MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FONAR Corporation (NASDAQ-FONR), The Inventor of MR Scanning™, announced today that the Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation (IPO Education Foundation) has selected FONAR president and founder Professor Raymond V. Damadian, M.D., as the 34th winner of the ‘National Inventor of the Year Award’ for the invention of the FONAR UPRIGHT™ Multi-Position™ MRI. The award was presented to Dr. Damadian at the Caucus Room, Cannon House Office Building of Congress, Washington, DC. It was presented by The Honorable Congressman Howard L. Berman (D-Calif.), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property.