Dewey Collier Email & Phone Number

Director of the Army Surgical Technology program at AMEDDC&S, Joint Base San Antonio. Dewey was appointed and served on the Baptist Health System's School of Health Professions, and the Department of Surgical Technology Advisory Committee. In 2011, he partnered with the Fayetteville Technical Community College and Service Member Opportunity College Army Degrees in the development of a Surgical Technology Associates Degree Bridge program. This program accredited the Army’s curriculum through those colleges, dramatically decreasing the additional degree completion requirements for Army trained surgical technicians.​In conjunction with the National Board of Surgical Technologist and Surgical Assist (NBSTSA), Collier led a significant effort to obtain the right for Army trained Surgical Technologists graduating from the Army’s Surgical Technician program to challenge the Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) exam and established the first Certified Surgical Technologist testing site within the AMEDDC&S. Dewey was published in The Surgical Technologist Journal in November, 2011, and in addition he was recognized for his leadership in field of surgical technology by NBSTSA. Working in concert with the NBSTSA and AST, Dewey organized and conducted the first Annual AST Conference held on Fort Sam Houston.