An impressive lineup of healthcare technology experts and innovators, along with patient safety champions, standards volunteers, young professionals, and students will receive an AAMI award or scholarship this year at the association’s annual conference. These honors recognize each recipient’s leadership, commitment, and contributions to the association and to the healthcare technology community as a whole.
The winners will be formally recognized during a ceremony at the AAMI 2016 Conference & Expo in Tampa, Florida on Saturday, June 4. The conference will run June 3–6.
“We are delighted to be able to recognize the outstanding achievements of each of these individuals,” AAMI President Mary Logan said. “We had some phenomenal nominees this year, and the winners reflect the depth of knowledge, commitment, and passion that exists within the healthcare technology community. Because of their contributions to the development, management, and use of healthcare technology, they have helped improve the lives of patients throughout the world.”
The 2016 AAMI Award winners are:
- The AAMI Foundation’s Laufman-Greatbatch Award: Ary L. Goldberger, MD; Roger G. Mark, MD, PhD; and George Moody, founders of PhysioNet
The AAMI Foundation & ACCE’s Robert L. Morris Humanitarian Award: Roy G. Morris, CBET, director of biomedical engineering for the International Children’s Heart Foundation in Memphis, Tennessee.
- The AAMI Foundation & Institute for Technology in Health Care’s Clinical Solution Award: James Piepenbrink, director of clinical engineering and Clinical Alarm Task Force at Boston Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
- AAMI & Becton Dickinson’s Patient Safety Award: Maria Cvach, DNP, RN, FAAN, director of policy management and integration for Johns Hopkins Health System and a clinical safety specialist for the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality in Baltimore, Maryland.
- AAMI’s HTM Leadership Award: Stephen L. Grimes, FACCE, FHIMSS, FAIMBE, managing partner and principal consultant for Strategic Healthcare Technology Associates LLC.
- AAMI & GE Healthcare’s BMET of the Year Award: Carlos Villafañe, CBET, CET, a biomedical equipment technician III at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa, Florida.
- AAMI’s Young Professional Award: Jennifer DeFrancesco, chief biomedical engineer for the Indianapolis VA Medical Center and VISN 10.
- The Spirit of AAMI Award: Larry Hertzler, MBA, CCE, vice president of technical operations at Aramark Healthcare Technologies in Charlotte, North Carolina.
For a complete list of award and scholarship winners visit the AAMI website.
