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CDRH Management Directory by Organization
This information is current as of August 3, 2012
| Office of the Center Director | ||
| Center Director: | Jeffrey Shuren, M.D., J.D. | 301-796-5900 |
| Deputy Center Director for Science and CDRH Chief Scientist | William Maisel, M.D., M.P.H. | 301-796-5900 |
| Associate Director for Science | Michelle McMurry-Heath, M.D., Ph.D. | 301-796-7647 |
| Deputy Center Director for Policy | Nancy Stade, J.D. | 301-796-5900 |
| Associate Director for Policy | Philip Desjardins, J.D. | 301-796-5678 |
| Associate Director for Technology and Innovation | Megan Moynahan (Acting) | 301-796-5435 |
| Assistant Director for Science | Diane Mitchell, M.D. | 301-796-5423 |
| Associate Director for Management and Executive Officer | Ruth E. McKee | 301-796-5900 |
| Associate Director for International Affairs | Kim Trautman | 301-796-5515 |
| Associate Director for External Relations | Mary (Peper) Long | 301-796-4671 |
| Chief Pediatric Medical Officer | Jacqueline Francis, MD, MPH (Acting) | 301-796-6405 |
| Business Information Solutions | Paul Fisher | 301-796-6176 |
| Ombudsman/Quality Assurance Manager | David Buckles, Ph.D. | 301-796-5447 |
| External Expertise and Partnerships | Nancy J. Pluhowski | 301-796-5696 |
| Regulations Staff | Nancy Pirt, J.D., M.P.H. | 301-796-6248 |
| Deputy Director | Paul Gadiock, J.D. | 301-796-5736 |
| Standards Management Staff | LCDR Scott Colburn | 301-796-6287 |
| Deputy Director | Sharon Lappalainen (Acting) | 301-796-6322 |
| Program Management Officer | Joanna King | 301-796-5929 |
| Office of Management Operations | ||
| Director: | Frank Benedetti | 301-796-5449 |
| Deputy Director | Daniel Montgomery | 301-796-5987 |
| Program Management Officer | Joanna King | 301-796-5929 |
| Division of Ethics and Management Operations | Sandy Roderick-Molina | 301-796-5970 |
| Deputy Director | Danyiel D'Antonio | 301-796-5967 |
| Occupational Health and Safety Officer | Tom Vegella | 301-796-2783 |
| Administrative Management Branch | Danyiel D'Antonio | 301-796-5967 |
| Integrity, Committee and Conference Management Branch | Kathleen Walker | 301-796-5964 |
| Division of Planning, Analysis, & Finance | Carla Jones | 301-796-5987 |
| Deputy Director | Kim Worthington | 301-796-5990 |
| Planning Branch | Noni Buchanan | 301-766-5985 |
| Financial Management Branch | Patricia Carr | 301-796-4402 |
| Office of Compliance | ||
| Director: | Steven Silverman | 301-796-5500 |
| Deputy Director for Regulatory Affairs | Jan Welch | 301-796-5500 |
| Deputy Director for Medical Affairs | Kimber Richter | 301-796-5500 |
| Program Management Officer | Carolyn Bell | 301-796-5500 |
| Quality Management Staff | Frances Benedict | 301-796-5500 |
| Division of Risk Management Operations | Ann Ferriter | 301-796-5530 |
| Deputy Director | Melissa Eakle | 301-796-5530 |
| Field Operations Branch | Thomas Slater Jr. | 301-796-5530 |
| Regulatory Policy and Systems Branch | Dave Gartner | 301-796-5530 |
| Recall Branch | Ron Brown | 301-796-5530 |
| Division of Bioresearch Monitoring | Jim Saviola | 301-796-5490 |
| Deputy Director | Linda Godfrey | 301-796-5490 |
| Program Enforcement Branch A | Francis Kalush (Acting) | 301-796-5490 |
| Program Enforcement Branch B | Anne Hawthorn (Acting) | 301-796-5490 |
| Special Investigations Branch | Anne Hawthorn | 301-796-5490 |
| Division of Enforcement A | Stacie Bilek | 301-796-5770 |
| Deputy Director | George Kroehling | 301-796-5770 |
| Dental, ENT and Ophthalmic Devices Branch | Cesar Perez (Acting) | 301-796-5770 |
| OB/GYN, Gastro. & Urology Devices Branch | Debra Demeritt | 301-796-5770 |
| General Hospital Devices Branch | Carl Fischer | 301-796-5770 |
| General Surgery Devices Branch | LaShanda Long | 301-796-5770 |
