Pioneer in Technology Award
The Pioneer in Technology Award is presented to the trail blazing companies and their CEOs/presidents who have facilitated the development of pioneering technologies through interdisciplinary approaches that have impacted diagnostics, treatment, and healthcare delivery in unprecedented ways.
2020 Award Recipient
Mark Torchia
Vice-Provost (Teaching and Learning), Executive Director – Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
2020 Award Recipient
Richard Tyc
Vice President of Technology and Advance Development, Monteris Medical
2020 Award Recipient
Philippe Deschamps
President CEO of Helius Medical Technologies Inc
2019 Award Recipient
Jean Gaspard
Managing director – AFM-Telethon,Chief Operating Officer – Biotherapies Institute
2018 Award Recipient
Louis Reese
Louis Reese, Co-founder, Chief Strategy Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of United Neuroscience
2018 Award Recipient
Mei Mei Hu
Mei Mei Hu, Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Board of Directors of United Neuroscience
2018 Award Recipient
Chang Yi Wang
Chang Yi Wang, Co-founder, Chief Scientific Officer and a member of the Board of Directors United Neuroscience
2018 Award Recipient
Bahram Jalali
Professor and Northrop Grumman Opto-Electronic Chair in Electrical Engineering. University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
2017 Award Recipient
Afsaneh Rabiei
Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University
2016 Award Recipient
Chenzhong Li
Director of the Nanobioengineering / Bioelectronics Lab, Professor Biomedical Engineering, FIU
2016 Award Recipient
X2 Biosystems
Leader in wearable impact monitoring devices and neurocognitive assessment tools
2015 Award Recipient
Brian M. Krzanich
Chief Executive Officer of Intel
2013 Award Recipient
Eric M. Bailey
President, CEO, Founder, Neurologica
2013 Award Recipient
Reese S. Terry Jr.
Co-founder and former CEO of Cyberonics
2012 Award Recipient
Kevin Lobo
Group President, Orthopaedics - Stryker Corporation
2009 Award Recipient
William A. Hawkins
Chairman and CEO of Medtronic
2008 Award Recipient
Mark L. Vachon
GE Healthcare
2007 Award Recipient
Steve Rusckowski
Philips Healthcare
2006 Award Recipient
Carl O'Connell
CEO of Carl Zeiss Inc.