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Advisory Committees

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Roster of the Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel

Purpose: The Committee reviews and evaluates data concerning the safety and effectiveness of marketed and investigational orthopedic and rehabilitation devices 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: 0
Note, one or more vacancies may be in the nomination process or a final appointment may have been made.

Chairperson
John D. Kelly, IV, M.D.
Expertise: Orthopaedic Surgery
Term: 02/19/2010 – 08/31/2013
Associate Professor, Orthopedic Surgery
Hospital of the Univ. of Pennsylvania
Penn Sports Medicine Center
235 S 33rd St.
Philadelphia, PA 19140

 Designated Federal Official
Avena Russell, ABD, MS
LT, US Public Health Service
Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Office of Device Evaluation
10903 New Hampshire Ave
WO Bldg 66, Room #1535
Silver Springs, MD 20993
Phone: 301-796-3805
Fax: 301-847-8122

Brent A. Blumenstein, Ph.D.
Expertise: Biostatistics
Term: 09/15/2010 – 08/31/2014
Principal Consultant
Trial Architecture Consulting
Washington, DC 20008

** Robert E. Durgin
Expertise: Regulatory and Clinical Affairs
Term: 10/29/08 - 8/31/12
Sr. Vice President, Quality/Regulatory/Clinical Affairs
Biomet, Inc.
56 East Bell Drive
Warsaw, IN 46582

John F. Kragh, Jr., M.D.
Expertise: Orthopaedic Surgery
Term: 02/19/2010 – 08/31/2012
US Army Institute of Surgical Research
Attn: MCMR-USZ
3851 Roger Brooke Dr. Bldg 3611 Room 282-4
Ft. Sam Houston, TX 78234-6315

David R. McAllister, M.D.
Expertise: Orthopaedic Surgery; Sports Medicine
Term: 02/19/2010 – 08/31/2012
Chief of Sports Medicine Service
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery
Center for Health Sciences -Box 956902
Los Angeles, CA 90095-6902

Hollis G. Potter, M.D.
Expertise: MRI Assessment of Cartilage
Term: 02/19/2010 – 08/31/2013
Chief, MRI Radiology and Imaging
Hospital for Special Surgery
535 East 70th Street Main-BM06
New York, NY 10021

Raj D. Rao, M.D.
Expertise: Orthopaedic Surgery
Term: 02/19/2010 – 08/31/2013
Professor and Dir., of the Div., of Spine Surgery
Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery
Medical College of Wisconsin
9200 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53226-0099

William L. Rohr, M.D.
Expertise: Orthopedics
Term: 09/15/2010 – 08/31/2014
Surgeon
510 Cypress L. Street
Fort Bragg, CA 95437

* Connie F. Whittington, MSN, RN
Expertise: Adult Health Nursing
Term: 6/11/2010 – 8/31/2013
Vice President of Patient Services
Piedmont Hospital
1968 Peachtree Road, NW
Atlanta, GA 30309
  *Consumer Representative
**Industry Representative

 

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