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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  Lil Valentin, MD, PhD, FRCOG
2022  Jon Hyett, MBBS, MRCOG, MD
2021  Dirk Timmerman, MD, PhD, FRCOG, FAIUM (hon)
2019  Tammy Stearns, MS,RT(R),RDMS,RVT,FAIUM (hon)
2019  Liat Gindes, MD, FAIUM (hon)
2018  Simcha Yagel, MD, FAIUM (hon)
2018  Adriana Suely de Oliveira Melo, FAIUM (hon)
2017  Carlo Martinoli, MD, FAIUM (hon)
2017  Gustavo Malinger, MD, FAIUM (hon)
2017  Caterina Exacoustos, MD, FAIUM (hon)
2016  Paul S. Sidhu, BSc,MBBS,MRCP,FRCR,FAIUM(hon)
2016  Aris T. Papageorghiou, MD, FRCOG, FAIUM (hon)
2015  Christian Pállson Nolsøe, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
2015  Michael Grace Kawooya, MBChB,MMed (Rad),PhD,FAIUM hon
2015  Maria Cristina Chammas, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
2015  Tom Bourne, PhD, FRCOG, FAIUM (hon)
2014  Yuji Murata, MD,PhD,FACOG,FAOFOG,FAIUM hon
2014  Pascal Laugier, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
2013  Paul Arthur Dubbins, MBBS, BSc, FRCR, FAIUM (hon)
2012  Brian J. Trudinger, MD, FAIUM (hon)
2012  David H. Evans, PhD, DSc, FAIUM (hon)
2011  Gianluigi Pilu, MD, FAIUM (hon)
2011  Masatoshi Kudo, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
2010  Charles H. Rodeck, MBBS, FMedSci, FAIUM (hon)
2009  Alfred Kratochwil, MD, FAIUM (hon)
2008  Glenn R. McNally, MBBS,FRCOG,FRANZCOG,FAIUM hon
2007  Seung Hyup Kim, MD, FAIUM (hon)
2007  Leandro J Fernandez, MD, FAIUM (hon)
2006  Kurt A. Jaeger, MD, FAIUM (hon)
2006  Genevieve Berger, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
2005  Michel Claudon, MD, FAIUM (hon)
2004  Kypros H. Nicolaides, MD, FAIUM (hon)
2003  Kittipong Vairojanavong, MD, FAIUM (hon)
2003  Hassen Akeba Gharbi, Sr., MD, FAIUM (hon)
2003  Byung Ihn Choi, MD, FAIUM (hon)
2002  Juriy W. Wladimiroff, MD, PhD, FRCOS, FAIUM (hon)
2002  Karel Marsal, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
2001  Francis A. Duck, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
2001  Giovanni G. Cerri, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
2000  Sturla Hall Eik-Nes, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
1998  Alberto E. Belinsky, MD, FAIUM (hon)
1997  Hiroki Watanabe, MD, FAIUM (hon)
1997  Yi-Hong Chou, MD, FAIUM (hon)
1997  David A. Carpenter, BE, MEngSci, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
1995  Harald Th. Lutz, MD, FAIUM (hon)
1995  Gilbert Devey, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
1994  Morimichi Fukuda, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
John J. Wild, MA, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Peter N.T. Wells, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Francis S. Weill, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Toshio Wagai, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Gerhard-Michael Von Reutern, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Gail Ter Haar, MA, DSc, MSc, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Joseph S. Summers, Jr., MD, FAIUM (hon)
J.C. Somer, FAIUM (hon)
David E. Robinson, DSc, FAIUM (hon)
Roy C. Preston, BSc, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Leandre Pourcelot, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Arvo Oksala, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Masuhisa Oka, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Andrzej Nowicki, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Yasuharu Nimura, MD, MSc, RDCS, FAIUM (hon)
Hans R. Müller, MD, FAIUM (hon)
John Morrison, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Patricia Morley, MBBS, FRCR, FAIUM (hon)
Hylton B. Meire, MBBS LRCP MRCS DObstRCOG DMRD
Ian G. McDonald, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Masatoshi Makuuchi, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Salvator D. Levi, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Asim Kurjak, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
George Kossoff, DScEng, FAIUM (hon)
Jack Jellins, BSc, BE, PhD, MD(Hon), FAIUM
Hans Holm, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Christopher R. Hill, DSc, FAIUM (hon)
Liv Kristin Hatle, FAIUM (hon)
Soren Hancke, MD, DrMedSc, FAIUM (hon)
B. Joachim Hackeloer, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Douglas Gordon, MB, ChB, FAIUM (hon)
Robert W. Gill, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Hermann Gernet, MD, FAIUM (hon)
William J. Garrett, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Leszek Filipczynski, FAIUM (hon)
Inge Edler, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Mary Dyson, BSc, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
M. De Vlieger, MD, FAIUM (hon)
David O. Cosgrove, MA,MSc,FRCP,FRCR,FAIUM(hon)
Stuart Campbell, DSc,FRCP,FRCOG,FACOG,FAIUM hon
W. Buschmann, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Nathaniel R. Bronson II, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Nicolaas Bom, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Stanley Brian Barnett, MSc, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
Jens Bang, MD, FAIUM (hon)
Michele Arslan, MB, ChB, FAIUM (hon)
Licinio Angelini, BA, BS, MD, 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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