Jeffrey L. Bidwell, MA, KCSA, CSA, CSFA, CST, FAST, is a Professor and Director of both the Surgical Technology program and Surgical First Assistant program and teaches American history as an adjunct instructor at Madisonville Community College, Madisonville, Kentucky. Bidwell has been a surgical technologist and surgical first assistant for nearly 30 years and still scrubs part-time as a CSFA at Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville, KY. Bidwell has served on numerous surgical technology and surgical assisting curriculum panels and committees, and as an ARC/STSA and SASA board member. Bidwell serves as advisor for the Kentucky Medical Board First Assistant Committee and is the current president of the NBSTSA.