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Roster of the Molecular and Clinical Genetics Panel

Purpose: The Committee reviews and evaluates data concerning the safety and effectiveness of marketed and investigational in vitro devices for use in clinical laboratory medicine including clinical and molecular genetics 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
John R. Waterson, M.D.
Expertise: Pediatrics, Pediatric Genetics
Term: 6/29/2009 - 5/31/2013
Dir., Div. of Medical Genetics
Children’s Hospital & Research Center @ Oakland
747 Fifty Second Street
Oakland, CA 94609-1809
Designated Federal Official
Jamie Waterhouse
Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Office of Device Evaluation
10903 New Hampshire Ave.
WO Bldg. 66, Room #1544
Silver Spring, MD  20993
Phone:  301-796-3063
Fax:  301-847-8122

Michele Caggana, (NMI) Sc.D.
Expertise: Molecular Genetics
Term: 6/29/2009 - 5/31/2013
Deputy Dir., Div. of Genetics
New York State Dept. of Health Wadsworth Center
P.O. Box 509
Albany, NY 12201-0509

David B. Flannery, M.D.
Expertise:  Medical Genetics; Pediatrics
Term:  06/01/2011 - 05/31/2015
Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Section of Medical Genetics
Department of Pediatrics
Medical College of Georgia
1120 15th St., Room BG-1071
Augusta, GA 30912

*Patricia Ann Furlong, BSN, M.S.
Expertise:  Neuromuscular Disorders
Term:  02/14/2012 - 05/31/2015
Founding President and CEO
Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy
1052 North University
Middletown, OH 45042

Colleen M. Gallagher, Ph.D.
Expertise: Bioethicist
Term: 01/24/2011 – 05/31/2014
Chief and Executive Director, Section of
Integrated Ethics in Cancer Care
The Univ. of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
1400 Pressler Street Unit 1430
PO Box 301402
Houston, TX 77230-1402

 

Mary B. Mahowald, Ph.D.
Expertise: Biomedical Ethics 
Term: 01/24/2011 – 05/31/2014
Professor Emerita
Univ. of Chicago, MC2050
5841 S. Maryland Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637

Karen E. Weck, M.D.
Expertise:  Molecular Genetics; Human Genetics
Term:  06/01/2011 - 05/31/2015
Director Molecular Genetics
Dept. of Pathology & Lab Medicine
Univ. of North Carolina School of Medicine
101 Manning Drive, Campus Box 7525
Chapel Hill, NC  27599-7525
 *Consumer Representative
**Industry Representative

 

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