| Division of Enforcement B | William (Bill) MacFarland | 301-796-5540 |
| Deputy Director | Valerie Flournoy | 301-796-5540 |
| Cardiac Rhythm and Electrophysiology Devices Branch | Joshua Simms | 301-796-5540 |
| Orthopedics and Physical Medicine & Anesthesiology Devices Branch | Matthew Krueger | 301-796-5540 |
| Radiology, Anesthesiology & Neurology Devices Branch | Vacant | 301-796-5540 |
| Vascular & Circulatory Support Devices Branch | Daniel Walter | 301-796-5540 |
| Office of Device Evaluation | ||
| Director: | Christy Foreman | 301-796-5550 |
| Deputy Director for Clinical | Vacant | 301-796-5550 |
| Deputy Director for Engineering & Science Review | Jonette Foy, Ph.D. | 301-796-5550 |
| Deputy Director for Premarket Program Management | Barbara Zimmerman | 301-796-5550 |
| Advisory Panel Coordinator | James Swink | 301-796-5550 |
| Director, Program Management Office | Kathryn K. Appler | 301-796-5560 |
| Deputy Director, Program Management Office | Sharyn (Lesa) A. Dowtin | 301-796-5560 |
| Director, Program Operations Staff | Robert Gatling | 301-796-5640 |
| Premarket Approval Section | Nicole Wolanski | 301-796-5640 |
| Investigational Device Exemption Section | Michael Marcarelli (Acting) | 301-796-5640 |
| Premarket Notification (510(k)) Section | Marjorie Shulman | 301-796-5640 |
| Division of Surgical, Orthopedic, and Restorative Devices | Mark Melkerson | 301-796-5650 |
| Deputy Director I | Erin Keith | 301-796-5650 |
| Deputy Director II | Peter Rumm, M.D. | 301-796-5650 |
| Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Devices Branch | David Krause, Ph.D. | 301-796-6970 |
| General Surgery Devices Branch | Neil R. Ogden | 301-796-6930 |
| Orthopedic Joint Devices Branch | Anton E. Dmitriev, Ph.D. | 301-796-6910 |
| Orthopedic Spine Devices Branch | Ronald Jean, Ph.D. | 301-796-6920 |
| Restorative Devices Branch | Laurence Coyne, Ph.D. | 301-796-6900 |
| Division of Cardiovascular Devices | Bram D. Zuckerman, M.D. | 301-796-7000 |
| Deputy Director I | Owen Faris, Ph.D. | 301-796-7000 |
| Deputy Director II | Matthew Hillebrenner | 301-796-6940 |
| Pacing, Defibrillator and Leads Branch | Mitchell Shein | 301-796-5630 |
| Cardiac Electrophysiology & Monitoring Devices Branch | Felipe Aguel | 301-796-2467 |
| Interventional Cardiology Devices Branch | Lisa Lim, Ph.D. (Acting) | 301-796-6443 |
| Circulatory Support and Prosthetic Devices Branch | Sonna Patel-Raman, Ph.D. | 301-796-6335 |
| Peripheral Vascular Devices Branch | Kenneth Cavanaugh, Ph.D. | 301-796-6950 |
| Division of Ophthalmic, Neurological, and ENT Devices | Malvina Eydelman, M.D. | 301-796-5620 |
| Scientific Deputy Director | Kesia Alexander, Ph.D. | 301-796-5620 |
| Clinical Deputy Director | Eric Mann, M.D., Ph.D. | 301-796-5620 |
| Associate Director | Deborah Falls | 301-796-5620 |
| Neurodiagnostic and Neurotherapeutic Devices Branch | Quynh Hoang | 301-796-6610 |
| Intraocular, Cornea and Neuromaterials Implants Branch | Tina Kiang, Ph.D. | 301-796-6860 |
| Ophthalmic Lasers, Neuromuscular Stimulators, and Diagnostics Branch | Bradley Cunningham | 301-796-6620 |
| Ear, Nose, and Throat Devices Branch | Srinivas Nandkumar, Ph.D | 301-796-6480 |
| Division of Reproductive, Gastro-Renal, and Urological Devices | Benjamin Fisher, Ph.D. | 301-796-7030 |
| Clinical Deputy Director | Herbert Lerner, M.D. | 301-796-7030 |
| Scientific Deputy Director | Joyce Whang, Ph.D. | 301-796-7030 |
| Obstetrics/Gynecology Devices Branch | Elaine Blyskun | 301-796-7030 |
| Urology and Lithotripsy Devices Branch | Glenn Bell, Ph.D. (Acting) | 301-796-7030 |
| Gastroenterology and Renal Devices Branch | Carolyn Neuland, Ph.D. | 301-796-7030 |
| Division of Anesthesiology, General Hospital, Infection Control, and Dental Devices | Anthony Watson | 301-796-5580 |
