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The California Medical Instrumentation
Association (CMIA) is dedicated to the promotion, education and
information
exchange of the state’s clinical biomedical engineering community.
Professions span the gamut of Biomedical Equipment Technicians
(BMET) to Biomedical or Clinical Engineers (BME or CE) and their
management. The CMIA's
major instruments for achieving these goals are monthly chapter meetings,
the annual awards banquet and technical workshop and this
web site. Click here to learn more.
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2010 ANNUAL CMIA STATEWIDE Symposium
Friday & Saturday, January 29-30, 2010
San Diego
Featured Classes
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Principles of Mechanical Ventilation |
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Ultrasound Basics |
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IT for Biomeds |
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NEW
Principles of Servicing Radiology Equipment |
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Plus 5 short classes
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Leave Hotel & Tour San Diego
wine, beer &, cheese on bus |  |
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Visit Old Town on your own |
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More of San Diego |
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Awards banquet
George Mills of The Joint Commission
Associate Director, Standards Interpretation Group
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Mary Logan, JD, CAE
President of AAMI
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Golf Outing
All 8 CMIA chapters are hosting the largest and best ever symposium January 29 and 30, 2010 at Town & Country Resort & Convention Center in San Diego. Friday, the 29th, will highlight day -long hands on training sessions. Saturday will feature three concurrent streams of short technical presentations for the Biomed. followed by a 100 booth trade show in the afternoon and an evening awards banquet with speaker George Mills, Associate Director, Standards Interpretation Group, The Joint Commission. 200 Biomeds and 100 vendors are
expected making this the west's largest biomedical/clinical engineering symposium of the year.
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Learn about State & Local Activities
Join CMIA's email database to learn of upcoming state and local chapter's Biomed activities. Your information will not be sold or shared. "Opt Out" at any time.
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knowledge base
New CMIA Website Area
Visit the new CMIA.org "Knowledge Base" area to view a host of presentations on Biomedical Engineering equipment, technologies and management overviews. Just click this " Knowledge Base" button or the one at the top of any cmia.org page to view an annotated table of contents. It will lead you to the requested document, presentation or video. Initial content is varied and includes:
- What the Biomed Department does
- Overview of medical equipment found in hospitals
- What Biomeds should know about incident investigation
- State of Biomedical Engineering in California
- Introductions to mechanical ventilation, electrical Safety Testing, Ultrasonics, and Fetal Monitoring
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How are we doing?
Please take a minute complete the cmia.org survey
The CMIA is really proud of our website. We admit that we are somewhat biased, and so we really want to know what YOU think of our site. Please take a few minutes and give us your opinion, and let us know how we can make it even better.
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winners of 2009 SCHOLARSHIPS
Dave Minke - Capitol Chapter
Dave Minke (left) receives a 2009 Frank Yip scholarship from from William Knight (center) and Dave Ogren (right).
Anthony Earthen (Weir)
- San Diego Chapter
Anthony Earthen (Weir) (left) receives a 2009 Frank Yip scholarship from from Laura Adams (center) and Richard Rambo (right). |
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FRANK YIP SCHOLARSHIPS
“Jump Start” Your Career
The State Board of the CMIA is proud to announce that it will be again awarding scholarships under the Frank Yip Memorial Scholarship Fund at our January, 2010 State Meeting. California resident CMIA members and non-members alike are invited to submit an application. Part-time and full time students are both welcome. Biomeds continuing their education are also welcome.
Click here to learn more about Frank
Yip Scholarships. Applications
are due October 15th, those received after that date
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free conquest imaging classes
CMIA Member
Benefit Extended
Conquest
Imaging is providing the CMIA membership
with one FREE seat in all their training classes
through 2009. To attend: First go to the
Conquest Imaging
web site class
schedule to
select a class and date you want to attend (with
two (2) alternates). Second complete the simple CMIA
application form. The CMIA Board
will notify you if you are selected to attend. If
there are multiple requests for a class and date
the Board will select the attendee.
You must be a current member of the CMIA. Please
make sure you can attend the class prior to applying
so as to not deprive another
member of taking the class. Transportation, meals
and lodging are your responsibility. Registration
is not transferable without the approval of the
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BMET best 2008 jobs
says U.S. News & World Report
The U.S. News and World Report chose the Biomedical Equipment Technician (BMET) as one of 31 careers for 2008 with bright futures. The careers listed offer strong outlooks and high job satisfaction. Each career is profiled in two parts: an executive summary and a portrait of a typical day in the life. The weekly news magazine and web site is well known for its series on best colleges, grad schools, high schools and hospitals.
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CHAPTER MEETINGS |
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on chapter name for details. Dates subject to change |
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cmia
store is open
Buy
CMIA Logo Merchandise
Obtain a variety of CMIA apparel and gifts
directly online by clicking here.
Display your pride in your vocation and professional
organization .
You may order shirts, a cap, mugs, bags or souvenirs
with typical shipment of two business days. You
will place orders through an independent fulfillment
organization through a secure link.
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EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS
Looking to step up to the next rung of your career
or just want a change of pace or location. The CMIA
Positions Open page has many current
California opportunities. Positions vary from hospitals
to third-party services to manufacturers, from San
Diego
to
San Francisco, and from BMET to manager. Click
here to visit the Positions Open page.
