NCBA History
The North Carolina Biomedical Association originated in the late 1970's when a
group of BMETs were invited to meet at the Area Health Education Center in the
Wake County Medical Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. This original group of
individuals established the foundations and guiding principles, which have made
the North Carolina Biomedical Association the superlative organization that it is
today. The By-Laws formulated by this group established the principal objective of
advancing the development of personnel involved in the selection, operation,
repair and support of biomedical instrumentation of Health Care Institutions.
We have made available a copy of the first NCBA Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 1, dated June 12, 1981.
It has been scanned as a pdf file and the size is 413K.
Click Here to open the pdf file.
The evening of November 5, 1980 was an historic time for the N.C.B.A. After
months of hard work and planning, the North Carolina Biomedical Association
elected it's first Board of Directors. Out of this group of ten dedicated individuals
came the Association's officers:
President: |
Patrick K. Lynch, CBET
Carolinas Hospital Engineering Support Services (CHESS)
Charlotte Memorial Hospital, Charlotte, NC
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Vice President: |
W. Glenn Scales, CBET
Biomedical Equipment Rental & Sales, Inc.
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Secretary: |
Wes Cormac
Moore Memorial Hospital, Pinehurst, NC
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Treasurer: |
Eddy G. Whisnant
Physio Control Corp., Raleigh, NC
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Directors: |
Jim Downing
Wilson Memorial Hospital, Wilson, NC
Frank Forrest, CBET
Memorial Hospital of Alamance County,
Burlington, NC
Dave Curry
Grace Hospital, Morganton, NC
Dr. J.C. Boone
Stanly Technical College, Albemarle, NC
Clint Crites, CBET
Carolinas Hospital Engineering Support Services (CHESS)
N.C. Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, NC
Bob Strickland, R.H.Ed.
Area Health Education Center, Raleigh, NC |
During the next six months, all the members of the Board of Directors were
following up on various assigned tasks associated with further developing this
newly established organization. On June 21, 1981 the first N.C.B. A. Newsletter
was published. Membership packets, including the recently adopted By-Laws,
were distributed to the 43 members of the N.C.B.A. Membership certificates were
selected and printed, a logo design was selected and lapel pins were designed
and ordered.
Although the organization was still in a ³start-up phase², the educational needs of
the membership were still the primary focus. Even though the N.C.B.A. did not
quite exactly exist at this point, the founding members had already put on two
annual symposiums. The Third Annual Symposium was scheduled for November
12 & 13, 1981 at the Jane S. McKimmon Center on the North Carolina State
University campus. Topics presented at this Symposium included Blood Pressure
Monitoring, Infusion Pumps & Controllers and P.M. / Safety Documentation.
As a part of the Third Annual Symposium, Board of Directors elections were held
and a fresh crop of Directors were selected for two year terms. The original terms
were staggered so that half of the Board's term of office would expire each year.
Newly elected members of the Board of Directors were Lane Rushing, Richard
Zang, Virgil Smoot and Dale Crum. This process of a staggered Board rotation
was one of the original founding doctrines of the N.C.B.A. Soon thereafter, Lane
Rushing accepted a job with Physio Control and had to move to Washington, DC.
Paul Stroud, CBET at Wake Medical Center in Raleigh was appointed to replace
Lane.
On August 10, 1981, the Department of Secretary of State of the State of North
Carolina issued the Articles of Incorporation to the N.C.B.A. thanks to the
considerable efforts of Frank Forrest and his wife, Nancy. This was the first step in
the process of establishing the N.C.B.A. as a non-profit corporation, legally
recognized by the State of North Carolina. One of the more historic events in the
history of the North Carolina Biomedical Association occurred on Thursday,
October 14, 1982 at the Raleigh Hilton Hotel.
The Fourth Annual Symposium saw the introduction of the Pig Pickin'. This most
popular of all N.C.B.A. events was sponsored by Andover Medical and Dave Curry
and Clint Crites served as the chefs for this inaugural event. By this time the
N.C.B.A. membership had grown to almost 200 and the Annual Symposiums were
³the² event for BMETs in North Carolina.
Each year throughout the long history of the North Carolina Biomedical
Association, people come and go and a review of the history of the NCBA shows a
long and dedicated commitment from within the membership to furthering the
goals established back in 1979. Literally hundreds of individuals, hospitals and
corporations have worked behind the scenes to help the N.C.B.A. become what it
is today ‹ the finest regional organization representing the interests of Biomedical
Equipment Technicians and Clinical Engineers.
Listed below are those who have helped guide the Board of Directors by serving
as President.
1981  Patrick Lynch
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1991  Boyd Campbell
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2000  Glenn Scales
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2009  Alan Koreneff
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1982  Franklin Forrest
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1992  Kevin Scoggin
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2001  Brian Poplin
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2010  Alan Koreneff
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1983  Dale Crum
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1993  Lane Rushing
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2002  Boyd Campbell
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2011  Chad Granade
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1984  Kenneth Bissette
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1994  Greg Johnson
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2003  Helen Jones
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2012  Alison Lauer
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1985  Michael Trumbore
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1995  Obie Godley
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2004  Brian Poplin
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2013  Helen Jones
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1986  John Shore
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1996  Mike Marrow
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2005  Sonny Richards
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2014  Glenn Scales
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1987  Margaret Clark
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1997  Dennis Minsent
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2006  John Noblitt
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2015  Clint McCoy
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1988  Charles Worrell
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1998  Ray Laxton
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2007  David Wilson
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2016  Glenn Scales
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1989  Dale Allman
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1999  Chris Dissinger
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2008  Glenn Scales
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2017  Codi Nelson
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1990  Kenneth Bissette
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We wanted to share with our members and others who are interested, some
photos from the history of our organization. We have included some photos of "days
gone bye," as well as some photos and narratives of some more recent events. We
hope you enjoy your tour.

