Full Name: Dr. Theo C. Pilkington
Inducted: 1992
Deceased: 1993
Citation: For pioneering work in bioelectric modeling and contributions to biomedical engineering education, editorial service, and academic research administration.
Full Name: Dr. Pierre Galletti
Inducted: 1992
Deceased: 1997
Citation: For pioneering the field of artificial organs and integrating engineering science with clinical medicine.
Full Name: Dr. Franklin F. Offner
Inducted: 1992
Deceased: 1999
Citation: For the development of electronic equipment for medical research and practice and for contributions to biomedical engineering education.
Full Name: Dr. James E. Bailey
Inducted: 1992
Deceased: 2001
Citation: For his outstanding contributions in applying genetic engineering for the improvement of cell function and for efficient production of cloned protiens.
Full Name: Dr. Sidney Sobin
Inducted: 1992
Deceased: 2001
Citation: For contributions to the understanding of pulmonary circulation with emphasis on the relation between form and function.
Full Name: Dr. Lawrence Stark
Inducted: 1992
Deceased: 2004
Citation: For pioneering research on bioengineering principles of nuerological control of movement and vision and for contributions to bioengineering education.
Full Name: Dr. Herman Schwan
Inducted: 1992
Deceased: 2005
Citation: For pioneering leadership in biophysics.
Full Name: Dr. Robert Mann
Inducted: 1992
Deceased: 2006
Citation: For broad contributions to rehabilitation design and new concepts in nueromuscular control.
Full Name: Dr. Eugene Bell
Inducted: 1992
Deceased: 2007
Citation: For contributions to tissue engineering.
Full Name: Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz
Inducted: 1992
Deceased: 2008
Citation: For pioneering intra-aortic balloon pumping and contributions to almost all techniques for mechanical assistance to the failing heart.
Full Name: Dr. Leslie Geddes
Inducted: 1992
Deceased: 2009
Citation: For a lifetime of outstanding contribution.
Full Name: Dr. Michael Lysaght
Inducted: 1992
Deceased: 2009
Citation: For making hemofiltration, plasmapheresis, and cellular transplantation and clinical reality.
Full Name: Dr. Peer Portner
Inducted: 1992
Deceased: 2009
Citation: For leadership in the development of implantable ventricular-assist system.
Full Name: Dr. Ernest O. Attinger
Inducted: 1992
Deceased: 2009
Citation: For contributions to the quantitive analysis of the relations among health, technology and socioeconomic change.
Full Name: Mr. Wallace H. Coulter
Inducted: 1993
Deceased: 1998
Citation: For his many scientific inventions that have significantly enhanced the world’s healthcare diagnostic and therapeutic treatment capabilities.
Full Name: Dr. Joseph Robert Rodarte
Inducted: 1993
Deceased: 2000
Citation: For contributions to the advancement of our understnding of pulmonary physiology.
Full Name: Dr. William Kubicek
Inducted: 1993
Deceased: 2002
Citation: For his continued contribution to cardiology starting with the spoon manometer and culminating in the impedance cardiograph.
Full Name: Dr. Ali Seireg
Inducted: 1993
Deceased: 2002
Citation: For his contributions to the biomechanics of the musculoskeletal structure and design of medical and sports devices.
Full Name: Dr. William H. Dobelle
Inducted: 1993
Deceased: 2004
Citation: For his pioneering work on artificial sight and hearing, organ transplantations and other implant devices.
Full Name: Dr. John S. Laughlin
Inducted: 1993
Deceased: 2004
Citation: For research contributions in radiation dosimetry and high energy accelerator engineering.
Full Name: Dr. Ascher H. Shapiro
Inducted: 1993
Deceased: 2004
Citation: For pioneering contributions to biofluid mechanics.
Full Name: Dr. John Walter Strohbehm
Inducted: 1993
Deceased: 2007
Citation: For contributions to the treatment of tumors by hypothermia, using microwave and phased away ultrasound.
Full Name: Dr. Michael DeBakey
Inducted: 1993
Deceased: 2008
Citation: For pioneering contributions in the development of heart-lung bypass systems, vascular protheses and cardiac protheses.
Full Name: Dr. Leon E. Farhi
Inducted: 1994
Deceased: 2003
Citation: For pioneering contributions to pulmonary physiology and support of the biomedical engineering profession.
Full Name: Dr. Swamy Laxminarayan
Inducted: 1994
Deceased: 2005
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the advancement of computational technologies in biomedical research and education.
Full Name: Dr. Robert Loevinger
Inducted: 1994
Deceased: 2005
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the science and engineering of radiation dosimetry.
Full Name: Dr. Max Schaldach
Inducted: 1995
Deceased: 2001
Citation: For creative contributions to the development of electrophysiological diagnostic and therapeutic equipment.
Full Name: Dr. Christopher A. Dawson
Inducted: 1995
Deceased: 2003
Citation: For the development of quantative models of the pulmonary circulation and endothelium.
Full Name: Mr. Robert E. Reiss
Inducted: 1995
Deceased: 2005
Citation: For outstanding leadership in the development and manufacture of medical devices.
Full Name: Dr. Eleanor Adair
Inducted: 1996
Deceased: 2007
Citation: For understanding the effects of radiofrequency energy on biological thermoregulation and developing safe RF exposure guidelines for humans.
Full Name: Dr. Paul Lauterbur
Inducted: 1996
Deceased: 2007
Citation: For development and application of magnetic resonance imaging techniques.
Full Name: Dr. Hugo O. Jauregui
Inducted: 1997
Deceased: 2000
Citation: For transferring expertise in hepatocyte biology to the design and development of the bioartificial liver.
Full Name: Dr. Kris Venkat
Inducted: 1998
Deceased: 2008
Citation: For entrepreneurial leadership in biotechnology.
Full Name: Dr. Knut Schmidt-Nielson
Inducted: 2000
Deceased: 2007
Citation: For identifying engineering principles in how animals work, organizing that knowledge, and communicating it in understandable, enjoyable language.
Full Name: Dr. Leif Finkel
Inducted: 2000
Deceased: 2008
Citation: For outstanding contributions to understanding neural microcircuitry and brain architecture and developing models of brain function in normalcy and disease.
Full Name: Dr. Robert Wagner
Inducted: 2001
Deceased: 2008
Citation: For original solutions to fundamental problems of physics, engineering and statistics in ultrasound, mammography, cumputed tomography and computer-aided diagnosis in medical imaging.
Full Name: Dr. Daniel Repperger
Inducted: 2001
Deceased: 2009
Citation: For technology development of human interface systems to improve performance and awareness as applied to disabilities and multiple stress environments.
Full Name: Dr. Robert Winslow
Inducted: 2009
Deceased: 2009
Citation: For outstanding contributions to hemoglobin synthesis, structure and function in health and disease, and development of efficacious hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers.
