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  1. Circulatory System Devices Panel

Roster of the Circulatory System Devices Panel

Purpose: The Committee reviews and evaluates data concerning the safety and effectiveness of marketed and investigational devices for use in the circulatory and vascular systems and makes appropriate recommendations to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs.

Applying for Membership on FDA Advisory Committees

As part of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) ongoing efforts to recruit qualified experts with minimal conflicts of interest who are interested in serving on FDA advisory committees, FDA is requesting nominations for members to serve on its advisory committees.

Current Number of Vacancies: 2
Note, one or more vacancies may be in the nomination process or a final appointment may have been made.

Chairperson
Richard A. Lange, M.D., MBA
Expertise: Internal Medicine; Interventional Cardiology
Term: 07/01/2018 – 06/30/2022
President
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso
5001 El Paso Drive, Suite 3200
El Paso, TX 79905

Designated Federal Officer
James Swink
Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Office of Management
10903 New Hampshire Avenue
WO Bldg. 66, Rm 5211
Silver Spring, MD 20993
Phone: 301-796-6313
Fax: 301-847-8505

Randall C. Starling, M.D., M.P.H.
Expertise: Heart Failure
Term: 01/21/2020 to 06/30/2023
Professor of Medicine
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Section of Heart Failure and Transplant Medicine
Kaufman Center for Heart Failure
Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Ave. J3-4
Cleveland, OH 44195

Gary Jarvis**
Expertise: Regulatory Affairs
Term: 08/31/2018 – 06/30/2022
Vice President Technology, Regulatory
Clinical and Medical Affairs
Alfa Medical
10905 Hyland Terrace
Eden Prairie, MN 55344

Jason T. Connor, Ph.D.
Expertise: Statistics
Term: 07/01/2019 – 06/30/2023
President & Lead Statistical Scientist
ConfluenceStat, LLC
9757 Cypress Pine Street
Orlando, FL 32827

Robert W. Yeh, M.D., M.Sc., M.B.A.
Expertise: Interventional Cardiology
Term: 08/31/2020 - 06/30/2024
Director, Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center
for Outcomes Research in Cardiology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
375 Longwood Avenue, 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02215

James C. Blankenship, M.D.
Expertise: Interventional Cardiology
Term: 07/01/2019 - 06/30/2023
Chair of Cardiology
Department of Cardiology
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA 17822

Keith B. Allen, M.D.
Expertise: : Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
Term: 08/31/2020 - 06/30/2024
Director of Surgical Research/
Co-Director, Structural Heart
St Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City
4320 Wornall Road, Medical Plaza II, Suite 50
Kansas City, MO 64111

 

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** Industry Representative

 

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