Member Organizations
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Industry Associations
Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed)
AdvaMed is the world’s largest medical technology association representing manufacturers of medical devices, diagnostic products and medical information systems. AdvaMed members range from the largest to the smallest medical technology innovators and companies. For more information, please visit http://www.advamed.org/.
Primary Representative – Abbie Dunagan
Smith & Nephew Endoscopy
76 S. Meridian Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73107
abbie.dunagan@smith-nephew.com
(405) 917-8598
Alternate Representative – Vacant
American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE)
Founded in 1990, ACCE is committed to enhancing the profession of clinical engineering. With members in the USA and around the world, ACCE is the only professional society for clinical engineers with international recognition. For more information, please visit http://www.accenet.org/.
Primary Representative – Steven Juett (FMDIC Treasurer)
CallisonRTKL, Healthcare Technologies
1717 Pacific Avenue
Dallas, TX 75201
Steven.Juett@CRTKL.com
(214) 468-7908
Alternate Representative – Yadin David, Ed.D, P.E., C.C.E.
Biomedical Engineering Consulting, LLC
david@biomedeng.com
(713) 522-6666
American Society for Quality (ASQ) Biomedical Division
ASQ Biomedical Division is a leader in providing educational information to the medical device community through publications, website, discussion groups, and conferences. One of the organization’s primary objectives is providing information and learning opportunities relating to quality for the worldwide biomedical community. For more information, please visit www.asq.org/biomed/.
Primary Representative – Rebecca Ellis (Industry Co-Chair)
Argon Medical Devices Inc.
5600 Tennyson Parkway, Suite 345
Plano, TX 75024
beckie.ellis@argonmedical.com
(972) 403-0749 – office
(972) 400-8922 – cell
Alternate Representative – Mary Ellen Delaney
Hospira, Inc.
8400 Lakeview Parkway, Suite 500
Pleasant Prairie, WI 53158
MaryEllen.Delaney@hospira.com
(972) 310-3005
BioAustin
BioAustin, formed under the auspices of the Austin Chamber of Commerce, represents over 100 life science companies with over 7,000 employees operating in the five-county Austin and Central Texas region. Companies included in BioAustin operate in the areas of bio-related activities including research, diagnostics, reference laboratories, pharmaceutical, CRO, medical device, agbio and bioveterinary. Our vision is a vibrant and prosperous life sciences industry in Austin and central Texas where companies expand and flourish, start-ups germinate and grow, and entrepreneurs are inspired and empowered. Everyone is welcome, networking and collaborations will be encouraged and facilitated, and academia and industry are given a forum to successfully interact and partner. For more information, please visit http://www.bioaustin.com/.
Inactive
Primary Representative – Vacant
Alternate Representative – vacant
BioMedSA
The Healthcare Bioscience Development Corporation, d/b/a BioMed SA, was formed by San Antonio community and industry leaders during 2005 to build upon the city’s impressive base of biomedical assets and raise its visibility nationally and beyond.
Primary Representative – Mary Pat Moyer, PhD
INCELL Corporation LLC
12734 Cimarron Path
San Antonio, TX 78249
Phone: 210.877.0100
mpmoyer@incell.com
Alternate Representative – Lynn Miller
INCELL Corporation LLC
12734 Cimarron Path
San Antonio, TX 78249
Phone: 210.877.0100
Toll-free: 800.364.1765
lynn.miller@incell.com
bionorthTX 
bionorthTX was created to accelerate the growth of the diverse and balanced life science ecosystem in North Texas. Companies can connect with industry leaders, ground-breaking technologies, the investment community, nationally-ranked colleges and universities, a wealth of consultants, a varied population for clinical research and an experienced pool of scientists, technicians and resources. bionorthTX bridges these stakeholder relationships to catalyze partnering and propel commercialization forward at a faster rate than what these entities could do on their own in such a large region. The organization provides events, opportunities for education, networking and access to capital, which have resulted in partnerships, jobs and new innovations that otherwise may not have occurred.
Primary Representative – Don Hurd
The Realtime Group
5217 Tennyson Parkway, Suite 200,
Plano, Texas 75024
Phone: (214) 729-3742
dhurd@therealtimegroup.com
Alternate Representative – Vacant
Contact Lens Manufacturers Association (CLMA)
CLMA organized in 1961, is made up of contact lens laboratories and material, solution and equipment manufacturers in the United States and abroad. The mission of the CLMA is to increase awareness and utilization of custom manufactured contact lenses. For more information, please visit http://www.clma.net/.
Inactive
Primary Representative – Naomi “Jo” Svochak
Tru-Form Optics, Inc.
400 S. Industrial Blvd., Ste 100
Euless, TX 76040
Jo_Svochak@tfoptics.com
(817) 267-9261, extension 212 or 312
Alternate Representative – Jan Svochak
Tru-Form Optics, Inc.
