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William J. Fry Memorial Lecture Award

The William J. Fry Memorial Lecture Award was established by Joseph H. Holmes, MD, in 1969, and presented for the first time at the AIUM annual meeting in Winnipeg that year. William J. Fry, MS, was a physicist with a strong interest in ultrasound in biology and medicine, whose innovative research efforts advanced the field of diagnostic ultrasound. One of Professor Fry's most notable contributions was the successful design of an ultrasonic system used to pinpoint lesions in the brain without damaging adjacent tissues. This ultrasonic system was later used to treat various brain pathologies, and in particular, Parkinson's disease. His impassioned interest in ultrasound led him to become president of the AIUM from 1966 until his death in 1968. The following year, the William J. Fry Memorial Lecture Award, recognizing a current or retired AIUM member who has significantly contributed, in his or her particular field, to the scientific progress of medical diagnostic ultrasound, was established in his honor.

2025 Kathy Nightingale, PhD

2024 Christy K. Holland, PhD, FAIUM

2023 Steven R. Goldstein, MD, FAIUM

2022 Alfred Z. Abuhamad, MD, FAIUM

2021 Bryann Bromley, MD, FAIUM

2019 James A. Zagzebski, PhD, FAIUM

2018 Roberto J. Romero, MD

Previous Awardees

Jacques S. Abramowicz, MD, FACOG, FAIUM

Peter H. Arger, MD, FAIUM, FACR

Gilbert Baum, MD, FAIUM

Beryl R. Benacerraf, MD, FAIUM

Peter N. Burns, PhD

Paul L. Carson, PhD, FAIUM

D. Jackson Coleman, MD, FACS, FARVO

Leon Cooper, PhD

Joshua A. Copel, MD, FAIUM

Ian Donald

Floyd Dunn, PhD, FAIUM

Roy A. Filly, MD, FAIUM

Arthur C. Fleischer, MD, FAIUM

Buckminster Fuller

Barry Benson Goldberg, MD, FAIUM

James Fowler Greenleaf, PhD, FAIUM

Helmuth Hertz

John C. Hobbins, MD, FAIUM

Hans Holm, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)

Claude R. Joyner, MD

Charles S. Kleinman, MD

George Kossoff, DScEng, FAIUM (hon)

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

Alfred Bernard Kurtz, MD, FAIUM

Wesley Lee, MD, FAIUM

Justus F. Lehmann, MD

George R. Leopold, MD, FAIUM

Frederic L. Lizzi, EngScD

T. Lynch

William M. McKinney, MD, FAIUM

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

Richard A. Meyer, MD, FAIUM

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

Wesley L. Nyborg, PhD, FAIUM

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

Lawrence D. Platt, MD, FAIUM

Gerald J. Posakony

David J. Sahn, MD, FAIUM

James R. Stouffer, PhD, MS, FAIUM

D. Eugene Strandness, Jr., MD

Horace E. Thompson, MD, FAIUM

Dirk Timmerman, MD, PhD, FRCOG, FAIUM (hon)

Ilan E. Timor-Tritsch, MD, FAIUM

Peter N.T. Wells, PhD, FAIUM (hon)

Stephanie R. Wilson, MD

Marvin C. Ziskin, MD, FAIUM

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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