President’s Message
We are Resilient – A Message from the ASET President
So much has happened since last issue. I am hoping you have some semblance of normalcy returning to you. Personally, I drew unemployment for the first time in my 47 year work career. Needless to say, it was not fun in any way. The positive […]
News & Updates
ASET News & Updates – Summer 2020
New Additions to the ASET Staff Many of you are familiar with the ASET Executive Office staff and if you are, you know that there has been several changes in the past couple of years. Most recently, ASET hired a new Executive Director, Kevin Helm […]
Foundation News & Updates – Summer 2020
In June the ASET Foundation awarded a total of $5,000 in tuition grants to eight recipients, all whom are enrolled in Neurodiagnostic Technology Programs around the country, including The Institute of Health Sciences, Lincoln Land Community College, Kirkwood Community College, Johnson County Community College, The […]
Walk Back to the Olden Days
Walk Back to the Olden Days A poem by Jill Mackey Walk back to the olden days with no digital to run When things could be crazy but also, kinda fun The morning wrestle-calibration, For the night-time gremlins had camped and made the baselines out of whack Pens under or over damped. You […]
Annual Conference Updates
ASET 2020 Virtual Annual Conference August 20 – 22, 2020 2020 marks the first year for the ASET Virtual Annual Conference. As with any inaugural event, there is a list of unknown factors. Who will attend? What do we charge? How will we present the […]
Briefings from the Board
Board Briefings – Summer 2020
The ASET Board of Trustees met on Wednesday, May 27th with a robust agenda. Your Board is actively working on many endeavors and providing excellent leadership for our over 6,000 ASET members. They approved position statements on Defining a Qualified Neurodiagnostic Technologist and on the […]
Tech Tips
Tech Tips: A Technologist’s View on Performing IONM During COVID-19
By Nimesha Cheruku, MBBS, MS, MBA, CNIM Everything changed since that day! The pandemic that started in December 2019 has instilled fear and panic all around but much more vehemently in healthcare. The world around us is changing rapidly and the environment we, as neurophysiologists, work in has now […]
Interest Section
Special Interest Sections – Summer 2020
Zoom, chickadees, Bingo, drive-in church and 24” Husqvarna chain saws… This quarter, our amazing Special Interest Section Leaders have brought you many unique ways of managing life and finding mindfulness in the times of COVID-19 and stress. 2020 has brought us stress, for sure, in […]
Member Highlights
ASET Welcomes 154 New Individual Members
Welcome to our newest ASET members that joined this quarter. View the complete list of names in the table below. Two new institutional members also joined: Mission Hospital – Asheville, NC Billings Clinic – Billings, MT
Government Advocacy
Governmental Affairs Update
ASET Awards First Licensure Grant Chair: Kevin McCarthy, BA, CNIM We are pleased to announce that ASET has awarded its first Licensure Grant to the California Chapter of ASET to help them underwrite their licensure legislative efforts. Any ASET Chapter or Licensure Committee is welcome […]
Committee Corner
Committee Corner – Summer 2020
Formal Education Task Force and Program Directors’ Council Chair: Mary Ellen Wells, Ph.D., RPSGT, R. EEG T., R.NCS.T. Educational programs, like all aspects of healthcare, were significantly impacted by COVID-19. Programs were forced to remove their students from clinical rotations and think creatively about ways to […]