A Board Meeting with the first NCBA Board of Directors in 1981.

Patrick Lynch in 1981 as the first President of the NCBA.

The first annual symposium in 1981 as the now official NCBA.

We even had technical classes in 1981.

Glenn Scales - Didn't we all look better back then.

We had over 70 vendors particpate in the 1997 Symposium.
As always, we show some of the vendor provided prizes that are given away at the business lunch...

consequently, when you have plenty of food and add free prizes, you can always count on having a lot of BMETs show up.

We like to see lots of BMETs, so we offer more food. Our Pig Pickin' is renowned in BMET circles.
November 5, 1980 |
First Board of Directors elected |
June 21, 1981 |
First newsletter published |
August 21, 1981 |
Articles of Incorporation issued |
November 11, 1981 |
End of Charter Membership registration |
November 12 & 13, 1981 |
Third Annual Symposium |
April 26, 1982 |
Membership count is 174 |
June 21 & 22, 1982 |
First CBET review class |
October 14, 1982 |
The first Symposium Pig Pickin’ – Symposium moves to the North Raleigh Hilton Hotel |
October 20, 1983 |
By-Laws amended to divide the office of Secretary into Membership Secretary & Recording Secretary and to limit Board of Directors term of office to two consecutive two year terms. |
March 15, 1984 |
NCBA contracts with Olson Management Group to manage the Symposium arrangements |
July 19, 1984 |
Membership count reaches 300 |
January 31, 1985 |
Management contract awarded to Association Alternatives, Inc. NCBA establishes an affiliation with ASHE |
January 1, 1986 |
Individual annual membership fee changes from $10 to $30 |
October 13, 1986 |
Gov. James Martin proclaims Inaugural North Carolina BMET Week |
May 1, 1988 |
NCBA nominated for the AAMI Foundation Laufman / Greatbatch Award |
February 5, 1990 |
Founding member and long time Board member, Eddy Whisnant passes away after an extended illness |
July 1, 1991 |
Eddy Whisnant Scholarship established to grant scholarships to second year students within the North Carolina Community College System. |
January 15, 1993 |
Introduction of the "Profile Spotlight" series of articles in the newsletter, which provide a description of the facilities and services provided by member institutions and vendors.
The inaugural article highlighted Cape Fear Valley Medical Center and Physio Control Corporation. |
January 15, 1993 |
Premier issue of the new newsletter format |
February 16, 1993 |
The Norman "Red" Reeves Scholarship is established by Douglass Medical and Biomedical Equipment Rental & Sales |
July 16, 1993 |
Membership fees and symposium registration fees increased. The last fee increase had been in 1986. |
November 10, 1993 |
NCBA Annual Symposium moves to the North Raleigh Hilton Hotel. |
November 1, 1995 |
Symposium moves to the Four Seasons Hotel in Greensboro, NC. After several years absence, the Pig Pickin’ returns |
July 12, 1996 |
The Internet Task Force established |
September 24, 1996 |
Hill-Rom agrees to endow the NCBA Professional of the Year Award for three years |
January 10, 1997 |
Temporary NCBA internet web site established.Individual annual membership fee changes to $50. Symposium vendor registration fees increase to $400/$250. |
