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CDRH Management Directory by Organization

This information is current as of January 6, 2009


Office of the Center Director

Center Director:

Daniel G. Schultz, M.D.

240-276-3939

Associate Director for Regulations and Policy

Catherine Cook

240-276-3939

Senior Associate Director

Lillian J. Gill, DPA

240-276-3939

Associate Director for Postmarket Operations Jonathan Sackner-Bernstein 240-276-3939
Deputy Director for Postmarket Operations Diane Mitchell 240-276-8851

Chief of Staff and Executive Officer

Ruth E. McKee

240-276-3939

Associate Director for Clinical Research & Govt Affairs

Casper Uldriks

240-276-3939

Senior Policy Analyst Paul Fisher 240-276-0585

Associate Director for Education and Communication

Mark H. Barnett

240-276-3939

Ombudsman/Quality Assurance Manager

Les S. Weinstein

240-276-3939

Director, Medical Device Fellowship Program

Nancy J. Pluhowski

240-276-3816

Office of Management Operations

Director:

Frank Benedetti, Acting

240-276-8876

Deputy Director

Debbie Baclawski, Acting

240-276-8867

Program Management Officer

Joanna King, Acting

240-276-8704

Division of Ethics and Management Operations

Sandy Roderick

240-276-8899

Deputy Director

M. Shannon Gipson

240-276-8898

Occupational Health and Safety Officer

Tom Vegella

301-796-2783

Administrative Management Branch

Debra Grygier

240-276-8944

Integrity, Committee and Conference Management Branch

Kathleen Walker

240-276-8938

Freedom of Information Branch

Joy Lazaroff

240-276-8903

Division of Planning, Analysis, & Finance

Maria Boyreau, acting

240-276-8880

Deputy Director

Maria Boyreau

240-276-8891

Planning Branch

Marjorie Waskewich

240-276-8870

Analysis Branch

Bonnie Markovitz

240-276-8924

Financial Management Branch

Tracey Hill

240-276-8926

Office of Compliance

Director :

Timothy A. Ulatowski

240-276-0100

Deputy Director for Regulatory Affairs

Larry Spears

240-276-0100

Deputy Director for Medical Affairs

Kimber Richter

240-276-0105

Program Management Officer

Collin L. Figueroa

240-276-0228

Division of Risk Management Operations

Karen L. Moss

240-276-0130

Deputy Director

Joanna Weitershausen

240-276-0130

Field Programs Branch

Allen Wynn

240-276-0130

Regulatory Policy and Systems Branch

Theresa McDonald

240-276-0219

Recall Branch

Rita Hoffman

240-276-0130

Registration & Listing Forms

Vacant

 

Division of Bioresearch Monitoring

Michael Marcarelli

240-276-0125

Program Enforcement Branch

Linda Godfrey

240-276-0125

Special Investigations Branch

Linda Godfrey, acting

240-276-0125

Division of Enforcement A

Betty W. Collins

240-276-0115

Deputy Director

George Kroehling

240-276-0115

Dental, ENT and Ophthalmic Devices Branch

Ronald L. Swann

240-276-0115

OB/GYN, Gastro. & Urology Devices Branch

Paul Tilton

240-276-0115

General Hospital Devices Branch

Valerie Flournoy

240-276-0115

General Surgery Devices Branch

Thomas Knott

240-276-0115

Division of Enforcement B

Gladys Rodriguez

240-276-0120

Deputy Director

Erin Keith, Acting

240-276-0120

Cardiovascular & Neurological Devices Branch

William MacFarland

240-276-0120

Orthopedic, Physical Medicine & Anesthesiology Devices Branch

Anastacia Bilek, Acting

240-276-0120

Radiology, Anesthesiology & Neurology Devices Branch

Jennifer Medicus, Acting

240-276-0120

Vascular & Circulatory Support Devices Dorothy Lee, Acting 240-276-0120
Office of Device Evaluation

Director:

Donna Bea Tillman, Ph.D.

240-276-3993

Deputy Director for Clinical

Markham Luke, M.D., Acting

240-276-3993

Deputy Director for Engineering and Science Review

Christy Foreman, Acting

240-276-3993

Associate Director

Barbara Zimmerman, Acting

240-276-3993

Integrity Officer

Vacant

240-276-3993

Advisory Panel Coordinator

Geretta Wood

240-276-3993

Program Management Office

Kathryn K. Appler

240-276-4004

Deputy Director

Sharyn (Lesa) A. Dowtin

240-276-4004

Program Operations Staff

Robert Gatling

240-276-4040

Premarket Approval Section

Nicole Wolanski

240-276-4040

Investigational Device Exemption Section

Stephen P. Rhodes

240-276-4040

Premarket Notification (510(k)) Section

Heather Rosecrans

240-276-4040

Division of General, Restorative and Neurological Devices

Mark Melkerson

240-276-3737

Deputy Director I

Neil R. Ogden, M.D., Acting

240-276-3737

Deputy Director II

Peter Rumm, M.D.

