1989
National Inventor's Hall of Fame as the Inventor of the MRIDr. Raymond Damadian was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, February 12, 1989, for the invention of magnetic resonance scanning
Dr. Raymond Damadian at his induction into the National Inventors
Hall of Fame, February 12, 1989, for the invention of magnetic resonance
scanning.
Raymond Damadian's “Apparatus and method for detecting cancer in tissue”. US patent 3789832 filed 17 March 1972, issued 5 February 1974. Image from the US Patent and Trademark Office.
1988
National Medal of Technology from President Reagan for the MRIDr. Damadian receiving the nation's highest honor in technology, The National Medal of Technology "For their independent contributions in conceiving and developing the application of magnetic resonance technology to medical uses including whole-body scanning and diagnostic imaging."
Dr. Damadian receiving the nation's highest honor in technology, The National Medal of Technology
Awarded by President Reagan at the Executive Offices of the White House July 15, 1988
2001
Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award Winner for the MRILemelson-Mit Program Bestows Lifetime Achievement Award To Pioneer Of Diagnostic Medicine
Nobel
PoliticsThere is a shameful discrepancy between the history of the MRI and the Noble Prize for it. Many physicians and scientists continue to protest. How can the enormous discrepancy be explained? The question is not for us to answer. It's for the Nobel Committee. More »
2004 Bower Award for Business LeadershipDr.Damadian receives The Benjamin Franklin Medal and The Bower Award for Business Leadership cited for his contribution to the origination of MR scanning. "In 1969 Raymond Damadian first proposed the idea of using nuclear magnetic resonance technology to scan the human body externally for early signs of malignancy. He went on to design and build the first MR scanner that produced the first human image in 1977."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 29, 2004
Dr.Damadian receives The Benjamin Franklin Medal and The Bower Award for Business Leadership cited for his contribution to the origination of MR scanning. "In 1969 Raymond Damadian first proposed the idea of using nuclear magnetic resonance technology to scan the human body externally for early signs of malignancy. He went on to design and build the first MR scanner that produced the first human image in 1977."
2007
Invention of the YearThe Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation is delighted to present the 2007 National Inventor of the Year Award to Raymond V. Damadian for his development of Upright™ MRI technology. Download PDF »
2009 American
Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, Honorary Fellow Award.
2018 Excellence in Medicine award from the Chiari & Syringomyelia Foundation (CSF) in London England.
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