Presidential Recognition Award

Presidential Recognition Awards have been awarded annually since 1977. The award honors outstanding contributions and services to the AIUM and to the broader ultrasound community. Its recipients are extremely active within the organization, frequently as committee chairmen, and their names remain secret until the presentation ceremony.

2025 Michael Blaivas, MD, MBA, FAIUM, FACEP

2025 Yvette Groszmann, MD, MPH, FAIUM

2025 Kevin Piro, MD

2024 Todd Breach

2024 Tobias Kummer, MD, RDMS, FACEP, FAIUM

2021 Richard A. Hoppmann, MD, FACP, FAIUM

2021 Oliver Daniel Kripfgans, PhD, FAIUM

2021 Anthony Edward Samir, MD, MPH, FAIUM

2021 Vivek S. Tayal, MD, FACEP, FAIUM

2021 Bruce Totaro, ELS

2021 Mike Wagner, MD, FAIUM

2020 Srikar R. Adhikari, MD, MS, FAIUM

2020 Therese Cooper, BS, RDMS

2020 Eitan Dickman, MD, FAIUM, FACEP

2020 John Stephen Pellerito, MD, FACR, FAIUM, FSRU

2019 Beryl R. Benacerraf, MD, FAIUM

2019 Rob Goodman, MB, BChir, FAIUM

2019 Charlotte G. Henningsen, MS,RT(R),RDMS,RVT,FSDMS,FAIUM

2019 Levon N. Nazarian, MD, FAIUM, FACR, FSRU

2018 Alyssa Michelle Abo, MD, FAIUM

2018 Reem Sameer Abu-Rustum, MD, FACOG, FACS, FAIUM

2018 Timothy A. Bigelow, PhD, FAIUM

2018 J. Brian Fowlkes, PhD, FAIUM

Previous Awardees

Jacques S. Abramowicz, MD, FACOG, FAIUM

Alfred Z. Abuhamad, MD, FAIUM

Peter H. Arger, MD, FAIUM, FACR

Robert R. Badertscher II, DVM, PhD

David P. Bahner, MD, FAIUM, FAAEM, FACEP

Beryl R. Benacerraf, MD, FAIUM

Michael Blaivas, MD, MBA, FAIUM, FACEP

Bryann Bromley, MD, FAIUM

Peter N. Burns, PhD

Barbara A. Carroll, MD

Paul L. Carson, PhD, FAIUM

Jenny Clark, CMP

Virginia M. Clark

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists

Executive Committee

Joshua A. Copel, MD, FAIUM

David O. Cosgrove, MA,MSc,FRCP,FRCR,FAIUM(hon)

James P. Crane, MD

Joseph J. Crittenden, MD

John Dellinger

Wanda Elliott

Arthur C. Fleischer, MD, FAIUM

John R. Forsythe, RDMS, RDCS, ROUB, FAIUM

J. Brian Fowlkes, PhD, FAIUM

Mary C. Frates, MD, FACR, FAIUM

Frederic D. Frigoletto, Jr., MD

Brian S. Garra, MD, FAIUM

Barry Benson Goldberg, MD, FAIUM

Gretchen A. W. Gooding, MD, FAIUM

Lennard D. Greenbaum, MD, FAIUM

Rebecca Gutshall

Barbara M. Hairfield

Lynda A. Hammond

Glynis V. Harvey, CAE

Mazie M. Havens, FAIUM

Barbara S. Hertzberg, MD, FAIUM, FACR, FSRU

Christy K. Holland, PhD, FAIUM

Tamara Hoots

Richard A. Hoppmann, MD, FACP, FAIUM

E. Kelly-Fry, FAIUM

Frederick W. Kremkau, PhD, FACR, FAIMBE, FAIUM, FASA

Marilyn K. Laughead, MD, FAIUM, FACOG

Wesley Lee, MD, FAIUM

George R. Leopold, MD, FAIUM

Frederic L. Lizzi, EngScD

Edward A. Lyons, MD, OC, FRCPC, FACR

Robert F. Mattrey, MD, FAIUM

Jon W. Meilstrup, MD, FAIUM, FACR, FSRU

Christopher R. B. Merritt, MD, FACR, FAIUM

Daniel A. Merton, BS, RDMS, FSDMS, FAIUM

Katherine K. Minton, MA, RDMS, RDCS, FAIUM

Levon N. Nazarian, MD, FAIUM, FACR, FSRU

Harvey L. Neiman, BS, MD, FACR

Lewis H. Nelson III, MD, FAIUM

Harvey L. Nisenbaum, MD, FACR, FAIUM, FSRU

Wesley L. Nyborg, PhD, FAIUM

William D. O'Brien, Jr., PhD, FAIUM

James S. Packer, PhD

David M. Paushter, MD, FAIUM, FACR, FSAR

Lawrence D. Platt, MD, FAIUM

Michelle L. Robbin, MD, MS, FACR, FSRU, FAIUM

Roger C. Sanders, MD, FAIUM

Jane Schuster

Ann Sheridan

Thomas D. Shipp, MD, RDMS, FAIUM

Thomas L. Slovis, MD, FAIUM

Jay Smith, MD

Kelley M. Speros

AIUM Staff

Executive Staff

Mel E. Stratmeyer, PhD, FAIUM

Kong-Meng Tan, MD

Michael S. Tenner, MD, FAIUM

Franklin N. Tessler, MD, CM, FAIUM, FSRU

Carmine M. Valente, PhD, CAE

Robert D. Waxham, BA

Barbara J. Weinstein, MD

Franklin W. West, BSN, RVT, ROUB

Karen Wheeler

Gary Jacob Whitman, MD, FAIUM

Stephanie R. Wilson, MD

Robert L. Wilson, MD

James A. Zagzebski, PhD, FAIUM

Marvin C. Ziskin, MD, FAIUM

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