Surgical Assisting Recruiting
The Surgical Assisting (M.S.A.) program is the nation's only master's-level surgical assisting program delivered in the traditional surgical residency training model. Contact us by email or by phone (757.446.6165) for your staffing needs.
Hiring a Surgical Assisting (M.S.A.) graduate can:
- increase the satisfaction of your surgeons
- increase your patient volume
- reduce operating room (OR) turnover times
- increase your annual revenue
- maximize OR productivity
- add a highly educated and trained member to your OR team
- increase your internal pool of management candidates
The Surgical Assisting (M.S.A.) program has been setting the national standard for surgical assistant training since 1981. Surgical assisting graduates:
- complete the same anatomy and pathophysiology curriculum as medical students
- receive the same laparoscopic surgical skills training as surgical residents
- complete a curriculum focused on human anatomy and applied surgical techniques
- complete 12 months of clinical training in Level 1 trauma facilities, outpatient surgical centers and private surgical centers
- have clinical experiences across a variety of surgical specialties
- are trained in robot-assisted surgical procedures
- have management training in surgical services
- sit for the only national certification for surgical assistants created by surgeons, the Certified Surgical Assistant (CSA) Exam