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Paul Kelley
2010 Professional
At Annual CMIA Meeting
The CMIA is very proud to announce that Paul Kelley, CBET and Supervisor, Biomedical Engineering at Washington Hospital Healthcare System was chosen the 2010 CMIA Welch Allyn Professional of the Year! Paul began an illustrious career in California Biomedical/Clinical Engineering with UCLA, and Santa Clara Valley Hospital, serving a number of senior positions in the CMIA including a founder of the Bay Area chapter, member of AAMI Board of Directors and AAMI Foundation, an Editorial Advisor for “Healthcare Technology Horizons” and “IT Horizons” magazines. His presentation and video the function of a hospital Biomedical Engineering department is the most popular educational material on cmia.org.
The presentation of the award and check for $1,000 will be made during the annual banquet in San Diego on January 30th.
Click here to learn more about Paul and to learn about previous winners click here.
Paul Kelley presenting to Washington Hospital board. |
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CMIA in the News
Members Recognized by the Media
 Eddie Acosta, CBET, CLRT, and CMIA Chair Pro-Tem, was named Professional of the Month by MD Publishing's Medical Dealer Magazine's December issue. He currently is a clinical systems engineer at Kaiser Permanente, Northern California Region, where he supports cardiology for more than 20 hospitals and 50 clinics and its patient-monitoring data-integration project. Eddie is the current President of the CMIA Capitol Region Chapter and is expected to become the CMIA State Board Chair.
 George Panyarachun, MS, BME, GNG, Lifetime CMIA and longtime LA Chapter member was featured in the October issue of 24x7 magazine's cover article Managing Risk. He is currently manager of the biomedical engineering department at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) devoting much time to taking the guesswork out of risk management.
George appeared several times in 24x7 including the May. 2009 article Caught in the Middle about Biomeds caught in the middle of vendors reluctance to share information regarding maintaining and integrating their proprietary technologies.
 James Knight is featured in the 24x7 magazines April, 2009 edition's article about the ongoing efforts of Adventist Health internal maintenance programs and continuing education.
Click to read the article about James and Adventist Health.
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2009 CMIA symposium synopsis
We are growing!
It is my pleasure to announce that this past January's Annual Symposium was the most prosperous annual CMIA event to date. For the first time, demand for vendor participation exceeded our available space capacity for the event, indicative of the value that our organization is bringing to the Medical Device industry. Feedback from participants was highly positive, indicative of the value of such efforts to the Biomedical community. Furthermore, the lessons learned from this event will translate into a more successful Symposium in the years to come.
We would like to thank DITEC and GE for their excellent all day training sessions on Day 1, as well as Tom Cristoffel, Cisco, Ampronix, and Conquest for their presentations on Day 2.
Congratulations to Les Atles, the recipient of the Welch Allyn Professional of the Year Award (see article below). Also, congratulations to David Minke and Anthony Earthen, recipients of the Frank Yip Award (see article to the left).
To all of the enthusiastic vendors, participants, and Paula (Galavents), the CMIA would like to extend our thanks for all of your support, without which such events would not be possible.
Bryant Baek
President, Bay Area Chapter
2009 Symposium Chair
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Les Atles
receives Professional of the Year
At Annual CMIA Meeting
The CMIA is very proud to announce that Les Atles, CCE, CBET Director, Technology Management Masterplan-Inc was been awarded the 2009 CMIA Welch Allyn Professional of the Year! Les has worked tirelessly for the Biomedical community in general, and the CMIA for many years. Les has done much to advance our profession, including authoring several books. To read more about this outstanding man, click here.and to learn about previous winners click here.
Les Atles, CCE, CBET (right) receives 2009 CMIA Professional of the Year Award from Mike Speers (left) with Dave Ogren looking on. |
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PROFESSIONAL
OF THE YEAR
Who Will be the Best for 2011?
The California Medical Instrumentation Association in conjunction with Welch Allyn Inc. created the Professional of the Year award. This annual prize is presented in January to an individual who has given personally and professionally to the field of Biomedical / Clinical Engineering as well as to their local community. The winner receives $1,000.00 and a plaque identifying them as the CMIA Professional of the Year. The winner is also nominated for a national award by AAMI. Congratulations go to Paul Kelley named the 2010 Welch Allyn, CMIA Professional of the year.
Click here to learn more about the CMIA Professional of the Year. Nominations close October 15th, applications forms after that date will be considered for the award the following year. |
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cmia online
Credit
Card or PayPal
The CMIA and its chapters are offering membership
application and payment via credit card or
PayPal online.
Individual and chapter corporate membership are
through your local chapter.
Statewide corporate membership, which includes
logos on the left of our pages, is
through the state organization.
Since
each chapter and the state are independent the service
is being rolled out at their own pace. Today you
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What Is a BMET?
Popular Video
What does a hospital’s biomedical engineering department do? Paul Kelley, former CMIA Board Chairperson, answered that question to the Board of Directors of Washington Hospital in Fremont, CA. By clicking on the links you can watch the video and/or view his presentation. Paul covers the beginnings of biomedical engineering technology, what is happening in today’s modern department, who they serve, and their responsibilities. You can learn more about becoming a BMET by clicking here. |
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