Kelly Coleman, a distinguished scientist and technical fellow at Medtronic where he serves as the chief toxicologist, for co-directing an international in vitro irritation round-robin study that proved that reconstructed human epidermis tissues were suitable replacements for the rabbit skin irritation test. The results of this validation study, one of the largest in International Organization for Standardization (ISO) history, formed the basis for the new ISO 10993-23 standard on irritation testing of medical devices.
Conor Curtin, an independent expert, for his more than 25 years of service to the advancement of standards related to medical devices and technologies used in renal care, as well as medical device alarms, small-bore connectors, electrical safety, human factors, interoperability, and information technology.
John Kowalski, president and principal consultant for microGAMMA, LLC, for the development of the VDmax method for substantiating a radiation sterilization dose, which has been incorporated into several international standards.
AAMI Foundation Scholarship Winners
Since 2009, the AAMI Foundation has awarded scholarships to outstanding students aspiring to become HTM professionals. This year’s winners are:
Montana Rae Delk, who is studying healthcare engineering technology management at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis in Indiana.
Benjamin Hebel, who is studying biomedical engineering technology at Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City.
Alexis Henry, who is earning a master’s degree in biomedical/clinical engineer at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT.
Bradley Klauss, who is studying biomedical equipment technology at Penn State University.
Christopher Moreau, who is earning a master’s degree in engineering/healthcare engineering at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX.
Baily Williams, who is studying biomedical electronics at Western Technical College in La Crosse, WI.
The AAMI Foundation also awards a scholarship in partnership with the Health Systems Engineering Alliance to help support the adoption of a systems approach to healthcare technology. This year’s winner is:

Kahkashan Afrin, who is studying industrial and systems engineering at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX.

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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