DARREN STOLTZFUS CSFA

Began training at the Reading Hospital Of Surgical Technology in 1992 and completed the program in 1993. Began working as a Surgical Technologist in February of 1994 for the Reading Hospital and Medical Center. In 1998 took a position at the Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster Pa., as a Surgical Technologist in the ("Open-Heart") CVOR surgical specialty. In 2002 I was recruited and hired as Lead CVOR Surgical Technologist, to assist in the opening of a new Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular surgical specialty at the Brandywine Hospital, in Coatesville, Pa. In February 2004 accepted a position at the Lancaster Regional Medical Center as a Surgical Technician on the Cardio-Thoracic and Vascular surgical team, and began working as a First Assistant to the Surgeon, training under the guidance of the attending Surgeon and PA assistant. In 2007 I was promoted to the position of Robotic Surgery Coordinator, and attended the Robotic Surgery Coordinator Training Program at Intuitive Surgical @. Attended courses for the purpose of "vein harvest", at the University of St. Louis Medical School in 2007. I have been working as a ("grandfathered"), First Assistant for the last 10 years between the specialties of Cardio-Thoracic, Vascular, General and Robotic Surgery, having harvested vein in both the "open", and Endoscopic techniques, and assisted on all types of Cardio-Thoracic cases. In 2013-2014 attended and completed a course at the Meridian Institute of Surgical First Assisting. In September of 2014 passed the national certifying exam for Surgical First Assistants.

Member of the Association of Surgical AssistantsMember of the Association of Surgical Technologists