According to a colleague, Dickinson is a “pillar of professionalism and commitment … a true role model.”

“I’ve had the privilege of knowing Rob Dickinson for almost nine years, and he has been a great source of inspiration to me,” said Ismael Cordero, a senior project officer for health devices at ECRI Institute. “What stands out the most about Rob is his unpretentious attitude and disposition to assist health practitioners in resource-scarce settings do more and better with what little they may have. Whether Rob is working with hospital administrators, physicians, nurses, engineers, biomedical equipment technicians, or any other hospital staff, he always treats them with the same level of professionalism and respect, and he lets them understand that they are a critical and indispensable member of the healthcare team. To Rob, doing what needs to be done comes naturally, and he is not willing to ever compromise quality and commitment. Bad roads, extreme weather, disease outbreaks, war zones―none of these things have ever stopped Rob from realizing his work objectives."


Another colleague was just as effusive in his praise.

“He always saw his primary mission as assisting those CE/HTM practitioners in resource-scarce settings to do more and better with what they had, and played a major role in building local capacity,” wrote Mladen Poluta, director of health technology for the Western Cape Department of Health in Cape Town, South Africa. “I have met and known many great/leading CE/HTM practitioners―including Bob Morris on a number of occasions and a number of the other award recipients―and I can truly say that Robert Dickinson has earned his place amongst these greats.”

In summing up his career, Dickinson said: “Everything I did was for those people who desperately needed help. I always gave my best, and the people I worked with were the nicest people I ever met in my life.”

The rest of the AAMI awards will be presented during a special ceremony at the AAMI 2018 Conference & Expo, which will take place June 1–4 in Long Beach, CA.

AAMI is a nonprofit organization founded in 1967. It is a diverse community of approximately 7,000 healthcare technology professionals united by one important mission—supporting the healthcare community in the development, management, and use of safe and effective healthcare technology.

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