Surgeon's assistant

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Surgeon's Assistants also known as Assistant Surgeon or Surgical Assistants are highly skilled, credentialed surgical health professionals who work under the direction of licensed surgeons performing surgical procedures.

In the United States the Surgeon's Assistants, role is also performed by: surgical resident trainee, assistant surgeon, surgical physician assistant, or registered nurse first assistant. In the US, the National Uniform Claims Committee has a taxonomy classification for surgical assistants and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issues an National Provider Identification (NPI) for Surgical Assistants practicing in the US. Surgical resident trainees will evolve from surgeon's assistants to operating surgeons as their training progresses during the course of their surgical residency programs.

During a surgical procedure a surgical assistant functions in the role of a second physician in the operating room. The surgeon assistant's role is carried out by surgical practitioners who are: doctors of medicine, nurses specialized in perioperative nursing who have completed registered nurse first assistant programs, surgical resident trainees, surgical physician assistants and surgeon assistants who are certified, licensed or registered. Surgeon assistants are trained in surgery and undergo rigorous credentialing to practice in that role. The healthcare professionals practicing as surgeon assistants varies internationally and each country has legal requirements for the scope of practice for the surgeon assistants. Surgical assistance is the practicing specialty of surgeon assistants in clinical roles in the United States. In large complicated surgical cases there can be two surgeon assistants during the surgical procedure, one acting as a first surgeon assistant and the other as a second surgeon assistant.

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