzer Road, Gulfport, MS 39507, 228-897-3703, venelsa.hanshaw@mgccc.edu
    CE Credits: 4 pending submission for approval

    MISSOURI STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date:     March 6-8, 2020
    Title:     Spring Workshop and Elections
    Location:     Cox Medical Center, 525 Branson Landing Blvd, Branson, MO 65616
    Contact:     Carrie DeLine, PO Box 738, Ashland, MO 65010, 573-489-4496, missouriassemblyast@gmail.com
    CE Credits:     13 pending submission for approval

    MONTANA STATE ASSEMBLY 

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: March 14, 2020
    Title: Spring Workshop and Business Meeting / Elections
    Location: University of Montana, 32 Campus Dr, Missoula, MT 59812
    Contact: Marsha Lyles, 310 Sunnyview Lane, Kalispell, MT 59901, 406-670-8376, mnmcsfa@me.com
    CE Credits: 6-8 pending submission for approval

    NEBRASKA STATE ASSEMBLY 

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: March 7, 2020
    Title: 2020 Nebraska State Assembly Winter Workshop and Annual Meeting
    Location: Lincoln Surgical Hospital, 1710 S 70th St, Lincoln, NE 68506
    Contact: Laura Stallings, PO Box 67034, Lincoln, NE 68506, 402-770-3849, nebraskastateassembly@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 6 approved by AST 

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date:     August 1, 2020
    Title:     2020 Nebraska State Assembly Summer Workshop
    Location:     CHI Health – Lakeside, 16901 Lakeside Hills Court, Omaha, NE 68130
    Contact:     Laura Stallings, PO Box 67034, Lincoln, NE 68506, 402-770-3849, nebraskastateassembly@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 6 pending submission for approval 

    NEVADA STATE ASSEMBLY 

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date:     September 19, 2020
    Title:     Annual Business Meeting with Elections and Workshop 
    Location:     Two locations: University Nevada-Reno, PHS Bldg Room #102, Reno, NV 89557; Las Vegas - TBD
    Contact:     Kay Keehnen, 775-972-6607, katiiekay89@yahoo.com, or Jeanette Katzenmeyer, 775-304-6832, katzenmeyerj@yahoo.com 
    CE Credits:     7 pending submission for approval

    NEW HAMPSHIRE/VERMONT STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: April 11, 2020
    Title: Bariatrics in Todays Healthcare
    Location: Wentworth - Douglass Hospital, 789 Central Ave, Dover, NH 03820
    Contact: Brad Morrison, 323 Elm St, Concord, NH 03303, 603-225-7625, msmaddog17@yahoo.com
    CE Credits: 6 pending submission for approval

    NEW JERSEY STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date:     March 28, 2020
    Title:     Pursuit for a Purpose Workshop
    Location:     Berkeley College, 44 Rifle Camp Road, Woodland Park, NJ 07424
    Contact:     Carlos Sanchez, 201-981-7760, carlos.sanchez.njast@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 5 pending submission for approval 

    NEW MEXICO STATE ASSEMBLY 

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: February 29, 2020
    Title: NM AST Spring Potpourri Conference
    Location: UNMH North Campus; Domenici Center Auditorium, 1001 Stanford Dr NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131
    Contact: Jennifer Richmond, PO Box 66496, Albuquerque, NM 87193, 505-377-0817, jennbingham2232@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 5.5 approved by AST

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: March 19, 2020
    Title: Organ Procurement and Donor Services Procedures
    Location:     Mario’s Pizzeria and Ristorante, 5700 4th St NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107 
    Contact:     Jennifer Richmond, PO Box 66496, Albuquerque, NM 87193, 505-377-0817, jennbingham2232@gmail.com
    CE Credits:     2 pending submission for approval

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date:     March 28, 2020
    Title:     Las Cruces Talks
    Location:     Memorial Medical Center, 2450 S Telshor Blvd, Las Cruces, NM 88011
    Contact: Amalia Gutierrez, PO Box 66496, Albuquerque, NM 87193, 505-377-0817, mserrano72@gmail.com
    CE Credits:     3 pending submission for approval

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date:     April 30, 2020
    Title:     Topics to Be Announced
    Location:     Mario’s Pizzeria and Ristorante, 5700 4th St NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107 
    Contact:     Jennifer Richmond, PO Box 66496, Albuquerque, NM 87193, 505-377-0817, jennbingham2232@gmail.com
    CE Credits:     2 pending submission for approval

    NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: April 4, 2020 (quorum not met at September 2019 Mtg; elections for PR, VP, TR, 2-DI)
    Title: NYAST Spring Conference, Business Meeting and Elections
    Location: Hilton New York JFK Airport, 144-02 135th Ave, Jamaica, NY 11436
    Contact: Delroy Johnson, 293 Irving Ave, Apt 1L, Brooklyn, NY 11237, 917-974-5417, boardnyast@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 6 pending submission for approval

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: September 26, 2020
    Title: NYAST Fall Conference, Business Meeting, & Elections
    Location: Pearl Street Grill, 76 Pearl St, Buffalo, NY 14202
    Contact: Emily Runions, 576 East River Road, Grand Island, NY 14072, 716-380-0677, boardnyast@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 6 pending submission for approval

