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• NEW Take Part in Selecting the 2011 NEHES Engineer of the Year
• NEW Vendor Registration for the 2012 NEHES Spring Seminar
• Ed Lydon is the NEHES Engineer of the Year; Don Garrison Receives Lifetime Presidential Award
• Thank You to Our 2011 NEHES Fall Conference Vendor Partners
• NEHES Spring Seminars, Fall Conferences to 2017

• Conference Presentations
• How Vendors Can Reach and Support NEHES Members

Take Part in Selecting the 2011 NEHES Engineer of the Year

Nominations due by May 1, 2012

It is once again time to begin the process of nominating deserving individuals for the New England Healthcare Engineers’ Society Engineer-of-the-Year award. This award is given to an Active member in recognition of their contributions beyond their normal duties to the Local Chapter, NEHES, and the profession as a whole. The award is designed to honor a member’s achievements during the previous year of the submission, or in this case, 2011.

I am honored to chair the selection process for the Engineer-of-the-Year for 2011. Receiving this award for 2010, I can only say this was the proudest moment in my career in NEHES. The 2011 award will go to the 15^th recipient of what is arguably the most significant form of recognition that NEHES can bestow upon any of its active members.

The Engineer-of-the-Year award is presented to the individual who has distinguished himself/herself in service to the Society and the healthcare engineering profession during the previous calendar year. Distinguishing qualities may include service to their institution, their chapter, fellow engineers, and the Society as a whole.

The selection process begins with the solicitation of nominations from any NEHES member. This can be facility managers, supporting and honorary members, consulting engineers, architects, contractors, and healthcare associates through this NEHES newsletter.

I would personally like to ask that all State Chapters and members help by taking an active look at their fellow NEHES colleagues to identify at least one member in each State Chapter who they can nominate for this award. Although the process can seem a bit complicated, we should at least take the time to recognize their efforts by nominating those deserving members for work and support to our profession.

The Engineer-of-the-Year Committee will review all nominations and submit our candidate recommendation for the Engineer-of-the-Year Award to the NEHES Board of Directors no later than the August 2012 Board meeting.

The successful candidate will be announced at the Annual Banquet during the 2012 Fall Conference in Springfield, MA October 2-5, 2012.

There are many, many deserving candidates. This is a great honor and an acknowledgement of efforts!

Please take a moment to download the nomination form and the criteria. After completing the nomination form, please send it to me with the supporting documents.

Ed Lydon, CHFM
Associate Vice President of Support Services
85 Herrick Street
Beverly, Massachusetts 01915-1777
Fax: [978] 524-7929
E-mail: elydon@nhs-healthlink.org

Past Engineers of the Year:
1997 - Mark Cappello
1998 - Jack Gosselin, FASHE, CHFM
1999- Steve Cutter, SASHE, CHFM, MBA, HFDP
2000 - Joe Mona
2001 - Mark English, CCE, SASHE, CHFM
2002 - Don Garrison, FASHE, CHFM
2003 - Gene Cable, P.E., FPE
2004 - Ron Vachon, SASHE, CHFM
2005 - Joe Mona
2006 - Bob Lord
2007 - Steve Jalowiec, P.E., CHFM
2008 - Fred Leffingwell, CHFM
2009 - Dave Dagenais, SASHE, CHFM, CHSP 2010 - Ed Lydon, CHFM

Vendor Registration for the 2012 NEHES Spring Seminar

The New England Healthcare Engineers' Society (NEHES) was organized to promote excellence in the physical management of health care facilities and to achieve optimum safety and comfort for patients. One of the ways we accomplish this goal is to conduct semi-annual learning seminars and trade shows. These seminars are perfect opportunities for vendors like you to network and show your products and services to hospital engineers from the New England States. This year our Spring Seminar, coordinated by the Rhode Island Healthcare Engineers’ Society, will be held Friday March 30, 2012 at the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center in Leominster, MA. These conferences typically draw 100-150 healthcare engineers from around New England, although the 2010 event at this location attracted over 200 engineers.

