Links to Professional Organizations

Also see our Michigan College Links
and our Government Links

AST, ARC, NBSTSA

Association of Surgical Technologists http://www.ast.org

Accreditation Review Committee on Education for the Surgical Technologist http://www.arcst.org

The National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting http://www.nbstsa.org
Previously known as: Liaison Council on Certification for the Surgical Technologist

Professional Organizations

American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons http://www.aafprs.org

American Academy of Ophthalmologyhttp://www.aao.org

American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons http://www.aaos.org

American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery http://www.entnet.org

American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.aap.org

American Academy of Physician Assistants http://www.aapa.org

American Association of Nurse Anesthetistshttp://www.aana.com

American Association for the Surgery of Trauma http://www.aast.org

American Association of Neurological Surgeonshttp://www.aans.org

American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons http://www.aaoms.org

American Association of Thoracic Surgery http://www.aats.org

American Association for Vascular Surgery http://aavs.vascularweb.org

American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org

American College of Chest Physicians http://www.chestnet.org

American College of Surgeons http://www.facs.org

American Gastroenterological Association http://www.gastro.org

American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org

American Hospital Association http://www.aha.org

American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org

American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org

American Pediatric Surgical Association http://www.eapsa.org

American Physical Therapy Association http://www.apta.org

American Society of Abdominal Surgeons http://www.abdominalsurg.org/

American Society of Anesthesiologists http://www.asahq.org

American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons http://www.fascrs.org

American Society for Clinical Pathology http://www.ascp.org

American Society of Dermatologic Surgery http://www.asds-net.org

American Society for Healthcare Central Service Professionals http://www.ashcsp.org

American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery http://www.aslms.org

American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics http://www.aslme.org

American Society for Microbiology http://www.asm.org

American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons http://www.plasticsurgery.org

ASTM International, http://www.astm.org
Originally known as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

American Society of Transplant Surgeons http://www.asts.org

American Thoracic Society http://www.thoracic.org

American Urological Association http://www.auanet.org

Arthroscopy Association of North America http://www.aana.org

Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation http://www.aami.org

Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology http://www.apic.org

Cardiothoracic Surgery Network http://www.ctsnet.org

College of American Pathologists http://www.cap.org

Michigan Society for Healthcare Central Service Professionals http://www.mshcsp.org

Heart Surgery Forum http://www.hsforum.com

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations http://www.jcaho.org

Michigan Health Council http://www.mhc.org

National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org

Radiological Society of North America http://www.rsna.org

Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons http://www.sages.org

Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons http://www.sls.org

Society of Nuclear Medicine http://www.snm.org

Society of Thoracic Surgeons http://www.sts.org

Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology http://www.svmb.org

Vascular Surgery Societies Web http://www.vascularweb.org

Vesalius: the Internet resource for surgical education http://vesalius.com

World Health Organization http://www.who.int