James Linton, coordinator and professor of biomedical engineering at St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and was the national director of equipment services for the Canadian Blood Services. Linton is a certified master black belt in Lean Six Sigma and is a well-known champion for incorporating augmented reality/virtual reality technologies into the HTM field.

Alan Lipschultz, president of HealthCare Technology Consulting in Rockville, MD, has done considerable work as an expert witness on a variety of legal cases involving medical devices over the last eight years. Prior to consulting, Lipschultz served as the director of clinical engineering at Christiana Care Health Services in Delaware. He has also been named an ACCE fellow.


David Osborn, senior manager of global regulations and standards for Philips in Salem, NH, represents Philips in his work with international standards organizations on matters affecting the medical device industry. Osborn is the manager for the International Standards Organization (ISO) subcommittee TC 121/SC 3, Anesthesia and Respiratory Equipment, Respiratory devices and related equipment used for patient care.

Arif Subhan, chief biomedical engineer at VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System in Los Angeles, CA, serves on the editorial boards of AAMI's journal, BI&T, as well as 24x7 Magazine and the Journal of Clinical Engineering. In 2017, Subhan was elected president of ACCE and has been on the Board of Directors for over a decade. He received the AAMI Leadership Award in 2012 and has cochaired the AAMI Annual Conference Program Committee.

Priyanka Upendra, quality and compliance program director of technology management/ENTECH at Banner Health in Chandler, AZ, has been a member of the HTM community for over a decade. She works with various groups on medical device cybersecurity and HTM quality and compliance. Upendra is a member of AAMI's Technology Management Committee, BI&T editorial board, Awards, and Nominating Committee. She has been on the ACCE Board of Directors since 2016 and is currently pursuing a doctorate in health administration.


AAMI (www.aami.org) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1967. It is a diverse community of more than 9,000 healthcare technology professionals united by one important mission—supporting the healthcare community in the development, management, and use of safe and effective health technology. AAMI is the primary source of consensus standards, both national and international, for the medical device industry, as well as practical information, support, and guidance for healthcare technology and sterilization professionals.

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