OCT 9, 2024 — BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — If you have ever undergone surgery then there has been a surgical technologist in the operating room assisting the surgeon.
"The surgery depends on us," said Brianne Mcdow, a second year student at Trocaire who will be completing the program in May. "We are very important in the OR, the surgeon needs us."
It’s considered to be an often overlooked, but very important career that puts one at the front lines of health care. This role can also be used as a launching pad for other positions in the industry.
"It's a very in demand job," said Trocaire's surgical technologist program director Leah Gilmer. "Hospitals across Western New York right now are looking for surgical technologists, so our students at Trocaire once they graduate from here they already have jobs secured.
Trocaire College's surgical technologist program is two years long providing students with on campus lab instruction and clinical rotations at local hospitals.
