THE SATAVA AWARD

 

The 16th annual Satava Award will be presented at MMVR18. Established in 1995 to acknowledge the contribution of Richard M. Satava MD FACS, the award is presented to an individual or research group demonstrating unique vision and commitment to the improvement of medicine through advanced technology.

The 15th annual Satava Award was presented on January 21, 2009, to Helene M. Hoffman PhD of the Office of Educational Computing at the School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego. Dr Hoffman was commended for her pioneering advocacy of simulation as a means to improve medical education and to facilitate “design for / the well being.” Helene was also acknowledged for her steadfast support of MMVR since its inception in 1992.

 

Helen

Helene with members of the MMVR Organizing Committee and the Conference Organizers (left to right): Rick Satava, Karen Morgan, Helene Hoffman, Walter Greenleaf, Michael Ackerman, Jim Westwood, and Suzanne Weghorst

 

Helen

Helene (right) with Karen Morgan

Photos courtesy of our TATRC colleague, J. Harvey Magee.

 

Past Satava Award recipients are:

  • Richard M. Satava MD FACS (1995)
  • Michael J. Ackerman PhD & Victor M. Spitzer PhD, for the Visible Human Project (1996)
  • Henry Fuchs PhD (1997)
  • Gerhard F. Buess MD (1998)
  • Faina Shtern MD (1999)
  • Dave Warner MD PhD (2000)
  • Human Interface Technology Lab (HIT Lab), University of Washington (2001)
  • Stanford University Medical Media & Information Technologies (SUMMIT) (2002)
  • Richard A. Robb PhD (2003)
  • Steven L. Dawson MD (2004)
  • Brenda K. Wiederhold PhD MBA BCIA (2005)
  • Nigel W. John PhD (2006)
  • Naoki Suzuki PhD (2007)
  • Alan Liu PhD & Mark Bowyer MD (2008)

 

If you have questions about the Satava Award, please contact Jim Westwood, the program coordinator, at [mmvr18<at>nextmed<dot>com].