HTM Week Shout Outs

"The Clinical Engineering Team at Miramar for providing  educational material and information for the staff."

Memorial Hospital Miramar | Submitted by Haniff Murray

"Abe has been the best addition to our shop. He was dedicated to clean up our shop and is always the first person to offer to pick up and help out if our technicians get bogged down. I don't know what this shop would be like without him here."

Abe Borja | Submitted by Lori

"Eric is the best technician to be around. Always livens up the shop with his humor and positive attitude. On top of that, he's been my go-to technician to assist customers with urgent repairs."

Eric Jones | Submitted by Lori

"Thank you for always going above and beyond for supporting the needs for our Biomed Shop. No matter how busy you are, you're always willing to help and make sure all of our needs are met!"

Rex Andrade | Submitted by Lori

"Norman is a very reliable and accomodating co-worker. He fulfills his everyday responsibilities and goes even more for an extra mile. He follows up on the completed job and makes sure that it is functional. There's nothing that Norman can not when he is requested. And if he unsure, he will search and inquire all avenues for him to be successful. Norman will even stay longer of his hours just to complete the job. Norman is mainstream here in ICC and I would be lost in my work without the big help of this hard-working co-worker. And I can't thank him enough for all this dedicated hard-working commitment. And he does one heck of an exemplary job. Thank you, Norman !."

Norman Johansen | Submitted by Jojo Babaran

"Mike Zippay has always gone above and beyond and a manager, mentor, and coworker. He enjoys helping people and it shows."

Mike Zippay | Submitted by Josh Stereff

"An amazing leader in the VHA HTM community.  She is passionate and motivated to provide safe, quality Veteran care. Collaborative, informative, and supportive across all levels of the organization."

Shelly Lealock | Submitted by Kendra Holter

"Scott is our go-to guy for all things IT-related. He is always willing to help us whenever the need arises."

Scott Keith | Submitted by Lori

"Fred does a great job keeping our patients safe by managing recalls & analyzing service."

Fred Yasnowski | Submitted by Courtney Nanney

It is a great honor to celebrate Robert Jimenez as a true HTM professional. Robert is THE subject matter expert on Ventilator systems. This has been critical due to the COVID-19 outbreak as customers were pulling old equipment that hasn’t been serviced in years. His technical expertise allowed us to exceed our customer’s expectations and get these systems back into service and patient care.

Robert Jimenez | Submitted by Chris Soignet

"Intern Anthony working on bedside table"

-Eskenazi Health
Indianapolis, IN 

Greetings from NEPAL! Amid this ongoing pandemic, we from NEPAL would like to serve the nation at its utmost and make a difference!#WeRiseByServingManKind. These unheard heroes deserve a big round of applause! #IamHTM

- Biomed Engineers' Society Nepal (BES-Nepal) | Submitted by Sajal Pandey BME

Dalynn Park | Submitted by Joie Marhefka

AAMI Board of Directors and Staff | Submitted by Steve Yelton

The Midland Memorial Clinical Engineering team sacrificed their time and in many cases their own personal well being accessing COVID patient rooms to perform service. Texas endured a polar vortex disaster that created problems throughout the hospital and the biomed team was quick to respond ensuring their safety and well being. GREAT WORK TEAM MMH!!!

The Midland Memorial Clinical Engineering Team | Submitted by Abraham Bejil

Fassery Coulibaly | Submitted by Christopher Walters

Kayla Lemieux | Submitted by Colleen Haugen-Ortiz

Medisend College Family | Submitted by Shane Gray

Excellent work opening a state-of-the-art ambulatory surgery center! Clinical engineering staff rose to the occasion to meet timelines with excellent service and support!

D-HH Clinical Engineering ASC Team | Submitted by Michael Brilling

"Shout out to UVA Health's Clinical Engineering Team! Our team demonstrates outstanding teamwork and extraordinary commitment to the Medical Center. They are always willing to step up and do what is right for our patients!"

UVA Health Clinical Engineering | Submitted by Kristina Neal

Celebrating Chris Espinosa. Only with BSW for a few short months but making a huge difference in a positive way. Great leader and great team member!

