Current and Past Award Recipients
Each year the AAMI Foundation confers four awards.
- The Laufman-Greatbatch Award
- The AAMI Foundation & Institute for Technology in Health Care Clinical Solution Award
- The AAMI Foundation & ACCE’s Robert L. Morris Humanitarian Award
- The AAMI Foundation & TRIMEDX John D. Hughes Iconoclast Award
Read more about our award recipients below.
The AAMI Foundation’s Laufman-Greatbatch Award
2023 Recipient
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Ajit P. Yoganathan, Ph.D.Dr. Ajit P. Yoganathan, Emeritus Regents’ Professor and the Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished Faculty Chair in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University.
Previous Recipients
2022 - Guru Madhavan, PhD
2021 -Dr. Jitendar Sharma
2020 - Michael H. Scholla, PhD
2019 – Lawana Bryan, Carol Means, Tim Rausch, Tina Hayes, Penny Robertson, and Christina Van Den Handel, Northeast Georgia Health System
2018 – Lauren C. Thompson, PhD
2017 – Victoria Hitchins, PhD
2016 – Ary L. Goldberger, MD; Roger G. Mark, MD, PhD; and George Moody
2015 – Masakazu Tsuzuki, MD, PhD
2014 – Matthew B. Weinger, MD
2013 – Carl Bruch, PhD 2012 – David Bates
2011 – Timothy Vanderveen, PharmD
2010 – Neal E. Fearnot, PhD
2009 – Forrest M. Bird, MD
2008 – Jack Harrington
2007 – Willis A. Tacker, Jr., MD, PhD
2006 – Nathaniel Sims, MD
2005 – Maynard Ramsey, III, MD, PhD
2004 – Dr. George J. Magovern, Sr., MD
2003 – David Hood, Steve Alexander, Matthew Hanson, Todd Kneale, and Terry Domae
2002 – David E. Flinchbaugh, PhD, PE
2001 – Huntly D. Millar
2000 – Thomas Fogarty, MD
1999 – Adrian Kantrowitz, MD
1998 – Earl E. Bakken
1997 – Alan Berson, PhD
1996 – John G. Webster, PhD
1995 – John Watson, PhD
1994 – Robert Arzbaecher, PhD
1993 – Craig J. Hartley, PhD
1992 – Otto Herbert Schmitt, PhD
1991 – Allen Latham, Jr.
1989 – Paul C. Lauterbur, PhD
1988 – Michel Mirowski, MD
1987 – Leslie A. Geddes, ME, PhD
1985 – Dwight E. Harken, MD
1984 – Clarence Dennis
1983 – Charles A. Mistretta, PhD
1982 – Wilson Greatbatch, PE
1981 – Reginald C. Eggleton
1980 – Martin H. Wilcox
1979 – Norman J. Holter, DSc
1978 – Godfrey N. Hounsfield
1977 – Willem Johan Kolff, MD, PhD
1976 – Robert F. Rushmer, MD
1975 – Barouh V. Berkovits
The AAMI Foundation & Institute for Technology in Health Care's Clinical Solution Award
2021 Recipient
Dr. Matthew Di Prima, Senior Materials Scientist, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA
This year’s winner, Dr. Matthew Di Prima, was instrumental in the establishment of the NIH/VA/FDA 3D print exchange, which has enabled over 500,000 high-quality essential items, such as personal protective equipment, to be manufactured by anyone with 3D printer during the earliest stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“This public health emergency has been incredibly challenging, and I think that entire public health community has really stepped up to meet the demands of this difficult time,” said Di Prima. “It's great to have the work that I, and by extension my team and others in the public health community, have performed be recognized in this way, and I would like to thank AAMI for honoring me with this award.”
Previous Recipients
2022 - No winner selected
2021 - No winner selected
2020 - Samuel Gurmu
2019 – JoAnne Phillips, DNP, RN, CNS, CPPS
2018 – Bebbe Healthcare Multidisciplinary Team
2017 – Regenstrief National Center for Medical Device Informatics (REMEDI) Infusion Pump Collaborative Project Team
2016 – James Piepenbrink
2015 – Texas Children’s Hospital Alarm Management Team
2014 – Robert D. Butterfield
2013 – Lancaster General Hospital and Hospira
2013 – Monitor Research Team, Children’s National Medical Center
2011 – James P. Welch and George T. Blike, MD
2010 – Elliot B. Sloane, PhD, CCE, FHIMSS
2009 – Julian M. Goldman, MD
2006 – Thomas M. Judd, CCE
2005 – Antonio Hernandez
The AAMI Foundation & ACCE’s Robert L. Morris Humanitarian Award
2023 Recipient
Shauna Mullally, Manager, Health Technology Planning, Infrastructure Planning Division, Department of Health and Social Services, Government of the Northwest Territories.
Previous Recipients
2022 - Kevin Taylor, MSc.Eng., P.Eng.
2021 - Antonio Hernandez
2020 - Frank Painter
2019 – William Gentles, PhD, CCE
2018 – Robert M.S. Dickinson
2017 – Adriana Velazquez Berumen
2016 – Roy Morris, CBET
2015 – Robyn W. Frick, CCE
2014 – Ismael Cordero
2013 – Edward P. Myers, Jr.
2012 – Billy Teninty, CBET
2011 – James Wear, PhD
2010 – Thomas Judd, MS, CCE
2010 – Brad Carrott
2009 – J. Tobey Clark, CCE
2008 – Yadin David, EdD, CCE, PE, HCSP
2007 – Louis W. Schonder, CBET
2006 – Robert Pagett
2005 – David Harrington
2004 – Alfred Jakniunas
2003 – George I. Johnston, CCE
2002 – Herman R. Weed, PE
2001 – Robert Morris, CCE, PE
The AAMI Foundation & TRIMEDX John D. Hughes Iconoclast Award
2023 Recipient
Stephen L. Grimes
Stephen L. Grimes, AAMIF, FACCE, FHIMSS, FAIMBE, Principal Consultant with Strategic Health Care Technology Associates, LLC.
Previous Recipients
2022 - Samantha Jacques
2021 - Carol Davis - Smith
2020 - George Mills
2019 – Binseng Wang