Education Committee Update

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).

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. Nader Hammoud, BE, MBA, CHTM Tony Cody, CBET, CHTM

ACCE thanks outgoing co-chairs, Danielle Cowgill and Eric Aring for their leadership and dedication to ACCE’s continuing education programs. Danielle Cowgill Eric Aring

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-

Are you interested in the Clinical Engineering Certification (CCE) program? To listen to this webinar from April 2021, click here, and enter passcode: 6LVA!sZk.

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tions and how they prove advantageous for various career paths. Registration Form.

Planning 2021-2022 Webinar series

Help us deliver the best educational webinar series! The ACCE Education Committee, under the new leadership of committee co-chairs Nader Hammoud and Tony Cody, is working on selecting 10 topics for the 2021-2022 ACCE Educational Webinar series, scheduled to start in September 2021. Your feedback is very important to the success of our Educational Webinars. To complete the 2-minutes survey, go to https://www.surveymonkey.com/ r/2021WebinarsTopics

Recording Available for Past Webinars

If you missed the following two ACCE 2020-2021 Webinar series presentations, they are available on the ACCE website.

On March 30th Herman McKenzie presented “2021 TJC Updates” This session discussed: 1). Overview of standards for medical equipment; 2). Leading way to Zero; and 3) Frequently asked public health emergency questions from clinical engineers/ healthcare technology managers. One attendee summarized the session: “I am very grateful that Herman continued on for additional time after the 60-minutes in an effort to answer all questions. I sincerely appreciate his time and the time of Binseng Wang as the moderator. Excellent presentation”. And another attendee stated: “I appreciate the annual updates. Please continue with this practice”.

On April 22nd Kelly Proctor discussed “DNV-GL Healthcare Secrets to Success”. Kelly shared how the DNV survey process works, including changes in the survey process due to the current pandemic. The presentation also covered what NIAHO is and how it is applied as well as a basic overview of the ISO 9001 Quality Management System. Attendees also received information on the DNV Medical Equipment requirements and how they are surveyed. Additionally, Kelly covered the top five Medical Equipment findings and how to avoid a non-conformity with them. One attendee wrote: “Fantastic event. Great Content. Great presenter.”

Nader Hammoud and Tony Cody Education Committee co-chairs education@accenet.org