Joe Deater CBET AAMI GE Biomed of the Year 2025 Healthcare Technologies Management meets Charlie AppsAAMI & GE Healthcare BMET of the YearHealthcare technology management (HTM) leader and advocate Joe Deater, CBET, is the 2025 AAMI & GE Healthcare BMET of the Year. Deater is an Air Force Veteran who has worked at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, Michigan for more than 27 years.“Receiving this award lets me know that even though I feel as the majority of HTM professionals across the country do I do not deserve this recognition for doing my job, that others feel like I am making a difference in this world," Deater said. "That is humbling and also makes me proud to be a biomed.”Since 2017, Deater has served as an Adjunct Biomedical Technologies Instructor at Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City. He developed a new two-semester course from scratch and has since graduated four cohorts of students. All of his students who have pursued careers in HTM have secured jobs in HTM. Deater also continually attends career events and job fairs. Why? “I want to get HTM off the ‘top 5 best jobs you have never heard of’ list!”Joe Deater say, "Currently working as a BMET III at Munson Healthcare. I also am an Adjunct Instructor of Biomed at Northwestern Michigan College, both here in Traverse City Michigan. I have been in the field of Biomed or Healthcare Technologies Management (HTM) for over 30 years now and celebrated 27 years at Munson. I work hard at promoting this little-known field of work and try to encourage students and others to get into this great career field. I am often visiting and presenting about HTM to High Schools, Middle Schools and other Career fairs to get the word out".