| Clinical Deputy Director | Tejashri S. Purohit-Sheth, M.D. | 301-796-5580 |
| Scientific Deputy Director | Kwame Ulmer | 301-796-5580 |
| Anesthesiology and Respiratory Devices Branch | Lester Schultheis,M.D. | 301-796-5580 |
| General Hospital Devices Branch | Richard Chapman | 301-796-5580 |
| Infection Control Devices Branch | Elizabeth Claverie | 301-796-5580 |
| Dental Devices Branch | M. Susan Runner, D.D.S. | 301-796-5580 |
| Human Factors Pre-Market Evaluation Team | Ron Kaye, M.A. | 301-796-5580 |
| Office of In Vitro Diagnostic Device Evaluation and Safety | ||
| Director: | Alberto Gutierrez, Ph.D. | 301-796-5453 |
| Deputy Director, New Product Evaluation | Donald St. Pierre | 301-796-5454 |
| Deputy Director, Patient Safety and Product Quality | James L. Woods | 301-796-6225 |
| Associate Director for Policy and Operations | Vacant | |
| Chief Medical Officer | Robert L. Becker, Jr., M.D. | 301-796-5450 |
| Director, Personalized Medicine Staff | Elizabeth A. Mansfield, Ph.D. | 301-796-4664 |
| Associate Director for Clinical Studies | Marina V. Kondratovich, Ph.D. | 301-796-6036 |
| Associate Director for Science and Technology | Zivana Tezak-Fragale, Ph.D. | 301-796-6206 |
| Associate Director for Surveillance and Outreach Programs | Jean M. Cooper, D.V.M. | 301-796-5672 |
| Scientific Policy Advisor | Vacant | |
| Program Management Officer | David R. Warren | 301-796-6223 |
| Division of Chemistry and Toxicology Devices | Courtney C. Lias, Ph.D. | 301-796-5458 |
| Associate Director for Chemistry | Carol C. Benson | 301-796-5459 |
| Associate Director for Toxicology | Zhihao (Peter) Qiu, Ph.D. | 301-796-6655 |
| Division of Immunology and Hematology Devices | Maria M. Chan, Ph.D. | 301-796-5482 |
| Associate Director for Immunology | Reena Philip, Ph.D. | 301-796-6179 |
| Associate Director for Hematology | Leonthena Carrington | 301-796-6164 |
| Division of Microbiology Devices | Sally A. Hojvat, Ph.D. | 301-796-5455 |
| Associate Director for Bacteriology | Freddie M. Poole | 301-796-5457 |
| Associate Director for Virology | Uwe Scherf, Ph.D. | 301-796-5456 |
| Division of Radiological Devices | Janine Morris (Acting) | 301-796-6630 |
| Deputy Director | Michael O’Hara, Ph.D. | 301-796-0294 |
| Office of Surveillance and Biometrics | ||
| Director: | Thomas Gross, M.D. | 301-796-5997 |
| Deputy Director | Aron Yustein, M.D. | 301-796-6006 |
| Associate Director for Knowledge Management | Barbara Myklebust, Ph.D. | 301-796-6005 |
| Associate Director for Policy and Communications | Anita Rayner | 301-796-6002 |
| Associate Director for Informatics | Terrie Reed | 301-796-6130 |
| Senior Public Health Advisor for Policy | Doug Wood | 301-796-6085 |
| Program Management Staff | Donna Schwartz | 301-796-6004 |
| Division of Patient Safety Partnerships | Marilyn Neder (formerly Flack) | 301-796-6118 |
| Division of Epidemiology | Danica Marinac-Dabic, Ph.D., M.D. | 301-796-6689 |
| Epidemiology Evaluation and Research I | Daniel Caños | 301-796-6057 |
| Epidemiology Evaluation and Research II | Cara Krulewitch | 301-796-6064 |
| Division of Postmarket Surveillance | Isaac Chang | 301-796-2789 |
| Deputy Director | Steven Chasin, Ph.D. | 301-796-6053 |
| Product Evaluation Branch I | Greg O'Connell | 301-796-6075 |
| Product Evaluation Branch II | Charles Kern | 301-796-6271 |
| Information Analysis Branch | John-William Declaris (Acting) | 301-796-5437 |
| MDR Policy Branch | Sharon Kapsch | 301-796-6104 |
| Division of Biostatistics | Greg Campbell, Ph.D. | 301-796-5750 |
| Deputy Director | Gerry Gray, Ph.D. | 301-796-6012 |
| Deputy Director | Lilly Yue | 301-796-6033 |
| Cardiovascular and Ophthalmic Devices Branch | Yunling Xu | 301-796-6033 |
| Diagnostic Devices Branch | Lakshmi Vishnuvajjala | 301-796-6042 |
