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| Founded | 1991; 34 years ago (1991) |
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| Founder | Robert M. Nerem |
| Type | Professional Organization |
| Focus | Biomedical engineering,Biological engineering |
| Location | |
Area served | United States |
| Members | 50,000+ |
Key people | Lola Eniola-Adefeso, AIMBE President (2024-2026) Dawn Beraud, Ph.D., Executive Director |
| Website | www |
TheAmerican Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) is anon-profit organization founded in 1991, and headquartered inWashington, D.C.[1] It represents 50,000 medical andbiomedical engineers,[2] and academic institutions, private industry, and professional engineering societies.[3]
Since AIMBE's inception, over 2,500 individuals have been inducted to AIMBE's College of Fellows. These fellows include heads of medical and engineering schools. Some Fellows work for the government, acting as consultants, or directing clinical trials. Some Fellows are members of other prominent academic institutions, such as theNational Academy of Engineering,Institute of Medicine and theNational Academy of Sciences. Others have received theNational Medal of Science and theNational Medal of Technology. Fellows elect a Chair of the College of Fellows, who presides over the election and induction of the new class and the AIMBE Annual Event.
Fellows use the post-nominal FAIMBE.[4][5]
The Industry Council consists of corporate leaders in the biomedical engineering field.[citation needed]
AIMBE is one of many organizations that has a Network of Experts Agreement with theU.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).[6]
It also partners with the FDA for its Scholars Program, which places post-doctorates in biomedical engineering fields in one-year positions at the FDA'sCenter for Devices and Radiological Health inSilver Spring, Maryland at the agency'sWhite Oak campus, to serve as expert advisors to agency staff.[7]