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AAMI/BD Professional Achievement Award

 
Bryce Rutter
Bryce Rutter, PhD
2011 Award Recipient

The AAMI/BD Professional Achievement Award identifies and encourages outstanding achievement(s) by an emerging health care professional generally at the beginning or middle of his/her career in the development or improvement of medical devices, instruments, or systems that will help all people live healthy lives.

Candidates must demonstrate:

  • Current and direct involvement with the use of technology in the delivery of health care
  • Innovative and creative commitment to fundamentally improving the health and well being of the world's population through a significant application of medical technology or healthcare engineering

Candidates should demonstrate the following types of activities: (This is not intended to be an exhaustive or exclusive list.  The following are examples representative of individual excellence. Nominators may submit evidence of additional or other types of activities relevant to this award and to the candidate’s achievements.)

  • Involvement in national, state, or local clinical/ biomedical engineering organizations
  • Contribution through publications in journals or development of educational programs
  • Special recognition by candidate’s employer for contribution to management improvements; patient care; cost savings, or improvements in the use or impact of technology.
  • Improvement to a biomedical technology challenge or problem in a patient care environment.

This year's deadline for nominations is March 15, 2012. Link here to open the Nomination Form. For more information, contact Susan DeCourcey at 703-253-8273 or e-mail sdecourcey@aami.org.


AAMI/BD Professional Achievement Award Winners

2011
Bryce Rutter, PhD
1994
Deborah Burstein, PhD
2010
Tomasz Tkaczyk
1993
Dwight Nishimura, PhD
2009
Guruprasad Madhavan
1992
Rebecca Richards-Kortum, PhD
2008
Ronald S. Newbower, PhD
1991
Neal E. Fearnot, PhD
2007
Marvin Shepherd, PE
1990
Michael J. Kallok, PhD
2006
A. Ray Dalton
1989
George Kondraske, PhD
2005
Rebekah Drezek, PhD
1988
Kenneth R. Hogstrom, PhD
2004
Vinay Shah, MD
1986
Donna Bourgelais
2003
Becki E. Harter
1985
Stephen C. Jacobsen
2002
John W. Gosbee, MD
1984
Robert A. Kruger, PhD
2001
Jeffrey I. Joseph, DO
1983
Perry J. Blackshear, MD
2000
Rabih O. Darouiche, MD
1982
William D. Ensminger, MD, PhD
1999
John D. Hughes, Jr
1981
Anthony M. Albisser, PhD
1997
Suresh Gurunathan
1980
Deane B. Jacques, MD
1996
Arun Gulani, MD
1979
Dwayne R. Westenskow, PhD
1995
Ira Tackel, CCE
1977
William Schuler Pierce, MD

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