| General Surgical Devices Branch | Telba Irony | 301-796-6044 |
| Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories | ||
| Director: | Steven Pollack, Ph.D. | 301-796-2530 |
| Deputy Director for Program Policy and Evaluation | Subhas Malghan, Ph.D. | 301-796-2548 |
| Deputy Director for Science Evaluation and Coordination | Joel Myklebust, P.E., Ph.D. | 301-796-2491 |
| Associate Director for Scientific Outreach and Coordination | Donna Lochner | 301-796-6309 |
| Associate Office Director for Laboratories | Charles Warr | 301-796-2556 |
| Management Support Staff | Angie Clingerman | 301-796-2569 |
| Division of Biology | Marilyn M. Lightfoote, M.D. | 301-796-0235 |
| Deputy Director | Vacant | |
| Division of Physics | CAPT Victor Krauthamer, Ph.D. | 301-796-2474 |
| Deputy Director | Brian Beard, Ph.D. | 301-796-2469 |
| Deputy Director | Daniel X. Hammer, Ph.D. | 301-796-9320 |
| Division of Solid and Fluid Mechanics | Laurence W. Grossman, Ph.D. | 301-796-2502 |
| Deputy Director | Jon Casamento | 301-796-2499 |
| Division of Chemistry and Materials Science | Dinesh Patwardhan, Ph.D. | 301-796-2622 |
| Deputy Director | Benita Dair, Ph.D. | 301-796-2614 |
| Division of Imaging and Applied Mathematics | Kyle Myers, Ph.D. | 301-796-2533 |
| Deputy Director | Nicolas Petrick, Ph.D. | 301-796-2563 |
| Division of Electrical and Software Engineering | Alford Taylor, Jr. | 301-796-2583 |
| Deputy Director | Brian Fitzgerald | 301-796-2579 |
| Office of Communication, Education, and Radiation Programs | ||
| Director: | Lynne L. Rice | 301-796-5660 |
| Deputy Director for Communication and Education | Heather D. Howell | 301-796-5718 |
| Associate Director for Internal Communications | Joyce Siwarski (Acting) | 301-796-5422 |
| Associate Director for Outreach and Review | Mark H. Barnett | 240-276-3970 |
| Assistant Director for Program Operations | Clifford D. Evans | 301-796-6644 |
| Special Assistant to the Director | Sharon M. Davis | 301-796-5717 |
| Special Assistant to the Deputy Director | Suzette Mocreia | 301-796-5368 |
| Staff College | Jacqueline Woodard | 301-796-5670 |
| Deputy Director | Laura Stewart | 301-796-5673 |
| Division of Health Communication | Laurel S. Mendelson | 301-796-5764 |
| Deputy Director | Kristine Butler | 301-796-5843 |
| Risk Communication Branch | Kristine Butler (Acting) | 301-796-5843 |
| Web Communication Branch | Edie Seligson | 301-796-5768 |
| Division of Freedom of Information | Bill Holzerland | 301-796-5897 |
| Deputy Director | Andrea Kirk (Acting) | 301-796-0445 |
| FOI Branch Chief 1 | Latroy Tinch (Acting) | 301-796-5952 |
| FOI Branch Chief 2 | Susan Weeks (Acting) | 301-796-5954 |
| Division of Small Manufacturers, International and Consumer Assistance | Elias Mallis | 301-796-6216 |
| Deputy Director | William Sutton | 301-796-5849 |
| Technical Assistance Branch | Joseph V. Tartal | 301-796-5853 |
| Regulatory Assistance Branch | Yung Pak | 301-796-5856 |
| International Relations and External Affairs Staff | Carole C. Carey | 301-796-5708 |
| Division of Communication Media | Chad Heupel | 240-276-0922 |
| Television Design and Development Branch | Vacant | |
| Division of Mammography Quality and Radiation Programs | Helen J. Barr, M.D. | 301-796-5713 |
| Deputy Director | CAPT Sean M. Boyd | 301-796-5895 |
| Associate Director for Policy and Clinical Affairs | Charles A. Finder, M.D. | 301-796-5715 |
| Associate Director for Operations | Kathleen M. Sheridan | 301-796-5714 |
| Information Management Branch | Timothy J. Haran | 301-796-6625 |
| Inspection and Compliance Branch | Preetham Sudhaker | 301-796-5911 |
| Diagnostic Devices Branch | Donald Miller, M.D. | 301-796-2601 |
| Electronic Products Branch | Robert Doyle | 301-796-5863 |
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