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Roster of the Pediatric Advisory Committee to the Food and Drug Administration

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: 4
Note, one or more vacancies may be in the nomination process or a final appointment may have been made.

Chair

Kenneth Towbin, M.D.
Expertise: Chief, Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Term: 8/20/10 - 6/30/13
Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program
National Institute of Mental Health
Bethesda, MD 20982-1281

Executive Secretary

Walter Ellenberg, Ph.D.
Supervisory Consumer Safety
Office of the Commissioner
Food and Drug Administration
10903 New Hampshire Ave
Bldg. 32, Room 5154
Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002
Walter.ellenberg@fda.hhs.gov
Tel 301-796-0885
Fax 301-847-8640

Susan Baker, M.D., Ph.D.
Expertise: Pediatric Gastroenterology
10/9/2012- 6/30/2016
Professor of Pediatrics
Co-Division Chief of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition Center
Buffalo, NY 14222

 

Amy Celento #
Acting Family Representative
Expertise: Patient-Family Representative
Consultant, Pediatric Advisory Committee

 

Mark Hudak, M.D.
Expertise:  Neonatalogy
Term: 02/13/2013- 06/30/2017
Assistant Dean of Managed Care for the University of Florida University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville
Assistant Medical Director
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
University of Florida Health Science Center/Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida 32209
 

 

Jeffrey P. Krischer, Ph.D.
Expertise: Biostatistician
Term: 8/27/10- 6/30/2014
Professor and Chief, Division of Biostatistics and Informatics, Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine
Director, Pediatrics Epidemiology Center,
Department of Pediatrics
University of South Florida,
Tampa, FL  33612

 

Philip LaRussa, M.D.
Expertise: Pediatrics, Virology
Term: 10/9/2012- 6/30/2016
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Columbia University
College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, NY   10032

 

Jonathan Mink, M.D., Ph.D.
Expertise: Neurology
Term: 10/12/2012-06/30/2016
Professor of Neurology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, and Pediatrics;
Chief, Child Neurology
Interim Chief, Movement Disorders
University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, NY  14642

 

Michael D. Reed, Pharm.D., FCCP, FCP
Expertise: Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
Term: 03/29/11 - 06/30/14
Director, Rebecca D. Considine Research Institute
Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron
Akron, OH 44308-1062

 

Victor Santana, M.D.
Expertise: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Term: 11/2/2009 – 6/30/2013
Member, St. Jude Facility
Charles B. Pratt Chair in Solid Tumor Research
Solid Tumor / MS260, Room C6017
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105-3678

  

Jeffrey Wagener, M.D.
Expertise: Pediatric Pulmonologist
Term: 03/29/2011 - 06/30/14
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Colorado Medical School
Aurora, CO 80045

 

Robert M. Ward, MD, FAAP, FCP
Expertise: Pediatric Health Organization Representative
Term: 7/25/2012 - 6/30/2015
Director, Pediatric Pharmacology Program
Professor, Pediatrics
Adjunct Professor, Pharmacology/Toxicology
295 Chipeta Way, Neonatology
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 84108

 

Bridgette Wiefling, M.D. *
Acting Consumer Representative
Expertise: Family Medicine
Rochester General Hospital
1425 Portland Ave.
Rochester New York 14621

 # Patient-Family Representative
‡ Pediatric Health Organization Representative
* Consumer Representative
** Industry Representative


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