Society information

ASET - The Neurodiagnostic Society is the largest national professional association for individuals involved in the study and recording of electrical activity in the brain and nervous system. Organized in 1959, ASET's mission is to provide leadership, advocacy and professional excellence for our members, creating greater awareness of the profession and establishing standards and best practices to ensure quality patient care.

Members include technologists, students, physicians and institutions involved in EEG, evoked potentials, polysomnography, nerve conduction studies and related neurodiagnostics. As a membership organization, ASET advances the neurodiagnostics profession by:

• Serving member needs
• Defining and endorsing standards of practice
• Providing innovative educational opportunities
• Promoting the profession; and
• Building coalitions with other allied health organizations and communities of interest.

ASET is a volunteer, not-for-profit entity organized under section 501(c) 6 of the IRS code. It is incorporated in the state of Alabama and maintains headquarters in Kansas City, MO, with a paid professional staff of eight personnel. The Society governance structure includes a policy-making Board of Trustees, committees and task forces common to most professional societies.

ASET is committed to working with other allied health organizations and supporting their efforts such as the Health Professions Network, the Committee on Accreditation for Educational Programs in Electroneurodiagnostic Technology (CoA-END) and the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), the National Network of Two Year Colleges (NN2), credentialing organizations, and other affiliated professional non-profit organizations.