Award nominations will be accepted continuously, however, to be considered for award presentation at the ACCE 2008 Annual Meeting (February 2008), please submit nominations by November 15, 2007. Nominate online or complete the nomination form and send directly to Nancy Pressly, Advocacy Committee chair at advocacychair@accenet.org or regular mail as follows:

Nancy Pressly
Advocacy Committee Chair
97 Ashley Ct.
Myersville, MD 21773

Thank you for your participation!

Award: Lifetime Achievement Award
Award Criteria: This award is the highest award given by ACCE. It will be given to an individual based on his/her life long accomplishments and contributions to the clinical engineering profession.

Award: Shepherd Patient Safety Award
Award Criteria: The award will be given to an individual who has excelled in the "safety" area related to the clinical engineering field. For example, a national investigator of accidents, an inventor of a safety device, or an author of books on medical device hazards, etc. The Shepherd Award is a joint program between ACCE and the ACCE Healthcare Technology Foundation, with the Foundation providing the funds and approving the final selection. Read more about the Marvin Shepherd Patient Safety Award.

Award: ACCE Challenge Award
Award Criteria: The award will be given to an individual who is not presently an ACCE member, but is eligible for membership, for his/her achievements in the field of medical technology within the clinical engineering field, for example; an individual who has contributed to the design of a "safe" environment or shown significant activities in technology management and assessment. NOTE: To ensure proposed individuals' qualifications for the ACCE membership, the Membership Committee will review and assign an appropriate membership category.

Award: Tom O'Dea Advocacy Award
Award Criteria: The award will be given to an individual who has written articles and/or given presentations that have advanced the field of clinical engineering– particularly in promoting the profession to people in other fields such as medical professionals or healthcare managers.

Award: Professional Achievement in Technology Award/ Professional Development Award
Award Criteria: The award will be given to an individual for his/her contributions to the clinical engineering profession of a professional or technical nature, such as research or development of a new technique or product, a paper of significance on a technical issue, or ‘trailblazing' work in a new application of clinical engineering.

Award: Professional Achievement in Management Award/ Managerial Excellence Award
Award Criteria: The award will be given to an individual for his/her contributions to the clinical engineering profession of a managerial nature, such as a paper of significance on a management issue, solving of a management problem or issue for the profession, or the application of new management techniques to clinical engineering with measurable positive results.