Chris Espinosa | Submitted by Carol Wyatt

I want to give a shout out to an amazing FSE, Jorge Vargas from Philips Healthcare. Amongst his busy and crazy schedule he will not hesitate to teach me the in's and out's of the job, especially just having crossed over into the Diagnostic Imaging side of HTM. Thanks Jorge, keep up the greatness!

Jorge Vargas | Field Service Engineer | Philips Healthcare | Submitted by Chris Stachnik

Eric Danielson | Submitted by Janice Courtois

RVH Biomed Team (Barrie) | Submitted by Claudia Rios Jimenez

Ernie Padua | Submitted by Dell Pascual

Manjit Sahota | Submitted by Stephen Hall

Rob Graham | Submitted by Jeremy Pullman

Kevin Halloran | Submitted by Carol Wyatt

Baylor Scott & White HTM | Submitted by Carol Wyatt

All HTM Professionals | Submitted by Ed Walters

Daniel Irving | Submitted by Carol Wyatt

CSH CE Memorial Market Team | Submitted by Heather Hebert

Danielle McGeary | Submitted by Tim Cordes

Cardell Bell is an important part of integrating health technology throughout the Veterans Health Administration, in particular Real Time location Systems. Thanks for your knowledge and willingness to progress forward!

Cardell Bell | Submitted by Jeff Mersch

Jasmine Cabrito | Submitted by Fernando Trejo

"I want to give a shout out to our amazing HTM Team at Children's Health. These amazing men and women come to work every day to ensure medical devices are clean, working, and ultimately ready to support our patients. Children's Health HTM Department Rocks!!"

"Shout out to Adam. Not all heroes wear capes. In the midst of the pandemic when all was chaos and fear, when all coworkers quit, this team of one stayed and faced the challenges brought in by the pandemic with such grace and courage. He would come in early and leave late. Risking his own well-being everyday for the sake of those who needed him most. Thanks for all the work you did setting up the overflow covid wards, entering covid patient rooms day after day, troubleshooting, helping everyone you could and so much more. Thank you for your kindness and compassion. You’re a real hero."

"Rad has been the most dedicated employee. He has been such a pleasure to work with. His knowledge of all Biomed equipment is so extensive that he really surprises you with what he knows."

"I’d like to shout out my own biomedical shop at Naval Medical Center San Diego for their outstanding support to the command and community during the COVID-19 pandemic! We established a COVID bay, supported the region through ventilator maintenance and USNS Mercy tasking, and the country through COVID vaccine administration!"

"I am celebrating Raquel Avellar for all her admirable work and support. Thank you!"

"Bill leads the cybersecurity, quality, and database functions for CommonSpirit Health HTM and is an essential part of medical equipment management & safety."

Bill Barley | Submitted by: Courtney Nanney

"Celebrating getting vaccinated and keeping my sister safe during the pandemic."

Barbara lino

"It’s #HTMWeek and we’re recognizing our hard-working #BiomedicalTechnicians. Working with clinicians and patients, they ensure the highest standards and best practices in medical device #safety, security, interoperability, and functionality. Thank you for all you do!"

Crothall Healthcare Field Service Division | Submitted by: Franklin Dumaguala

"Charlotte Threlkeld repairing a PAPR face shield. The HTM team at BSW Health McKinney reversed engineered the Max-Air PAPR to give us the ability to replace the cracked face shields from improper usage when donning and removing PAPRs."

-Baylor Scott & White Health
McKinney, TX

Clinical Engineering Department at KHSC (Kingston Health Sciences Centre) in Kingston, ON | Submitted by Madeline Rozsa

"Ryan teaching interns how to troubleshoot surgical bed"

-Eskenazi Health
Indianapolis, IN

"We proudly celebrate our Memorial Healthcare System Clinical Engineering Team during HTM Week.  Thank you for all that you do for the safety of our clinicians, patients, and families."

Memorial Healthcare System HTM Department | Submitted by Ana Rodriguez

"Craig is an excellent teammate to have. Not only is he able to provide efficient and effective solutions to difficult problems but he also brings an energy to the workspace that makes it seem like one isn't at work at all."

