Association of Surgical Technologists

Ohio State Assembly

Association of Surgical Technologists
Association of Surgical Technologists

April 5-7, 2024

Title:
Best in the Midwest
CE Credits:
15 Live


Event:
Annual Business Meeting
Location:
Nationwide Hotel and Conference Center
100 Green Meadows Dirive South
Lewis Center, OH 43035
Contact:

Michael Pickering
PO Box 163351
Columbus, OH 43216
614-439-3428, [email protected]

Welcome to the Ohio State Assembly

 


Spring Conference 2024
April 5th-7th

Nationwide Conference Center and Hotel



100 Green Meadows Drive South, Lewis Center, Ohio 43035

Click here to book your room or call 877-324-0356 Group Code# 350208

Registration Open


 

Conference includes:

15 CE Workshop, Board Member Elections, Raffle Backets, 50/50 Raffle

Friday April 5th 6pm-9pm (2 CE): cocktails & appetizers, raffle items
Saturday April 6th 7am-6pm (9 CE): Full breakfast, voting, lunch, FA student/new FA breakout session, 50/50 raffle
Sunday April 7th 7am-12:30pm (4 CE): Full breakfast, voting results, raffle baskets, 50/50 raffle

Friday April 5, 2024 Speaker Topic
6:00pm   Registration/ Meet and greet
7:00pm Jill Pate, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC Preventing mental burnout of medical professionals
8:00pm Brittnee Stapleton Physical burnout
     
Saturday April 6, 2024    
7:00am   Registration and Breakfast
8:00am   Conference opening
8:10am Dr. Shivkamini Somasudaram (Dr. Mini) GYN Robotics
9:00am Dr. Steven Katz How zero gravity affects your eyes
9:50am   Business Metting 1/ Candidate's forum
10:00am Joey Collart/Jim Less, Ethicon Wound Closure
11:00am Autumn Brooks/Tony Ramoso Rayner Company (Eyes)
11:00am (Breakout) Joey Collart/Jim Less, Ethicon Wound Closure Academy ( Breakout session FA/FA students)
12:00pm   Lunch
1:00pm Dr. Robert Pema Vagal nerve stimulator (vns) implant surgery
2:00pm Heather Gasaway, Stark State Precepter Relationships
3:00pm Ben Price, CAE, ICE-CCP, CEO/NBSTSA The value of certification
4:00pm Dr. Laura Miller Inspire therapy for sleep apnea
5:00pm Madison Blevins, Life Line of Ohio Organ donation and being a transplant professional
     
Sunday April 7, 2024    
7:00am   Breakfast and Voting
8:00am Dr. Blaize O'Brien Stapedectomy and Cochlear Implants
9:00am   Business meeting 2 and Election results
9:30am Traci Castelli, CRNA Blame Anesthesia! Why and how we keep patients safe.
10:30am Dr. William Lanzinger Replantation
11:30am Dr. Travis Dugger Ventral Hernias and repair



 

Want to be a board member? Open for election: Secretary, three (3) Directors

 

Information on being a board member and consent to serve forms click here. Forms much be submitted to [email protected] by Tuesday March 5, 2024.

 

Interested in being a delegate for the state of Ohio at nationals? Click here to find out more information.




 



Offical sponsor for Ohio AST:






*Registration/refund guidelines*

 



*Registration
Open

*Refunds for conference registration:

100% refund three (3) weeks prior to conference

50% refund two (2) weeks prior to conference 

0% refund one (1) week prior to conference  

Questions about the refund or prices please email [email protected]

 


                          UPDATES FOR OHIO AST

Attention all CSFA's and SA's:
Ohio AST will be working closely with ASA regarding legislation for the state of Ohio. 

Click here to stay up on whats going on with Ohio House Bill 196

 


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