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Additional Awards

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.

2016 Dirk Timmerman, MD, PhD, FRCOG, FAIUM (hon)
2015 Wesley Lee, MD, FAIUM
2014 Levon N. Nazarian, MD, FAIUM, FACR, FSRU
2013 Paul L. Carson, PhD, FAIUM
2012 Joshua A. Copel, MD, FAIUM
2011 Jacques S. Abramowicz, MD, FACOG, FAIUM
2010 David J. Sahn, MD, FAIUM
2009 Alfred Bernard Kurtz, MD, FAIUM
2008 Peter N. Burns, PhD
2007 William D. O'Brien, Jr., PhD, FAIUM
2006 Lawrence D. Platt, MD, FAIUM
2005 Richard A. Meyer, MD, FAIUM
2004 Peter H. Arger, MD, FAIUM, FACR
2003 Frederick W. Kremkau, PhD, FACR, FAIMBE, FAIUM, FASA
2002 Charles S. Kleinman, MD
2001 Ilan E. Timor-Tritsch, MD, FAIUM
2000 Beryl R. Benacerraf, MD, FAIUM
1999 Arthur C. Fleischer, MD, FAIUM
1998 James Fowler Greenleaf, PhD, FAIUM
1997 Roy A. Filly, MD, FAIUM
1996 Christopher R. B. Merritt, MD, FACR, FAIUM
1995 John C. Hobbins, MD, FAIUM
1994 Hans Holm, MD, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
1993 Marvin C. Ziskin, MD, FAIUM
1992 Peter N.T. Wells, PhD, FAIUM (hon)
1991 D. Eugene Strandness, Jr., MD
1990 Wesley L. Nyborg, PhD, FAIUM
1988 Barry Benson Goldberg, MD, FAIUM
1987 George R. Leopold, MD, FAIUM
1986 Frederic L. Lizzi, EngScD
1986 D. Jackson Coleman, MD, FACS, FARVO
1985 William M. McKinney, MD, FAIUM
1984 Floyd Dunn, PhD, FAIUM
1983 Justus F. Lehmann, MD
1982 James R. Stouffer, PhD, MS, FAIUM
1981 Gerald J. Posakony
1980 Claude R. Joyner, MD
1979 Horace E. Thompson, MD, FAIUM
1978 Gilbert Baum, MD, FAIUM
1977 George Kossoff, DScEng, FAIUM (hon)
1976 Ian Donald
1973 Leon Cooper, PhD
1972 Buckminster Fuller
1971 Helmuth Hertz
1970 T. Lynch

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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