Craig Mckenzie | Submitted by Josh Stereff

These young student professionals stayed the course of their academics while playing frontline and supporting roles with their host health systems. The 2nd Year interns are graduating in May 2021 and taking their unprecedented skills and resilience to health systems across the country. The 1st Year interns are transitioning into their second year and helping me process improve the program for an even more impactful future. My appreciation and congratulations to all of them!

UCONN CE Interns | Submitted by Carol Davis-Smith

Shout out to the Kaiser Downey Clinical Technology Service Delivery team! They have had an exhausting year. Downey served as an SCAL hot spot for Covid much of the past year. The team supported the expansion of COVID surge units for the existing hospital. In addition, the Downey team also had to support the expansion of a new tower addition to the hospital. The new addition is an expansion of 96 beds. Downey was also the home to the Regional Warehouse. All the equipment purchased for Covid patient surge entered the organization through the warehouse. The Clin Tech team was responsible for checking in over 700 pieces of new equipment in addition to their daily work. Hats off to the Downey team!!

Kaiser Downey Clinical Technology | Submitted by Marlene Davis

"Thankful to work with such an amazing group of HTM professionals here at Hawaii Pacific Health. They truly get why we're in this field, it's all about the patients and keeping them safe. Absolutely, every single team member shows up and does their best every day and we are helping to create a healthier Hawaii!"

Hawaii Pacific Health Biomedical Engineering Department | Submitted by Aaron Predum

"Few Biomeds shine as brightly as Michael Wilkinson.  He's fairly new to our hospital but with his southern charm, can do, will do attitude, and a sick sense of humor he fits right in to our Biomed world. We have some old systems in our hospital and within a month of being here he was able to repair a crashed ancient hard drive and get our sleep lab back up and running, love that one of his favorite memes makes me go "ahhhhhh...we've got your back", great teamwork!!"

MIchael Wilkinson | Submitted by Sarah Richardson

"Shout Out to Alex Escamilla, Wayne Robinson, Joe Leonski, Christian McPhan, and Miguel Estrada for keeping patient stretchers and patient beds in perfect functioning order during the last year.  These services ensured there were plenty of beds for not only COVID patient but all patients.  -Baylor Scott & White Health'

BSW Bed Team Field Services | Submitted by Carol Wyatt

Andrew Mazer | Submitted by Tim DiCarro

I would like to nominate the CEs, BMETs, EPIC Analysts and IT/Programmer staff of the Mass General Hospital Anesthesia Clinical
Engineering Team for an HTM week Shout Out! Given the tremendous amount of innovative, cutting edge work done to keep the clinical care environment, it’s technology and digital infrastructure functioning safely and effectively day in and day out, in 2020 and 2021 during the COVID19 crisis in service to patients, doctors, and nurses. This team exemplifies the HTM mission and ideals for clinical engineering and patient safety.

Massachusetts General Hospital Anesthesia Clinical Engineering Team | Submitted by J Scot Mackeil CBET

Big Shout Out for always helping track down scopes for repair and for loaners. It's a huge help to our on-site techs and really makes life easier!

Carlos Puerta | Submitted by Carol Wyatt

Pacific Northwest BIOMEDs | Submitted by Cody Pittman

Brigham and Women's Hospital Biomedical Engineering | Submitted by Hannah McMullen

Christine Vogel | Submitted by Corin Imai

Kaiser Permanente SCAL SBC Clinical Technology | Submitted by Jose Zambrano

Children's Mercy Biomedical Team Kansas City | Submitted by Zach Kubinski

Zach Smith and Cristian Delgado | Submitted by Terresa Everhart

James Swandol | Submitted by Carol Wyatt

Janice Courtois | Submitted by Eric C Danielson, Sr

Alejandro Chavez | Submitted by Heather Hebert

Carlos Jojola | Submitted by Tanya Cambise

"I am part of the very young and energetic team at JBH."

Biomed Team at Joseph Brant Hospital | Submitted by Shraddha Vaishnav

"Biomedical /Clinical engineering group in Nigeria doing a great job in bringing together healthcare engineering professional in Nigeria"

BME-CE Nigeria | Submitted by Bukola Emmanuel ESAN

Shelly Leacock | Submitted by Henry Stankiewicz

"SHOUT OUT to a TEAM that truly gets it. They work to empower their teams to provide Clinical Engineering Services putting safety and quality first. During a year of a pandemic, they have had to face many obstacles for and with their teams. They are my HEROES!"

