About two years ago I was staying at a hotel with my family in Wayne, Pennsylvania, just northwest of Philadelphia. My wife and I woke at 4 a.m. to a parent’s worst nightmare: my three-year-old son, ...

A surgical technologist is a health professional who prepares an operating room (OR) before surgery. They’re a crucial part of a surgical care team, working alongside the surgeon, the surgeon’s ...

Here are five statistics on the compensation and employment of surgical technologists nationwide, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor & Statistics’ 2008 Occupational Employment Statistics survey. 1.

Mikeie Reiland is a staff writer for Education at Forbes Advisor. Before coming to Forbes Advisor, he wrote magazine journalism for publications like the Oxford American, Bitter Southerner, and Gravy.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Hospitals nationwide are facing a shortage of people to fill open surgical technologist positions. It's causing an effect on hospital efficiency and the patient's surgery. "If ...

MADISON, Wis. -- UnityPoint Health-Meriter announced Tuesday applications for the surgical technologist program are now open. This program offers entry-level trainee positions and provides tuition for ...

On October 29, 2020, Governor Wolf signed House Bill 81 into law, creating new minimum education and certification requirements for central service technicians and surgical technicians working in the ...

WEST POINT, N.Y. -- CONGRATULATIONS to Robert Torres III, a Certified Surgical Technologist in Keller Army Community Hospital’s (KACH) Department of Surgery, who was selected as a 2025 Fellow of the ...