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Additional Awards

Honorary Fellow Award

The Honorary Fellow Award bestows an honorary membership upon those individuals who have contributed significantly to the field of ultrasound and in most cases whose primary residence is outside of North America. Honorary Fellows are recognized with the other awardees in the convention program and receive a complimentary lifetime membership in the AIUM and a plaque of recognition. Requirements for Honorary Fellowship include nine or more years in medical, scientific or engineering work related to medical ultrasound, five or more publications in refereed journals, exemplary educational/teaching accomplishments, and exemplary community, clinical or organizational service.

2024  Gabriele Via, MD, EDIC
2024  Pintong Huang
2023  Stefano Bianchi, MD, PD
2022  Jon Hyett, MBBS, MRCOG, MD
2022  Lil Valentin, MD, PhD, FRCOG
2021  Dirk Timmerman, MD, PhD, FRCOG, FAIUM (hon)
2019  Liat Gindes, MD, FAIUM (hon)
2019  Tammy Stearns, MS,RT(R),RDMS,RVT,FAIUM (hon)
2018  Adriana Suely de Oliveira Melo, FAIUM (hon)
2018  Simcha Yagel, MD, FAIUM (hon)

Previous Awardees

Alberto E. Belinsky, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Alfred Kratochwil, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Andrzej Nowicki, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Aris T. Papageorghiou, MD, FRCOG, FAIUM (hon)
Arvo Oksala, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Asim Kurjak, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
B. Joachim Hackeloer, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Brian J. Trudinger, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Byung Ihn Choi, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Carlo Martinoli, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Caterina Exacoustos, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Charles H. Rodeck, MBBS, FMedSci, FAIUM (hon)
Christian Pállson Nolsøe, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Christopher R. Hill, DSc, FAIUM (hon)
David A. Carpenter, BE, MEngSci, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
David E. Robinson, DSc, FAIUM (hon)
David H. Evans, PhD, DSc, FAIUM (hon)
David O. Cosgrove, MA,MSc,FRCP,FRCR,FAIUM(hon)
Douglas Gordon, MB, ChB, FAIUM (hon)
Francis A. Duck, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Francis S. Weill, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Gail Ter Haar, MA, DSc, MSc, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Genevieve Berger, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
George Kossoff, DScEng, FAIUM (hon)
Gerhard-Michael Von Reutern, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Gianluigi Pilu, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Gilbert Devey, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Giovanni G. Cerri, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Glenn R. McNally, MBBS,FRCOG,FRANZCOG,FAIUM hon
Gustavo Malinger, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Hans Holm, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Hans R. Müller, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Harald Th. Lutz, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Hassen Akeba Gharbi, Sr., MD, FAIUM (hon)
Hermann Gernet, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Hiroki Watanabe, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Hylton B. Meire, MBBS LRCP MRCS DObstRCOG DMRD
Ian G. McDonald, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Inge Edler, MD, FAIUM (hon)
J.C. Somer, FAIUM (hon)
Jack Jellins, BSc, BE, PhD, MD(Hon), FAIUM
Jens Bang, MD, FAIUM (hon)
John J. Wild, MA, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
John Morrison, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Joseph S. Summers, Jr., MD, FAIUM (hon)
Juriy W. Wladimiroff, MD, PhD, FRCOS, FAIUM (hon)
Karel Marsal, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Kittipong Vairojanavong, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Kurt A. Jaeger, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Kypros H. Nicolaides, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Leandre Pourcelot, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Leandro J Fernandez, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Leszek Filipczynski, FAIUM (hon)
Licinio Angelini, BA, BS, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Liv Kristin Hatle, FAIUM (hon)
M. De Vlieger, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Maria Cristina Chammas, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Mary Dyson, BSc, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Masatoshi Kudo, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Masatoshi Makuuchi, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Masuhisa Oka, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Michael Grace Kawooya, MBChB,MMed (Rad),PhD,FAIUM hon
Michel Claudon, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Michele Arslan, MB, ChB, FAIUM (hon)
Morimichi Fukuda, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Nathaniel R. Bronson II, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Nicolaas Bom, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Pascal Laugier, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Patricia Morley, MBBS, FRCR, FAIUM (hon)
Paul Arthur Dubbins, MBBS, BSc, FRCR, FAIUM (hon)
Paul S. Sidhu, BSc,MBBS,MRCP,FRCR,FAIUM(hon)
Peter N.T. Wells, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Robert W. Gill, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Roy C. Preston, BSc, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Salvator D. Levi, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Seung Hyup Kim, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Soren Hancke, MD, DrMedSc, FAIUM (hon)
Stanley Brian Barnett, MSc, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Stuart Campbell, DSc,FRCP,FRCOG,FACOG,FAIUM hon
Sturla Hall Eik-Nes, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Tom Bourne, PhD, FRCOG, FAIUM (hon)
Toshio Wagai, MD, FAIUM (hon)
W. Buschmann, MD, FAIUM (hon)
William J. Garrett, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Yasuharu Nimura, MD, MSc, RDCS, FAIUM (hon)
Yi-Hong Chou, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Yuji Murata, MD,PhD,FACOG,FAOFOG,FAIUM hon

Presidential Recognition Award

Presidential Recognition Awards honor individuals who have worked closely with the AIUM President to further the society’s mission and vision. 

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Honorary Fellow Award

The Honorary Fellow Award bestows an honorary membership upon those individuals who have contributed significantly to the field of ultrasound and in most cases whose primary residence is outside of North America. 

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Memorial Hall of Fame

The Memorial Hall of Fame serves as a posthumous tribute to a creative and devoted physician, sonographer, research scientist, or other individual who has been an active member of the AIUM as an officer, Board of Governors member, award recipient, JUM editor or deputy editor, or committee/COP leader and contributed to the field of ultrasound in medicine. 

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Memorial Recognition

The Memorial Recognition serves as a posthumous tribute to a creative and devoted physician, sonographer, research scientist, or other member or nonmember who has contributed to the field of ultrasound in medicine. 

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