Boston Scientific Gives $5,000 to Scholarship Program
Device manufacturer Boston Scientific says it is committed to the development of young scientists, and that inspired a $5,000 donation to the AAMI Foundation’s Michael J. Miller Scholarship Program.
“This scholarship program opens the door for
those who will be the next generation of thinkers in
this industry,” says Edward Reverdy, director of
corporate toxicology and biocompatibility services
for the Natick, MA-based device maker.
Every year, the program awards a $2,500 scholarship to a clinical engineering student, and a student who wants to become a biomedical equipment technician.
With $256,671 as of Feb. 28, the program is past the halfway point for the overall fundraising goal of $500,000.
Reverdy, who serves on various AAMI standards committees and working groups, says the donation will help ensure the device industry has a bright future.
“Boston Scientific feels that the scholarship program will bring opportunities to young scientists in the fields of chemistry, materials, and engineering that are feeders to the medical device industry,” he says. “It is their preparation for formulating what advances in technologies and development of new technologies that will bring the medical device industry to the next generation of thinking.”
Helping the next generation of healthcare technology management professionals was the motivation for another recent donor, the Virginia Biomedical Association (VBA), which gave $500.
“The VBA strives to advance the field in any way possible. One of the best ways to do that is to support the growth of young people who are interested in our profession,” says Matt VanDonsel, VBA’s recording secretary. “For the VBA, it made the most sense to contribute to the AAMI Foundation scholarship fund so that our resources could be pooled with others to provide the greatest possible impact.”
For more information on how to contribute to the program, visit www.aami.org/foundation/scholarship.
AAMI News: April 2012, Vol. 47, No. 4