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IEEE MEDAL FOR INNOVATIONS IN HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY RECIPIENTS

2021 RUZENA BAJCSY (LFIEEE)— of “For pioneering and sustained contributions and Computer to healthcare technology fundamental to Sciences, University of California computer vision, medical imaging, and Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA computational anatomy.”

2020 MARK S. HUMAYUN “For contributions to the treatments of Professor, Department of Biomedical retinal neurodegenerative diseases through Engineering and Ophthalmology, the use of prosthetic devices.” University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

2019 KAMIL UGURBIL “For pioneering the development and Professor, University of Minnesota, leading the advancement of ultra-high-field Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA MRI technology for biomedical and brain research.”

2018 THOMAS F. BUDINGER “For pioneering contributions to Professor, Department of tomographic radiotracer imaging.” Bioengineering, University of Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA

2017 YULUN WANG “For pioneering contributions to remotely Chairman and CEO, InTouch , operated surgical robots and telemedicine Goleta, California, USA devices.”

2016 CHARLES ANTHONY MISTRETTA “For the development of imaging Professor, University of Wisconsin- instrumentation and techniques that have Madison, Department of Medical transformed the diagnosis and treatment of Physics, Radiology, and Biomedical vascular disease.” Engineering, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

2015 TAKUO AOYAGI "For pioneering contributions to pulse Engineering General Manager, Nihon oximetry that have had a profound impact Kohden Corporation, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, on healthcare.” Japan

2014 LEROY HOOD “For pioneering contributions to DNA President and Co-founder, Institute for sequencing technologies that revolutionized , Seattle, Washington, life USA and health sciences.”

IEEE MEDAL FOR INNOVATIONS IN HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY RECIPIENTS

2013 ROBERT S. LANGER “For pioneering and innovative therapies David H. Koch Institute Professor, using micro- and nanoengineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, approaches and biomaterials to tissue Cambridge, MA, USA engineering, drug delivery, and cancer therapeutics.”

2012 SAVIO L-Y. WOO “For pivotal contributions to biomechanics Distinguished University Professor and and its application to orthopedic surgery Director, Musculoskeletal Research and sports medicine.” Center, Department of Bioengineering,

Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

2011 HARRISON H. BARRETT "For pioneering contributions to the Regents Professor of Radiology and foundations and applications of biomedical Director of Center for Gamma-ray imaging science.” Imaging at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

2010 RONALD NUTT “For the design, commercial development Chairman and CEO, Advanced and clinical implementation of hybrid Biomarker Technologies, LLC, Louisville, PET/CT scanners.” TN, USA

AND DAVID TOWNSEND Professor, University of Tennessee, School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN, USA