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AIMBE Past Presidents

Joyce Y. Wong, Ph.D.

President 2022 – 2024

College of Engineering Distinguished Faculty Fellow and Professor
Boston University

Tejal Desai, Ph.D.

President 2020 – 2022

Sorensen Family Dean of Engineering, Professor of Engineering
Brown University

Christine E. Schmidt, Ph.D.

President 2018 – 2020

Pruitt Family Professor
University of Florida

Gilda Barabino, Ph.D.

President 2016 – 2018

Professor of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering and President
Olin College of Engineering

Ravi V. Bellamkonda, Ph.D.

President 2014 – 2016

Executive Vice President and Provost
The Ohio State University

Bill Hawkins

William A. Hawkins III, MBA

President 2013 – 2014

Lead Director
Immucor, Inc.

Chairman & CEO, Retired
Medtronic, Inc.

Raphael Lee

Raphael C. Lee, MD, ScD, DSc (Hon), FACS

President 2012 – 2013

Paul S. and Allene T. Russell Professor
The University of Chicago

Ken Lutchen

Ken Lutchen, Ph.D.

President 2011 – 2012

Dean, College of Engineering
Boston University

Thomas Skalak

Thomas C. Skalak, Ph.D.

President 2010 – 2011

Executive Director Of Science and Technology
The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation

Eugene Eckstein

Eugene C. Eckstein, Ph.D.

President 2009 – 2010

Department Chair & Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Memphis

John Watson

John T. Watson, Ph.D.

President 2008 – 2009

Professor Emeritus, Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego

Linda Lucas

Linda C. Lucas, Ph.D.

President 2007 – 2008

Provost (retired)
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Herbert Voigt

Herbert F. Voigt, III, Ph.D.

1952 – 2018

President 2006 – 2007

Professor
Boston University

Thomas Harris

Thomas R. Harris, M.D., Ph.D.

President 2005 – 2006

Orrin Henry Ingram Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Emeritus
Vanderbilt University

Don Giddens

Don P. Giddens, Ph.D.

President 2004 – 2005

Dean Emeritus and Professor
Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

Art Coury

Arthur J. Coury, Ph.D.

President 2003 – 2004

University Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering
Affiliated Faculty, Bioengineering, Northeastern University

Buddy Ratner

Buddy D. Ratner, Ph.D.

President 2002 – 2003

Joint Professor of Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering; Michael L. & Myrna Darland Endowed Chair in Technology Commercialization
University of Washington

Shu Chien

Shu Chien, M.D., Ph.D.

President 2000 – 2001

Director, Whitaker Institute for Biomedical Engineering
University of California, San Diego

John Linehan

John H. Linehan, Ph.D.

President 1999 – 2000

Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Northwestern University

William Hendee

William R. Hendee, Ph.D.

President 1998 – 1999

Distinguished Professor for Radiology, Radiation Oncology, Biophysics and Institute for Health & Society
Medical College of Wisconsin

Larry McIntire

Larry V. McIntire, Ph.D.

President 1997 – 1998

Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

Winfred Phillips

Winfred M. Phillips, D.Sc.

1941-2024

President 1996 – 1997

Vice President for Research
University of Florida

Jerome Schultz

Jerome S. Schultz, Ph.D.

President 1995 – 1996

Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
University of Houston

Pierre Galletti

Pierre Galletti, Ph.D.

1927-1997

President 1994 – 1995

Professor of Bioengineering
Brown University

Robert M. Nerem, Ph.D.

1937-2020

President 1992 – 1994

Director, Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience
Georgia Institute of Technology