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AAMI Clinical/Biomedical Engineering Achievement Award

 
Frank Painter
Frank Painter
2011 Award Recipient

The AAMI Clinical/Biomedical Engineering Achievement Awardrecognizes individual excellence and achievement in the clinical and biomedical engineering fields. In any year, the award may be given to either a clinical or biomedical engineer.

Candidates must demonstrate:

  • An outstanding service and/or accomplishment with a significant impact on: clinical or biomedical engineering management improvements; patient care; cost savings; or improvements in the use or impact of technology
  • Employment as a clinical and/or biomedical engineer for at least 5 years.

Candidates must demonstrate two or more of 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,
  • Involvement in a standards development process (such as AAMI, NFPA, JCAHO standards),
  • 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, and/or,
  • Substantial contribution to an AAMI or other organizational program.

The award includes a $2,500 check and a plaque to be presented at AAMI's Annual Conference.

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 Clinical/Biomedical Engineering Achievement Award Winners
2011
Frank Painter
1984
Jonathan Newell, PhD
2010
Binseng Wang, ScD
1980
David J. Lubin, CCE
2009
Carol Davis-Smith
2007
Larry Hertzler, CCE
2008
Ken Maddock, BSEET
2005
Joseph F. Dyro, PhD, CCE
2006
Alan Lipschultz, CCE
2003
Eric Rosow
2004
Ted Cohen, CCE
2001
Malcolm G. Ridgway, PhD, CCE
2002
J. Tobey Clark, CCE
1998
William Betts, CCE
2000
Robert H. Stiefel, CCE
1995
Michael Van Lysle
1996
Gailord Gordon, CCE
1993
James P. Keller
1994
Larry Fennigkoh, CCE
1991
Dwayne R. Westenskow, PhD
1992
Alfred M. Dolan, CCE
1985
Thomas J. Bauld, III
1990
Emanuel Furst, PhD
1983
Thomas S. Hargest, CCE

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