Education Committee: Upcoming Webinar and Leadership Changes The Education Committee welcomes new cochairs, Nader Hammoud and Tony Cody. Nader is the Biomedical Engineering Manager at John Muir Health System in Northern California, responsible for all the medical centers and outpatient clinics. Nader came from a humble family in Lebanon, acquired three degrees in Biomedical Engineering, and an MBA with a focus on Healthcare. Nader has been managing Biomedical Engineering departments for the last 20 years, more than half of it internationally (e.g., Lebanon and Algeria).
Nader Hammoud, BE, MBA, CHTM
Tony Cody, CBET, CHTM
Tony Cody is currently the Technology Management/ENTECH Director at Banner Health western region operations based out of Greeley, Colorado. He served as a Biomedical Equipment Technician in the U.S. Air Force and has continued to work in the HTM field since separating from the military. His experience prior to Banner Health includes working for ISOs, OEMs, and as an in-house BMET. Tony has earned multiple information technology certifications as well as the AAMI CBET and CHTM certifications. ACCE thanks outgoing co-chairs, Danielle Cowgill and Eric Aring for their leadership and dedication to ACCE’s continuing education programs.
Danielle Cowgill, MSc
Eric Aring, MBA, CBET, CLES
Next Webinar ACCE’s June educational webinar on Thursday, June 17 will conclude the 2020-2021 Educational Webinar series. Entitled, Detailed discussion and
benefits of various certifications expanding into cybersecurity, IT, advantages based on career path, this
webinar will discuss how Clinical Engineers can continue to become more adept in information technology, cybersecurity and emerging innovative clinical technologies. And, how do we provide evidence to an employer of our expanding body of knowledge? ACCE Subject Matter Experts (Arif Subhan, VA Greater Los Angeles, and Tola Amusan, Mayo Clinic) will cover the available career building certifica-
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