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AdvaMed® Lifetime Achievement Award

ADVANCED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION

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Overview

AdvaMed® Lifetime Achievement Award

Overview: AdvaMed®'s signature award for the medtech industry, recognizing an extraordinary individual who has had a noteworthy influence on medtech and the patients it serves.

Award Type: Honor/Recognition Award

Eligibility:

  • Must be retired from day-to-day medtech industry responsibilities for at least one full calendar year

  • Must no longer be serving as board chair for their signature employer

  • Outstanding and exemplary individuals who have made meaningful and prolonged contributions to the medical technology industry

    • Judging Criteria:

  • Philanthropy, community service, and community leadership

  • Length of career and years of demonstrative industry leadership

  • Contributions to AdvaMed® and/or the industry as an advocate for sound legislation, regulation, and public awareness of medical technology

  • Impact on patient care

  • Commitment to mentoring and career development

  • Significant role in medical discovery/commercialization leading to introduction of medtech innovation

  • History of entrepreneurship, supporting entrepreneurship, and/or supportive role in medtech capital formation and ecosystem

    • Award Presentation: Announced and presented at The MedTech Conference (October 18-21, 2026 in Boston, MA)

    Previous Award Recipients (2013-2025):

  • Michael A. Mussallem (2025)

  • Caroll H. Neubauer (2024)

  • William H. Longfield (2023)

  • Lester B. Knight (2022)

  • Edward Ludwig (2021)

  • Ron Dollens (2020)

  • Cathy Burzik (2019)

  • Vernon Loucks, Jr. (2018)

  • Jack Wareham (2017)

  • John Abele and Peter Nicholas (2016)

  • Dr. Thomas Fogarty (2015)

  • Earl Bakken (2014)

  • John Brown (2013)

    • Geographic Scope: International (recognizes individuals from across the medtech ecosystem)

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