240-276-3737

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Devices Branch

David Krause

240-276-3555

General Surgery Devices Branch

Neil R. Ogden

240-276-3600

Orthopedic Joint Devices Branch

Jonette Foy, Ph.D.

240-276-3676

Orthopedic Spine Devices Branch

Elizabeth Frank, Acting

240-276-3676

Restorative Devices Branch

Laurence Coyne

240-276-3575

Division of Cardiovascular Devices

Bram D. Zuckerman, M.D.

240-276-4000

Deputy Director I

Donna Lochner

240-276-4000

Deputy Director II

Vacant

240-276-4000

Associate Director for Guidance and Policy

Arthur A. Ciarkowski

240-276-4000

Pacing, Defibrillator and Leads Branch

Mitchell Shein, Acting

240-276-4080

Cardiac Electrophysiology & Monitoring Devices Branch

Elias Mallis

240-276-4095

Interventional Cardiology Devices Branch

Ashley Boam

240-276-4222

Circulatory Support and Prosthetic Devices Branch

Matthew Hillebrenner

240-276-4266

Peripheral Vascular Devices Branch

Kenneth Cavanaugh, Acting

240-276-4141

Division of Ophthalmic and ENT Devices

Malvina Eydelman, M.D.

240-276-4200

Deputy Director

Everette Beers, Ph.D.

240-276-4200

Clinical Deputy Director

Eric Mann, M.D., Ph.D.

240-276-4200

Associate Director

Deborah Falls

240-276-4200

Vitreoretinal & Extraocular Devices Branch

Quyng Hoang, Acting

240-276-4232

Intraocular and Corneal Implants Branch

Kesia Alexander, Ph.D.

240-276-4252

Diagnostic and Surgical Devices Branch

Kwame Ulmer

240-276-4262

Ear, Nose, and Throat Devices Branch

Tina Kiang, Ph.D., Acting

240-276-4242

Division of Reproductive, Abdominal, and Radiological Devices

Janine Morris, Acting

240-276-3636

Clinical Deputy Director

Herbert Lener, M.D.

240-276-3636

Scientific Deputy Director

Joyce Whang, Ph.D.

240-276-3636

Obstetrics/Gynecology Devices Branch

Colin M. Pollard

240-276-4100

Urology and Lithotripsy Devices Branch

Ronald Jean, Ph.D., Acting

240-276-4161

Gastroenterology and Renal Devices Branch

Carolyn Neuland, Ph.D.

240-276-4151

Radiological Devices Branch

David Buckles, Ph.D., Acting

240-276-3666

Division of Anesthesiology, General Hospital, Infection Control, and Dental Devices

Chiu S. Lin, Ph.D.

240-276-3700

Deputy Director

Joy Samuels-Reid, M.D., Acting

240-276-3700

Anesthesiology and Respiratory Devices Branch

Lana Shiu, M.D., Acting

240-276-3775

General Hospital Devices Branch

Anthony D. Watson

240-276-3707

Infection Control Devices Branch

Sheila Murphey, M.D.

240-276-3747

Dental Devices Branch

M. Susan Runner, D.D.S.

240-276-3773

Office of In Vitro Diagnostic Device Evaluation and Safety

Director:

Donald St. Pierre, Acting

240–276–0375

Deputy Director, New Product Evaluation

Alberto Gutierrez, Ph.D.

240–276–0376

Deputy Director, Patient Safety and Product Quality

James L. Woods

240-276-0377

Associate Director for Policy and Operations

Donald St. Pierre

240-276-0378

Chief Medical Officer Robert L. Becker, Jr., M.D. 240-276-0843

Scientific Policy Advisor

Sousan S. Altaie, Ph.D.

240-276-0378

Program Management Officer

David R. Warren

240-276-0392

Division of Chemistry and Toxicology Devices

Courtney C. Harper, Acting

240-276-0694

Associate Director for Chemistry

Carol C. Benson

240-276-0396

Associate Director for Toxicology

Courtney C. Harper, Ph.D.

240-276-0694

Division of Immunology and Hematology Devices

Maria M. Chan, Ph.D., Acting

240-276-0843

Associate Director for Immunology

Maria M. Chan, Ph.D

240-276-0843

Associate Director for Hematology

Josephine M. Bautista

240-276-0847

Division of Microbiology Devices

Sally A. Hojvat, Ph.D.

