AAMI's HTM Leader of the Year Award
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Karen Waninger, MBA, CBET, 2013 Award Recipient |
This award recognizes individual excellence, achievement, and leadership in the healthcare technology management (HTM) profession.
Candidates must demonstrate:
- An extensive record of leadership and accomplishment in the healthcare technology management field.
- Significant contributions to an important issue or issues facing the profession.
- Leadership in promoting the positive attributes of the profession—for example, improving patient outcomes, reducing costs, and improving the use and impact of technology.
- Leadership and a professional commitment to the field by writing articles for industry publications, participating in committees, and speaking at industry events.
Candidates should demonstrate:
- Leadership in promoting the profession to the C-Suite, clinicians, prospective students, and other professionals in the healthcare field.
- Evidence of HTM leadership and excellence at the workplace through, for example, contributions to management improvements; patient care; cost savings, or improvements in the use or impact of technology.
- Leadership in national, state, or local HTM organizations.
- Involvement in a standards development process (such as AAMI, NFPA, JCR standards) or an individual’s own organization.
- Substantial contributions to AAMI.
Nominators may submit evidence of additional types of activities relevant to this award and to the candidate’s achievements.
The award includes a $2,500 check and a plaque to be presented at AAMI's Annual Conference.
The next deadline for nominations is Feb. 15, 2014. Link here to open the Nomination Form. For more information, contact Shane Osborne at +1-703-253-8273 or sosborne@aami.org.
AAMI's HTM Leader of the Year Award Winners |
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2013 |
Karen Waninger, MBA, CBET |
1990 |
Emanuel Furst, PhD, CCE |
2012 |
Arif Subhan, MS, CCE |
1984 |
Jonathan Newell, PhD |
2011 |
Frank Painter, MS, CCE, FACCE |
1980 |
David J. Lubin, CCE |
2010 |
Binseng Wang, ScD, CCE, FAIMBE, FACCE |
2007 |
Larry Hertzler, CCE |
2009 |
Carol Davis-Smith, CCE |
2005 |
Joseph F. Dyro, PhD, CCE |
2008 |
Ken Maddock, BSEET |
2003 |
Eric Rosow |
2006 |
Alan Lipschultz, CCE |
2001 |
Malcolm G. Ridgway, PhD, CCE |
2004 |
Ted Cohen, CCE |
1998 |
William Betts, CCE |
2002 |
J. Tobey Clark, CCE |
1995 |
Michael Van Lysle |
2000 |
Robert H. Stiefel, CCE |
1993 |
James P. Keller |
1996 |
Gailord Gordon, CCE |
1991 |
Dwayne R. Westenskow, PhD |
1994 |
Larry Fennigkoh, CCE |
1985 |
Thomas J. Bauld, III |
1992 |
Alfred M. Dolan, CCE |
1983 |
Thomas S. Hargest, CCE |


