The AASA serves its membership of university-based and other academic surgical professionals by meeting the following objectives:
To promote the leadership capabilities and visibility of academic surgical administrators;
To present focused educational programs in order to share the knowledge of issues and practices specific to surgical administration;
To gather and disseminate useful information which is relevant to academic surgical administration;
To provide ongoing opportunities for networking and sharing of ideas, common problems and solutions among colleagues in academic surgical administration;
To facilitate optimal job performance by surgical administrators;
To interact with other related professional associations to further promote the objectives of AASA, as well as the surgical administrative perspective on issues common to academic medical centers;
To maintain a vital professional organization with an active membership through controlled growth and continuing opportunities for member involvement in AASA programs and initiatives;
To maintain a sound financial structure to fund new programs and/or special projects as identified by the Executive Board and/or the general membership.
