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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

Ajit P Yoganathan

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

 

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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

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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  

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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

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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  

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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 

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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 

 

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