The Marvin Shepherd Patient Safety Award
GCEA / Healthcare Technology Foundation Programs
- May 18, 1932 - April 13, 2023
- Registered Professional Engineer, (Safety) California
- Fellow, American College of Clinical Engineering ACCE
- Lifetime Achievement Award (2006)
- ACCE Hall of Fame (2023)
Mr. Marvin Shepherd, a recognized safety expert, has established this award program in order to advance patient safety through the design, use, support, education, and/or management of healthcare technologies. The program goal is to annually identify the best-qualified recipient(s) for contributions to the advancement of patient safety. The individual selected could be an inventor, incident investigator, author, educator, technology manager, and promoter of safe use of technology in healthcare and/or another person with similarly recognized patient safety accomplishments.
The Healthcare Technology Foundation will present this annual award during the annual meeting of Global Clinical Engineering Alliance (GCEA). The award consists of a plaque and a monetary presentation.
Over the years, individuals joined Mr. Shepherd in supporting this program through contributions and participation in the program activities. Your considerations for helping to perpetuate this program will have an important impact on patient safety everywhere.
Award Criteria: This joint award between ACCE and GCEA/Healthcare Technology Foundation (HTF) is bestowed on a single individual or one entity who has excelled in the "safety" area related to the CE field. Potential awardees could be a national investigator of accidents, an inventor of a safety device, or an author of books on medical device hazards, and other similar topics.
Previous Marvin Shepherd Award Recipients:
- 2022 - Priyanka Shah, MS
- 2018 - Erin Sparnon, Meng
- 2017 - Tim Ritter, CBET, CCE
- 2016 - Nathanial M. Sims, MD
- 2015 - Dale Nordenberg, MD
- 2014 - Bruce Hansel, PhD, CCE
- 2013 - Barbara Majchrowski
- 2012 - Alan Lipschultz
- 2011 - Frank R. Painter
- 2010 - Les Atles
- 2009 - David Paperman
- 2008 - Matthew F. Baretich & James O. Wear
- 2007 - Malcolm Ridgway
- 2006* - Larry Fennigkoh & Leonard Klebanov
- 2005 - Bryanne Patail
- 2004 - Jeffrey Cooper
- 2003 - Mark Bruley
- 2002 - Leslie Geddes - Returned by Geddes and requested to be awarded to the best student paper. Award went to: Mellissa Burns
- 2001 - Jeffrey Cooper
- 2000 - Steven Juett
- 1999 - David Francoeur (First Recipient)
* In 2006 the Devteq Safety Award was moved to the Healthcare Technology Foundation and renamed as the Marvin Shepherd Patient Safety Award.