We are inviting your organization as professionals related to our field to share with and support us in this valuable educational event. Some of the ways your organization can help are:

• Host a booth showing what you have to offer. Exhibit times will be during morning registration, breaks, and lunch with the engineers. There are only 50 booths available at this seminar on a FIRST PAID basis. The cost to host a booth is $1500. Your booth sponsorship gives you:
  • 6-foot display table
  • Necessary power if indicated
  • 2 booth attendees (limit 2, please)
  • Complete listing of New England Society of Healthcare Engineers’ membership
  • Your company logo and service projected on conference room screen during break
  • Booths must be set up by 7:00 am, this will allow attendees to visit with vendors during morning registration and breakfast
• Sponsorships: Please note that Conference Attendance is NOT included in Sponsorships
  • We will post your company's name/logo and a Thank You at the luncheon tables
  • Your company logo and service projected on conference room screen during breaks
  • Sponsors will be announced prior to the breaks during the general education sessions
  • 2012 NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Code Handbook Sponsors will have the ability to provide “stickers” that will be placed on each of the books distributed to attendees
  • Raffle Sponsors will have an additional Thank You at the time of raffle

» Register On-line

» Register Off-line (only for those who MUST pay by check)

Ed Lydon is the NEHES Engineer of the Year; Don Garrison Receives Lifetime Presidential Award

Ed Lydon is the 14^th NEHES Engineer of the Year
Ed Lydon, CHFM, the Director of Support Services, Northeast Hospital Corporation, Beverly, MA, has been selected as the 14th Engineer of the Year by NEHES members.  He received his award at the Annual Banquet September 27 during the NEHES Fall Conference in Killington, Vermont.

This award recognizes an Active member for their contributions beyond their normal duties to their local chapter, to NEHES, and to the profession as a whole.

Ed, a long-time NEHES member, has served the Society in many capacities. He is currently Secretary of the Board of Directors, NEHES Liaison to The Joint Commission, a regular contributor of technical articles to the NEHES Newsletter, and co-Chair of the 2012 FallConference Planning Committee.  He also helped re-organize the Massachusetts NEHES chapters into the Massachusetts Healthcare Facility Professional Society, Inc. and has chaired other NEHES education events. He is a consultant for many hospitals in the U.S. and was recently named the American Society for Healthcare Engineering, Emerging Leader from ASHE Region 1 (thesix New England state chapters, four New York state chapters, Canada, and the U.S. Territories). 

Don Garrison Receives a Lifetime Presidential Award for Service
The 2011 NEHES President, Dave Dagenais, SASHE, CHFM, CHSP, presented Don Garrison, FASHE, CHFM of Farmingdale, Maine with the Lifetime Presidential Award at the Annual Banquet during the 2011 NEHES Fall Conference.  Don was given a standing ovation for his many years of service to NEHES.

He worked at the VA Maine Healthcare System – Togus for 27 years, and at the Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington, Maine for nine years.  He has authored many articles on hospitals for local and national publications, and rose to the level of Fellow in ASHE.   Fewer than 120 facility managers have achieved the Fellow status.  

Don was also recognized as the NEHES Engineer of the Year in 2002. He served on the ASHE Board of Directors for four years, representing Region #1 which includes New England, New York, Canada, and the U.S. Territories.  He served as President of the Maine Healthcare Engineers’ Society, and he also served as NEHES Treasurer and President.  Working with a consultant, Don recently completed a new marketing study for NEHES and is the current liaison between vendors selling products to hospital engineers and NEHES. 

Three Chapters Earn the Excellence Award
Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont received the NEHES Chapter Excellence Awards during the Annual Banquet.  Representatives and Alternate Representatives to the Board in 2011 were: Maine: Randy Hussey, CHFM and Jeff Thomas; New Hampshire: David Wilder, CHFM and Todd French, Vermont: Fred Rohde and Betsey Bianchi. 

Best Newsletter Article
Jack Gosselin, FASHE, CHFM received the annual Best NEHES Newsletter Article award. 

Thank You to Our 2011 NEHES Fall Conference Vendor Partners

When Hurricane Irene devastated parts of Vermont on August 28, no one was certain for a couple of weeks that the NEHES Fall Conference could be held as planned September 25-28 at the Killington Grand Hotel and Conference Center.  The support and commitment from the NEHES vendor partners, however, never wavered and 92 vendors plus several sponsors once again provided a spectacular sold-out vendor show with many products and services of interest to NEHES members and guests.

Thanks to all of our sponsors from the NEHES Board of Directors and members.

NEHES Spring Seminars, Fall Conferences to 2017

NEHES Fall Conference and Spring Seminar Rotations to 2017

Year------Spring--------Fall

2012---Rhode Island---Massachusetts
2013---New Hampshire---Maine
2014---Vermont---Connecticut
2015---Massachusetts---Rhode Island
2016---Maine---New Hampshire
2017---Connecticut---Vermont