The 2020 California Medical Instrumentation Association (CMIA) Conference was held January 24-26 in San Diego, California. The educational conference and exhibitor fair featured a combination of 340 attendees and vendors with 60 vendor booths. The three-day event included a golf tournament, networking events, three keynote speakers, educational sessions and an outreach event to introduce high school students to the biomed field.
- The TechNation and MedWrench teams promoted the upcoming MD Expo in Irvine, California in April.
- Matt Tomory of Innovatus Imaging presented “Ultrasound Application Essentials & Image Artifacts” on Friday.
- Local high school students attended a special outreach session to learn the importance of the HTM field. The students also enjoyed meeting vendors in the exhibit hall.
- CMIA members were able to pick up CMIA logoed items to help promote their membership.
- With over 60 vendor booths, this year’s exhibit hall provided an opportunity to network face-to-face with leading medical device companies.
- The 2019 Professional of the Year Award was presented to Jose Zambrano of Kaiser Permanente.
- Jenn Nichols, CMIA chairman, and Karie Heiselt, officer at large, were on hand to greet attendees at check in.
- Herman A. McKenzie, acting director in the department of engineering at The Joint Commission, was one of three keynote speakers.
- The TechNation and MedWrench teams co-hosted a happy hour on Thursday night to kick off the annual CMIA Conference. This was also the first TechNation Tour Stop for 2020.
- Attendees were treated to an all-star line up of education, including classes taught by Banner Health’s Perry Kirwan(center) and Priyanka Upendra(left).
- Local Californian companies, like Global Med Cables from San Bernardino, were able to share their products and services with the CMIA attendees.
- Kristin Leavoy and Megan Cabot were happy to greet attendees and share details about the upcoming MD Expo Irvine scheduled for April 20-22.
- Tony Lively(left), CMIA treasurer, was on hand throughout the conference and is pictured with attendees during Saturday’s networking breakfast.
- Cadmet President James “Jim” Cadmus shared information with attendees.
- Janet Mauck, biomedical specialist III at YUMA Regional Medical Center, was the MedWrench raffle winner.
