Dr. David R. Walt Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Biologically-Inspired Engineering Harvard Medical School CitationFor the development of microwell arrays that greatly advanced the fields of genomics and proteomics.
Dr. Julio Cesar Palmaz Ashbel Smith Professor University of Texas Health Science Center CitationFor innovations in medical devices that enable minimally invasive angioplasty treatment of advanced coronary artery disease.
Dr. Leonard Pinchuk Distinguished Research Professor University of Miami CitationFor innovations in medical devices that enable minimally invasive angioplasty treatment of advanced coronary artery disease.
Dr. Richard A. Schatz Research Director of Cardiovascular Interventions The Scripps Heart, Lung, and Vascular Center CitationFor innovations in medical devices that enable minimally invasive angioplasty treatment of advanced coronary artery disease.
Dr. John B. Simpson Member The American College of Physicians CitationFor innovations in medical devices that enable minimally invasive angioplasty treatment of advanced coronary artery disease.
Dr. Paul G. Yock Martha Meier Weiland Professor of Medicine Stanford University CitationFor innovations in medical devices that enable minimally invasive angioplasty treatment of advanced coronary artery disease.
Dr. Adolf F. Fercher Professor Emeritus Medical University Vienna CitationFor optical coherence tomography, leveraging creative engineering to invent imaging technology essential for preventing blindness and treating vascular and other diseases.
Professor James G. Fujimoto Elihu Thomson Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology CitationFor optical coherence tomography, leveraging creative engineering to invent imaging technology essential for preventing blindness and treating vascular and other diseases.
Professor Dr. Christoph K. Hitzenberger Vice chair Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna CitationFor optical coherence tomography, leveraging creative engineering to invent imaging technology essential for preventing blindness and treating vascular and other diseases.
Professor David Huang Professor of Biomedical Engineering Center for Ophthalmic Optics & Lasers, Casey Eye Institute CitationFor optical coherence tomography, leveraging creative engineering to invent imaging technology essential for preventing blindness and treating vascular and other diseases.
Mr. Eric A. Swanson Affiliate Massachusetts Institute of Technology CitationFor optical coherence tomography, leveraging creative engineering to invent imaging technology essential for preventing blindness and treating vascular and other diseases.
Professor Graeme M. Clark AC Laureate Professor Emeritus, University of Melbourne; Otolaryngologist Emeritus, Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital; Founder & Director Emeritus, Bionic Ear Institute; Honorary Professor Centre for Neural Engineering, University of Melbourne University of Melbourne; Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital CitationFor engineering cochlear implants that enable the deaf to hear.
Dr. Erwin Hochmair Professor Emeritus and Co-Founder of MED-EL MED-EL Medical Electronics GmbH CitationFor engineering cochlear implants that enable the deaf to hear.
Dr. Ingeborg J. Hochmair-Desoyer CEO and CTO MED-EL Medical Electronics GmbH CitationFor engineering cochlear implants that enable the deaf to hear.
Dr. Michael M. Merzenich Francis Sooy Professor Emeritus University of California, San Francisco CitationFor engineering cochlear implants that enable the deaf to hear.
Professor Blake S. Wilson Adjunct Professor of Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering Duke University CitationFor engineering cochlear implants that enable the deaf to hear.
Dr. Samuel E. Blum CitationFor the development of laser ablative photodecomposition, enabling LASIK and PRK eye surgery.
Dr. Rangaswamy Srinivasan President UVTech Associates CitationFor the development of laser ablative photodecomposition, enabling LASIK and PRK eye surgery.
Dr. James J. Wynne CitationFor the development of laser ablative photodecomposition, enabling LASIK and PRK eye surgery.
Dr. Leroy E. Hood CitationAutomating DNA sequencing that revolutionized biomedicine and forensic science.