October 3, 1997 |
First Hill-Rom Professional of the Year Award presented to Robert Gerber from N.C. Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. |
October 3, 1997 |
Both the Eddie Whisnant Scholarship and the Norman Reeves Scholarship presented to Lawrence Smith. |
November 1, 1997 |
Permanent NCBA internet web site established at http://anesthesia.mc.duke.edu/ncba |
October 29, 1999 |
$5,000 education grants presented to Caldwell Community College and Stanly Community College for BMET Program development
By-Laws changed to clarify the responsibility differences between the Recording and Memberhsip Secretaries. |
November 3, 1999 |
Web site name http://www.ncbiomedassoc.com/ registered and a new web site established with Apollo Hosting |
December 1999 |
Annual Symposium moves to the Pinehurst Hotel and Resort in the Village of Pinehurst, North Carolina |
June 2000 |
NCBA member David E. Francoeur, CBET awarded the AAMI Foundation BMET of the Year Award |
July 2000 |
Spacelabs agrees to fund a Manager of the Year award for a five year period. |
December 2000 |
The first Manager of the Year award presented to Erv Kelman of Moses Cone Hospital at the NCBA 22nd Annual Symposium |
June 9, 2001 |
NCBA partners with AAMI to present the AAMI Annual Meeting and Expo in Baltimore, MD |
June 2002 |
NCBA member Dennis R. Edwards, CBET awarded the AAMI Foundation BMET of the Year Award |
December 1, 2003 |
PartsSource takes over the sponsorship of the Norman "Red" Reeves Scholarship |
December 7, 2004 |
By-Laws amended to increase the Board of Directors to 12 positions |
January 2005 |
Southeastern Biomedical Associates co-sponsors the Norman "Red" Reeves Scholarship with PartsSource |
June 2005 |
NCBA is a Contributing Organization for the AAMI Meeting and Expo held in Tampa, FL |
January 2006 |
Bill Yandell added as an Honorary Member |
June 2006 |
NCBA is a Contributing Organization for the AAMI Meeting and Expo held in Washington, DC |
November 2006 |
NCBA starts using PayPal to accept online credit card payments for membership renewals and Symposium registration |
May 2007 |
NCBA is a Contributing Organization for the AAMI Meeting and Expo held in Boston, MA
NCBA member Glenn Scales awarded the AAMI Foundation BMET of the Year Award |
December 2007 |
Glenn Scales presented with the NCBA Lifetime Achievement Award at the 29th Annual Symposium in Pinehurst, NC |
January 2008 |
Global Medical Imaging takes over financial sponsorship of the NCBA Professional of the Year Award |
March 2008 |
W. Glenn Scales Scholarship established by the NCBA. Aramark Healthcare to provide the initial $5,000 funding. |
June 2008 |
NCBA member John Noblitt awarded the AAMI Foundation Educational Advancement Award |
December 2008 |
NCBA member John Noblitt awarded the inaugural W. Glenn Scales Scholarship Award |
January 2009 |
NCBA Board of Directors decides to move the annual Symposium and Expo to the Concord Embassy Suites Hotel in Concord, North Carolina. The event will continue to be scheduled for the first week in December |
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