CSH- Texas CE Manager TEAM | Submitted by Heather Hebert

"Just a shout out to the awesome group of guys that make up the Munson Healthcare System Clinical Engineering department. We cover 9 hospitals in Rural Northern Michigan and unlike many departments across the country we did not have any downtime for COVID. if anything we have been called on to make snap decisions and total departmental changes to accommodate the always-changing pandemic environment. Our group stepped up and made happen whatever was needed when asked. I am happy for the opportunity to work with so many professionals that take their job to heart and put our patients first."

Munson Healthcare Clinical Engineering Department | Submitted by Joe Deater CBET

"Jackie has been such a great employee with many years of experience. It's always great to work with him. During our Covid Surge, he was one of our go-to technicians to help order equipment for our COVID Department and spent many hours researching and trying his best to locate items that were hard to obtain."

Jackie Harris | Submitted by Lori

"Gary deserves the biggest shout out this year as he's managed BMDI go-lives for multiple hospitals while pitching in his help with COVID. He's the shining example of customer service and gives his all every day. We couldn't support our patients without him. "

Gary Woods | Submitted by Samantha Jacques

"James Swandol Manager of Healthcare Technology Management interviews with local news stations to talk about their COVID-19 efforts, challenges, and the work that the team is doing to support hospital staff."

-Baylor Scott & White Health
McKinney, TX

"The HTM team (left to right: Alan Nicewarner, Charlotte Threlkeld, Scott Gillett) prepares to deliver cookies to the caregivers that have worked tirelessly during the initial COVID-19 spike at their institution."

-Baylor Scott & White Health
McKinney, TX

"Fabian is very dedicated to performing equipment repairs to the best of his ability. From repairing our Steris System 1E's to repairing a Trophon, he will not stop until the repair has been done right and the customers are happy."

Fabian Pelayo

"Scott Gillett cutting metal brackets to be used for mounting brackets on make-shift roll stands to help provide mobile patient monitoring while no roll stands were available for months from our suppliers."

-Baylor Scott & White Health
McKinney, TX

"We are acknowledging and celebrating the outstanding work done by the HTM team last year. We are a small team but we performed and achieved great things together this year and last year through the challenges presented to us by COVID. This included some staff working away from families for over 12 months due to travel restrictions and border closures and some being effected by personal family tragedies. Every team member stood up to the challenge and provided essential support to the hospital in difficult circumstances."

HTM Team @ Canberra Health Services | Submitted by Alan Ringland

Giving a shoutout to an individual who not only motivated students and soldiers in the military to be the very best 68A’s/BMET’s they could be, but everyone in the HTM Industry. If you’ve needed anything, he made it a point to help you. Either he gave you the answer or connected you with someone who could. Cheers, to a technician, teacher, and talker. #iamhtm

Wesley Reid | Submitted by Theresa Heitchler

Gregory Megahan | Submitted by Jamie Metelko

Their great management has aided in the integration of the Colorado Kaiser Permanente Biomedical Team.

Walter J. Jenkins & Joseph N. Hoehn | Submitted by Steven Hurst

"This crew worked tirelessly to bring a 200-bed COVID-19 expansion facility online."

Robert Zachow, Ivan Joyner, Ed Bautista | Submitted by Ivan Joyner

I am so blessed and appreciate this Group as they are some of the best BMETS that I've had the pleasure to work with in 30+ years in this field. Their level of dedication to protect patients, staff and each other in this OR environment is incredible. We "hear" it from the OR staff almost daily how much they appreciate not only what they do but more how they do it. Thanks guys for all the daily support you all provide me and the Health System.

The Perioperative Clinical Engineering Team at the University of Kansas Health System, Scott, Shane, Ron, Josh & Nash | Submitted by Tim Cordes

Arthur Dimalanta because in many ways he was a mentor for me! I always appreciate a great teacher even when they are reluctant to do so.

