AAMI Foundation Names Scholarship Winners

A mother working on a dual major in biomedical equipment technology and medical imaging technology and a student pursuing his master’s at the University of Connecticut have been selected as the winners of the AAMI Foundation’s Michael J. Miller Scholarship for 2013.

Leslie Carroll and Edward Ryan were selected as the scholarship winners based on their outstanding academic achievements and commitment to the healthcare technology management (HTM) field. With their personal and professional credentials, they stood out from the talented pool of candidates.

Carroll, a mother of four daughters, currently is enrolled at the Texas State Technical College. After working as a customer service professional outside healthcare, she discovered the HTM field after reviewing a list of potential majors and finding herself intrigued by the biomedical equipment technology field. Her instructors say she’s excelling in her classes, actively participating in discussions and assisting other students.

Ryan is studying clinical engineering at the University of Connecticut and interning at Hartford Hospital, where he has worked on a variety of projects—from centralizing the facility’s telemetry system to replacing a large portion of the MedSurg bed fleet.

Every year, the AAMI Foundation awards the $2,500 scholarships to students aspiring to become biomedical equipment technicians and clinical engineers. These scholarships expand access to students who have demonstrated academic excellence, technical aptitude, and commitment to the HTM field.

“Since the scholarship program was founded in 2009, the AAMI Foundation has awarded scholarships to eight incredibly talented students and we hope to expand the program by awarding even more scholarships in the coming years,” says Steve Campbell, AAMI’s chief marketing and communications officer.

“The need to help is urgent, because the profession is facing a significant decrease in the number of trained professionals. We’re proud of the students and proud that we can help,” says Campbell.

“I want to particularly thank PartsSource and ARAMARK. Recently, both companies contributed $5,000 each to the scholarship fund. Thanks to their generous support, and the support of so many others, we have raised more than $350,000 to date. We’re well on our way to reaching our $500,000 goal.”

For a complete list of current sponsors, visit www.aami.org/foundation/scholarship/donors.html

The scholarship program is named in honor of Michael J. Miller—a leader in the medical technology field who served as AAMI’s president for 40 years until his retirement in 2009.

To learn more about the scholarship, please click here.

AAMI, the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, is a nonprofit organization founded in 1967. It is a diverse community of nearly 7,000 healthcare technology professionals united by one important mission—supporting the healthcare community in the development, management, and use of safe and effective medical technology.