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Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee Roster

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. More info

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
Julia B. Lewis, MD
Expertise: Internal Medicine, Nephrology
Term: 8/24/2017 – 6/30/2023
Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology
Vanderbilt Medical Center
1161 21st Avenue South, S-3223 MCN
Nashville, Tennessee 37232

Acting Designated Federal Officer
Yvette Waples, PharmD
Division of Advisory Committee and Consultant Management
Office of Executive Programs
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Food and Drug Administration
10903 New Hampshire Avenue
Silver Spring, Maryland 20993-0002
Phone: (301) 796-9001
Fax: (301) 847-8533
E-mail: CRDAC@fda.hhs.gov

*Jacqueline D. Alikhaani, BA
Expertise: Consumer Representative
Term: 6/11/2019 – 6/30/2023
Volunteer and Advocate
American Heart Association
Los Angeles, California 90017

C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, FACC, FAHA, FESC
Expertise: Cardiology
Term: 7/1/2020 – 6/30/2024
Director
Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
127 S. San Vicente Boulevard, Suite A3206
Los Angeles, California 90048

Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA
Expertise: Cardiology, Heart Failure
Term: 7/23/2020 – 6/30/2024
Distinguished Professor of Medicine
University of Mississippi
President, Baylor Scott and White Research Institute
3434 Live Oak St Ste 501
Dallas, Texas 75204

Peter E. Carson, MD
Expertise: Cardiology
Term: 8/28/2019 – 6/30/2023
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Georgetown University
Chief, Heart Failure Service (Retired)
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Washington, District of Columbia 20422

Thomas D. Cook, PhD, MS, MA
Expertise: Biostatistics
Term: 7/1/2020 – 6/30/2024
Professor (Clinical Health Sciences)
Clinical Trials Program
Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics
University of Wisconsin-Madison
265F WARF Building
610 Walnut Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53726

Edward K. Kasper, MD, FACC, FAHA
Expertise: Cardiology, Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation
Term: 7/1/2020 – 6/30/2024
Director of Outpatient Cardiology
E. Cowles Andrus Professor in Cardiology
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
600 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21287


Csaba P. Kovesdy, MD, FASN
Expertise: Nephrology
Term: 7/1/2021 – 6/30/2025
Fred Hatch Professor of Medicine
University of Tennessee Health Science Center Nephrology Section Chief
Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center
956 Court Avenue, Room B222
Memphis, Tennessee 38163

David J. Moliterno, MD
Expertise: Cardiology, Cardiovascular Clinical Research
Term: 2/27/2019 – 6/30/2024
Professor of Internal Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
University of Kentucky Medical Center
900 South Limestone Street
326A Charles T. Wethington Building
Lexington, Kentucky 40536

Christopher M. O’Connor, MD, MACC, FESC, FHFA, FHFSA
Expertise: Cardiology
Term: 7/1/2021 – 6/30/2025
Professor of Medicine, Duke University
President and Executive Director
Inova Heart and Vascular Institute
3300 Gallows Rd
Falls Church, Virginia 22042

**Jerome Rossert, MD, PhD
Expertise:  Nephrology
Term: 3/24/2021 – 10/31/2023
Vice President, Head of Clinical Renal
Astra Zeneca
I Medimmune Way
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878

Ravi I. Thadhani, MD, MPH
Expertise: Nephrology
Term: 7/1/2020 – 6/30/2024
Chief Academic Officer
Massachusetts General Brigham
Professor of Medicine
Dean for Academic Programs Mass General Brigham
Harvard Medical School
800 Boylston Street, 11th Floor, Suite 1150
Boston, Massachusetts 02199

*Consumer Representative 
** Industry Representative (non voting)

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