Arthur Dimalanta | Submitted by Colleen Haugen-Ortiz

So proud of our BMET's and ALL BMET's during the height of COVID, today and every day. We truly applaud and want to thank our team for making things happen here in the basement. We know we asked crazy, fantastic things of you. Vents that needed to be moved in the middle of the night, long drives to help a facility with staffing issues, reconfiguring and building various departments, adding/removing patient monitoring, unboxing, installing, learning new vents. Keeping replacement COVID equipment available and patient ready. You all kept your head on a swivel and did the things that needed to be done, all the while maintaining our normal PM and demand maintenance workload. You guys are freaking incredible and we are truly thankful for your service.

Hoag Biomedical Engineering Team | Submitted by Theresa Heitchler

"The VISN BESS did an outstanding job managing and facilitating equipment procurement/deployment during the COVID19 surge...along with continuing to support and lead regional initiatives"

VISN 6 Biomedical Equipment Support Specialists | Submitted by Alicia Smith-Freshwater

HTM Manager, Cone Health - Glad you are one of the next generation running the field - we need more like you!

Jayme Lidwell | Submitted by Mary Coker

I would like to give a shout-out to a BMET in the North West that has been a critical part of my Agiliti Health team over the past year. Ian has been a major contributor to not only servicing but training additional local team members how to service respiratory products during the pandemic which in turn has helped provide critical services to our customer's and patient's needs. Thank you Ian for all your hard efforts in keeping our fleet of respiratory products safe and ready for patient use. Your efforts have been greatly appreciated even though you don't get to work with the patients, you can be assured they respect and appreciate what you do for them when they are in their time of need. 

Ian Kahla | Submitted by Samuel Raddatz

Erlanger Health System Clinical Engineering Department for being prepared for the pandemic, working diligently through the pandemic under difficult circumstances and providing constant support for our front line workers. Thank You for everything you do!!!

Erlanger Health System Clinical Engineering Department | Submitted by Nick Schneider

I want to give a shout-out to my awesome colleague Claudia. Through sheer tenacity and determination, Claudia has crossed the entirety of the US from Mexico to work here in Canada. She has managed her job as a (soon-to-be full-fledged) Biomedical Service Apprentice. She has kicked-butt since day one and is only headed up. Thank you for being a fantastic teammate.

Claudia Rios-Jiminez | Submitted by Geoff Doiron

"Anthony always has the shop's best needs in mind. He is the first to go to bat to stick up for us, the first to assist with any issues that may arise, and was the first to help locate equipment that can be loaned for our Covid Surge response.  He always goes above and beyond to make sure the hospital's medical equipment is running as it should."

Anthony Earthen | Submitted by Lori

"Guy has been such a hard worker. He makes sure that our patient beds are functioning to the best of their ability. He's always willing to learn and willing to help out as much as possible. He has been a great addition to our team!"

Guy Stickney | Submitted by Lori

"I want to thank the NKC Tech Services group for ensuring on a daily basis that our dialysis equipment and medical devices are always safe and effective. The safety of our medical equipment is no accident. It comes down to their mission which each of them takes seriously!"

Northwest Kidney Centers Technical Services Department | Submitted by Scott Hansen

This team rox!

Bakersfield Biomed team | Submitted by Stephen Hall

Marlene Davis | Submitted by Sean Donlon

"Jim is such a great team member. With all his years of experience, he's one of the first employees our techs can go to figure out how to troubleshoot our equipment.."

Jim | Submitted by Lori

"Marco has been the best addition to our team. It's like he has been a part of our team for years with how well he integrated with the department. I am always impressed with how he takes initiative to learn. If he's not sure how to repair equipment, he reads through the manual to ensure that he knows how to repair equipment."

Marco Guerra | Submitted by Lori

David Yaeger | Submitted by Corin Imai

CE-Tech MDIT Team | Submitted by Ben Archambault

Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center Biomed team | Submitted by Tiana Richardson

Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Clinical Engineering Department | Submitted by Chad Matzen

Karim Francis South Bay Medical Center | Submitted by Wayne Harrington

Peri Duke | Submitted by Lori

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Fakesha Pringle | Submitted by Linda Jones