National Award Winners
List of winners prior to 2022, available by request. Please email awards@americanmedtech.org.
Order of the Golden Microscope
2022 Georgia McCauley, Ph.D., MLS – NC
Medallion of Merit
2022 Alberta Smith, RMA – IL
Member of the Year
2022
MLS of the Year - Tera Benefiel, MLS – KS
RMA of the Year - Francine Oran, RMA, RPT, AHI – NE
RPT of the Year - Christina Huff, RMA, RPT – KY
AHI of the Year - Juann Ward, MLS, RPT, AHI – Barbados
Pride of The Profession
2022 Vanessa Austin, RMA, AHI – SC
Becky Award
2022 Norma (Taffy) Durfee, MLS – TX
President's Award
2022 Georgia McCauley, Ph.D., MLS – NC
Cuviello Commitment to Excellence Award
2022 Sujanalatha De Almeida, RMA, RPT, AHI – CA
OC “Skip” Skinner Armed Services Award
2022 Annette Cook, MLS – KS
Exceptional Merit Awards
2022
Ivelissa Carmona, RMA – NY
Lynn Dean, MLS – NC
Katrina Fryar, MLS – TX
Laura Gilbert-Caret, MLS – ME
Patricia Harris, MLS – VA
Distinguished Achievement Awards
2022
Lori Bedford, RMA, AHI – VA
Udra Sookal-Goolsair, RPT – Trinidad & Tobago
Jlynn (Jennifer) Brown, RMA – KS
Larissa Stoddard, RMA – KS
Tawanda Burris, MLS – SC
Curtiss Taylor, RPT – AZ
James Clark, RMA – AZ
Jose Velasquez, MLS, AHI – FL
Rose Crespo-Sanchez, MLS – NY
Hiawaitha Waters, RMA – IN
Jamie Fedak, RMA, AHI – MO
Melissa White, MLS, AHI – WV
Martha Howard, RMA, RPT – NJ
Chai Xiong, RMA – MN
Deserie O'Toole, RMA – ME
Going the Extra Mile (GEM) Awards
2022
Edna Anderson, MLS – OR
Jeffrey Lavender, MLS, RPT – CO
Vanessa Austin, RMA, AHI – SC
Kathy Sutton, MLS – SC
Anna Catron, MLS – VA
Kaye Tschop, MLS – TN
Jeannie Hobson, RMA, RPT, AHI, CMAS – CA
Pillar Awards
2022
Ivelisse Carmona, RMA – NY
Rikki Packer, RMA – AL
Susan Constable, MLS – ME
Angela Smith, RMA – MO
Sujanalatha De Almeida, RMA, RPT, AHI – CA
Michael Straight, MLS – WV
Robert Newberry, MLS – AZ
Juann Ward, MLS – Barbados
Francine Oran, RMA, RPT, AHI – NE
Legacy Tribute Awards
2022
Arthur Contino, RMA, AHI – TX
Martha Duncan, MLS – TN
Webb Gray, MLS – MI
Silver Service Awards
2022
Donald Bouchelle, MLS – VA
Ivette Rivera, RMA, RPT, AHI – NY
Harry Narine, MLS, RPT – Trinidad & Tobago
Jeffrey Lavender, MLS, RPT – CO
Friend of AMT
2022
Ray Fryar – TX
Ronnie Geary – GA
Donnell Howard – NJ
Pastor Derrick Miliner – MD
Student Award Winners
Outstanding Student
2023
Outstanding MA Student, Rachel Davis, Western Colorado Community College, Colorado
Outstanding RPT Student, Leann Roach, Phlebotomy Resource, Inc., Barbados
Outstanding Student Writing Awards
2023
1st Place: Deidre Britton, Pierpoint Community and Technical College, West Virginia “Gonococcal Infective Endocarditis in a Teen”
2nd Place: Casandra Nguyen, Neumann University, Pennsylvania “The Uses and Importance of Cardiac Biomarkers in the Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Diseases”
3rd Place: Audra Leishman, Pierpoint Community and Technical College, West Virginia “Transfusion Transmitted Malaria”