There was a CE Forum chaired by Yadin David at the AAMI meeting in St. Louis on May 16, 1989 calling for a new professional society dedicated to the interests of clinical engineers, without consensus. However, in the months that followed, "an interesting metamorphosis began to occur" as Yadin began to get calls and letters expressing excitement about this new group. On February 16-17, 1990, Tom Bauld, Matt Baretich, Yadin David, Gerald Goodman, Tom Judd, Wayne Morse, Frank Painter, Ira Tackel, and Alvin Wald met in Houston and ACCE was formed. 25 years later, we are going strong, with CE leader members from all over the globe!
Historical Dates
- May 16, 1989: Roundtable to discuss the need to create a National Clinical Engineering Society, St. Louis, MO
- November 11, 1989: 1st Organizational Meeting, Seattle, Washington
- Nov/Dec 1989: Feature article at the Journal of Clinical Engineering describes Emergence of a New Bioengineering Infrastructure and "College of Clinical Engineering"
- February 16-17, 1990: 2nd Organizational Meeting, Houston, Texas
- May 7, 1990: 3rd Organizational Meeting, Anaheim, California
- June 19, 1990: ACCE was incorporated in Seattle, Washington
- August 8, 1990: First group of recommended members
- May 15-26, 1991: first annual membership meeting, the first Advanced Clinical Engineering Workshop (ACEW) was conducted, and Code of Ethics and the Definition of Clinical Engineer were published, Washington, DC
- May 30, 1998: First ACCE Symposium: The Future of Clinical Engineering
First Board of Directors (1990-1991)
President: Yadin David
Secretary: Wayne Morse
Treasurer: Larry Fennigkoh
Membership Chair: Tom Judd
Advocacy Chair: Joe Dyro
Newsletter Editor: Ira Tackel
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