240-276-0711

Associate Director for Bacteriology

Freddie M. Poole

240–276–0712

Associate Director for Virology

Uwe Scherf, Ph.D.

240-276-0725

Office of Surveillance and Biometrics 
Director: Susan N. Gardner, Ph.D. 240-276-3351
Deputy Director Stephen M. Sykes 240-276-3408
Issues Management Staff Vacant  
Program Management Office Donna Schwartz 240-276-3352
Patient Safety Staff Marilyn Flack, Director 240-276-2391
Division of Postmarket Surveillance Thomas P. Gross, M.D. 240-276-3419
Deputy Director Steven Chasin, Ph.D. 301-594-3674
Product Evaluation Branch I Vacant  
Product Evaluation Branch II Doug Wood, Acting 240-276-3425
Epidemiology Branch Danica Marinac-Dabic, Ph.D., M.D. 240-276-2367
Division of Surveillance Systems David S. Shindell, Ph.D. 240-276-3445
Deputy Director Mary Weick-Brady 240-276-3458
Systems Support Branch Indira Konduri 240-276-3459
Reporting Systems Monitoring Branch Sharon Kapsch 240-276-3471
Division of Biostatistics Greg Campbell, Ph.D. 240-276-3133
Deputy Director Kay Barrick 240-276-3109
Chief, Cardiovascular and Ophthalmic Devices Branch Lilly Yue 240-276-3163
Chief, Diagnostic Devices Branch Lakshmi Vishnuvajjala 240-276-3171
Chief, General Surgical Devices Branch Telba Irony 240-276-3169
Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories
Director: Laurence W. Grossman, Ph.D., Acting 301-796-2502
Deputy Director for Science and Strategic Initiatives William A. Herman 301-796-2781
Deputy Director for Program Policy and Evaluation Subhas Malghan, Ph.D. 301-796-2781
Director, Standards Management Staff Carol Herman 240-276-0556
Director, Management Support Staff Angie Clingerman 301-796-2569
Division of Biology Marilyn M. Lightfoote, M.D. 301-796-0235
Deputy Director Melvin E. Stratmeyer, Ph.D. 301-796-0261
Deputy Director John J. Langone, Ph.D. 301-796-0245
Division of Physics Joel Myklebust, P.E., Ph.D. 301-796-2491
Deputy Director Brian Beard 301-796-2469
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 Steven Pollack, Ph.D. 301-796-2476
Deputy Director Dinesh Patwardhan, Ph.D. 301-796-2475
Division of Imaging and Applied Mathematics Kyle Myers, Ph.D. 301-796-2562
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

240-276-3200

Deputy Director

John L. McCrohan

240-276-3200

Deputy Director

Heather D. Howell

240-276-3208

Assistant Director for Program Operations

Clifford D. Evans

240-276-3211

Special Assistant to the Director

Sharon Davis

240-276-3338

Staff College

Jacqueline Woodard

240-276-0977

Deputy Director

Joanne Choy, Acting

240-276-0977

Regulations Staff

Deborah Wolf

240-276-2350

Division of Device User Programs and Systems Analysis

Jay A. Rachlin

240-276-3222

Deputy Director

Margaret T. Tolbert

240-276-3222

Associate Director

Alvin W. Thomas

240-276-3222

Risk Communication Branch

Vacant

 

Web Communication Branch Laurel S. Mendelson 240-276-3222

Division of Small Manufacturers, International and Consumer Assistance

John F. Stigi

240-276-3141

Deputy Director

William Sutton

240-276-3141

Technical Assistance Branch

Joseph V. Tartal

240-276-3230

Regulatory Assistance Branch

Joseph V. Puleo

240-276-3230

International Relations and External Affairs Staff

Carole C. Carey

240-276-3141

Division of Communication Media

Chad Heupel

240-276-0900

Television Design and Development Branch

Vacant

 

Division of Mammography Quality and Radiation Programs

Helen J. Barr, M.D.

240-276-3332

Deputy Director

Thomas R. Ohlhaber

240-276-3332

Associate Director for Policy and Clinical Affairs

Charles A. Finder, M.D.

240-276-3332

Associate Director for Administration

Kathleen M. Sheridan

240-276-3332

Accreditation and Certification Branch

Kathleen A. Franke

240-276-3332

Radiation Programs Branch

Petro Shandruk

240-276-3332

Information Management Branch

Timothy J. Haran

240-276-3332

Inspection and Compliance Branch

Nancy M. Wynne

240-276-3332

Diagnostic Devices Branch

Sean M. Boyd

240-276-3332

Electronic Products Branch

Robert Doyle

240-276-3332

Updated January 6, 2009

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