    NORTH CAROLINA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: March 21, 2020
    Title: Dissecting Into a New Decade
    Location: Coastal Carolina Community College, 444 Western Blvd, Jacksonville, NC 28546
    Contact: Kristina Stewart-Horton, 444 Western Blvd, Jacksonville, NC 28546, 910-265-2753, stewartk@coastalcarolina.edu
    CE Credits: 7 pending submission for approval

    OHIO STATE ASSEMBLY 

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: March 14-15, 2020
    Title: It Starts With Us
    Location: Doctors Hospital, 5100 West Broad St, Columbus, OH 43228
    Contact: Shelly Roach, PO Box 16001, Columbus, OH 43216, ohioast@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 15 approved by AST

    OKLAHOMA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date:     March 14, 2020
    Title:     Spring Conference and Annual Business Meeting
    Location:     Tulsa Zoo, 6421 E 36th St N, Tulsa, OK 74115
    Contact:     Casey Bellew, 1120 E 8th Ave, Winfield, KS 67156, 918-841-6254, casey.bellew@gmail.com
    CE Credits:     4-6 pending submission for approval

    OREGON STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date:     March 14, 2020
    Title:     Spring Conference 2020
    Location:     Providence Willamette Falls Community Center, 519 15th St, Oregon City, OR 97045
    Contact:      Melissa Garinger, 3471 7th St, Hubbard, OR 97032, 503-318-1577, oast.oregon@gmail.com
    CE Credits:     6 pending submission for approval 

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date:     October 17, 2020
    Title:     Fall Conference
    Location:     St. Charles Hospital, 2500 NE Neff Road, Bend, OR 97701
    Contact:     Melissa Garinger, 3471 7th St, Hubbard, OR 97032, 503-318-1577, oast.oregon@gmail.com
    CE Credits:     5 pending submission for approval 

    PENNSYLVANIA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: March 28, 2020
    Title: The Future’s So Bright
    Location: Delaware County Community College, 901 South Media Line Road, Media, PA 19063
    Contact: Michelle Muhammad, 306 Dague Farm Dr, Coatesville, PA 19320, 281-703-3593, mmcst19@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 6 approved by AST 

    SOUTH CAROLINA STATE ASSEMBLY 

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: March 14-15, 2020
    Title: Spring Workshop & Annual SCSA Business Meeting
    Location: Midlands Technical College - Airport Campus, 1260 Lexington Dr, West Columbia, SC 29170
    Contact: Elizabeth West or Katrina Williams, 412 Emanuel Creek Dr, Columbia SC 29170, 803-422-9314, westeb90@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 12 pending submission for approval 

    SOUTH DAKOTA STATE ASSEMBLY 

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: April 17-18, 2020
    Title: Spring 2020 Workshop
    Location: Western Dakota Technical Institute, 800 Mickelson Dr, Rapid City, SD 57703
    Contact: Melissa Shoop, 4403 W Main St, Rapid City, SD 57702, 605-641-1032, melissa_shoop@yahoo.com
    CE Credits: 9 pending submission for approval

    TENNESSEE STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: March 6-8, 2020
    Title: Celebration of 20 years of the TNAST
    Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 401 W Summit Hill Dr, Knoxville, TN 37902
    Contact: Stacie Reese, 1020 Windemere Dr, Gallatin, TN 37066, 615-939-0908, staciereesetnast@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 13 pending submission for approval

    TEXAS STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: March 7-8, 2020
    Title: Best Little Workshop in Texas
    Location: Sheraton Fort Worth Downtown Hotel, 1701 Commerce St, Fort Worth, TX 76102
    Contact: Stefanie Steele-Galchutt, PO Box 152982, Arlington, TX 76015, 817-235-1660, txsastateassembly@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 15 pending submission for approval 

    UTAH STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date:     March 28, 2020
    Title:      Love What You Do
    Location:     Intermountain Medical Center, 5121 Cottonwood St, Murray, UT 84107
    Contact:     Sherri Nelson, 818 Cedarwood Road, Tooele, UT 84074, 435-840-1074, bostonmom27@gmail.com
    CE Credits:     4 pending submission for approval 

    VIRGINIA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Annual Business Meeting, BOD Elections, Delegate Elections, Workshop
    Date: March 7, 2020
    Title: Spring CE Event - Spine Symposium / Business Meeting & Elections
    Location: University of Virginia - Resource Education Center, 1220 Lee St, Charlottesville, VA 22903
    Contact: Lisa Day, 13284 Firefly Road, Culpeper, VA 22701, 540-422-9471, ldaycsfa@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 5 approved by AST

    WASHINGTON STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: March 14-15, 2020
    Title: WSA Spring Fling and 14th Annual Scrub Bowl
    Location: Seattle Children’s Hospital, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105
    Contact: Valerie Smith, 2208 S 52nd Ave, Yakima, WA 98903, 509-249-2963, valsmith.wsa@gmail.com
    CE Credits: 10 pending submission for approval  

    WEST VIRGINIA STATE ASSEMBLY

    Program Type: Workshop Only
    Date: April 4, 2020
    Title: West Virginia State Assembly Spring Workshop
    Location: West Virginia University – Parkersburg, 300 Campus Dr, Parkersburg, WV 26104
    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 14, 2020
    Title: Bloom with Knowledge
    Location: Aurora BayCare Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Center, 1160 Kepler Dr, Green Bay, WI 54311
    Contact: Stephanie Champeau, 4074 Don Circle, New Franken, WI 54229, 920-288-4582, stephanie.champeau2@aurora.org
    CE Credits: 6 approved by AST