Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society

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Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society

Founded	1965
Founder	John Alexander Hopps
Type	Professional Organization
Focus	Biomedical Engineering; Clinical Engineering; Medical Engineering; Healthcare Technology Management
Location	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Area served	Canada
Method	Conferences, Publications
Members	200+
Key people	Mike Capuano, President
Website	cmbes.ca

The Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society (CMBES) is a technical society representing the biomedical engineering community in Canada. CMBES is supported by its membership which consists of biomedical engineers, biomedical engineering technologists and students. CMBES also hosts an annual conference and regular webinars. It produces a number of publications including the Clinical Engineering Standards of Practice and a Newsletter. The Society's aims are twofold: scientific and educational: directed toward the advancement of the theory and practice of medical device technology; and professional: directed toward the advancement of all individuals in Canada who are engaged in interdisciplinary work involving engineering, the life sciences and medicine.^[1]