400 S. Industrial Blvd., Ste 100
Euless, TX 76040
Jan_Svochak@tfoptics.com
(817) 267-9261, extension 212 or 312
Oklahoma Bioscience Association (OKBIO)
OKBio is a Oklahoma-wide membership organization exclusively dedicated to the growth of Oklahoma’s bioscience sector. Members include companies, organizations and individuals from across the state who want to see Oklahoma’s bioscience cluster expand and prosper. The mission of the Oklahoma Bioscience Association is to promote the growth of biosciences in Oklahoma through partnership building, education and outreach, networking, policy development and publicity. For more information, please visit http://www.okbio.org/.
Primary Representative – David Makanani
OMEDtech, L.L.C.
1725 Signal Ridge Drive, Suite 150
Edmond, OK 73013
dmakanani@omedtech.com
(405) 227-9060
Alternative Representative – vacant
BioHouston 
BioHouston, Inc. is a non-profit tax-exempt [501(c)(3)] corporation founded by Houston area academic/research institutions. We are leading a broad effort to establish the Houston region as a vigorous global competitor in life science and biotechnology commercialization. Our mission is to create an environment that will stimulate technology transfer and research commercialization, thereby generating economic wealth for the Houston region and making it a global competitor in life science commercialization. BioHouston’s activities provide the greatest leverage in making the Houston region a world-class competitor in the life science industry. For more information, please visit http://biohouston.org/.
Primary Representative – Ann Tanabe
BioHouston, Inc.
2450 Holcombe Blvd, Suite G27
Houston, TX 77021
ann.tanabe@biohouston.org
(713) 874-9300
Alternative Representative – Vacant
Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS)
RAPS is the foremost worldwide member organization creating and upholding standards of ethics, credentialing and education for the regulatory affairs (RA) profession within the health product sector. RAPS is a nonprofit educational/scientific organization with headquarters in Rockville, MD, and members in 45 countries. For more information, please visit http://www.raps.org/.
Inactive
Primary Representative – Vacant
Alternate Representative – Vacant
Texas Medical Device Alliance (TMDA)
TMDA, previously known as the Medical Device Action Group, was founded in February 2009 and is based in Austin, Texas. The organization was established to support medical device entrepreneurs who had a need to network with peers and build synergy with the medical community, other biotech entrepreneurs, academia, and medical device industry service providers. For more information, please visit http://www.texmda.org/.
Primary Representative – Gretchen Upton
FDA Quality and Regulatory Consultants LLC
100 E Whitestone Blvd Ste 148-262
Cedar Park, TX 78613
Gretchenupton1@gmail.com
(512) 827-9603
Alternative Representative – Elisa Maldonado-Holmertz
Texas Medical Device Alliance
P.O. Box 28328
Austin, TX 78755
elisamh@obelixconsult.com
(512) 431-6069
Government Agencies
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
FDA is one of the nation’s oldest and most respected consumer protection agencies. FDA’s mission is to promote and protect the public health by helping safe and effective products reach the market in a timely way, to monitor products for continued safety after they are in use, and to help the public get the accurate, science-based information needed to improve health. For more information, please visit http://www.fda.gov/.
Southwest Regional Office
4040 N. Central Expressway, Suite 900
Dallas, TX 75204
Elaine Crosby (Emeritus Member)
Special Assistant for Operations
elaine.crosby@fda.hhs.gov
(214) 253-4940
FDA Dallas District Office
4040 N. Central Expressway, Suite 300
Dallas, TX 75204
Vacant
District Director
xxxxx@fda.hhs.gov
(214) 253-5201Cymbre Kooker (Secretary)
Consumer Safety Technician
cymbre.kooker@fda.hhs.gov
(214) 253-5250Vacant
Director of Investigations BranchJamie Bumpas
Compliance Officer
Office of Medical Device & Radiological Health Operations
West/Division 3
Office of Regulatory Affairs
Tel: 214-253-5336
jamie.bumpas@fda.hhs.govIris MacInnes
Medical Device Specialist
iris.macinnes@fda.hhs.gov
(512) 916-5736, extension 104
Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
DSHS provides programs that help protect all Texans from illness, prevent the spread of disease, provide direct health services and promote emergency preparedness. With the consolidation of the four agencies, DSHS now includes treatment and prevention for mental illness and substance abuse in its public health framework. The focus is on improving the health of all Texans. For more information, please visit http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/.
Texas Department of State Health Services
1100 West 49th Street
Austin, TX 78756-3199Charles Hunter
Drugs & Medical Devices Group Manager, Inspection Unit
charles.hunter@dshs.texas.gov
(512) 834-6755Megan Snyder
Drugs & Medical Devices Group Manager, Policy Standards and Quality Assurance
megan.snyder@dshs.texas.gov
(512) 834-6755Jeff Mansell, (Regulatory Co-Chair)
Medical Device Compliance Officer
jeff.mansell@dshs.texas.gov
(512) 834-6755Jonnetta Wheaton
Medical Device Compliance Officer
jonnetta.wheaton@dshs.texas.gov
(512) 834-6755Academic Institutions
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University is a land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant institution located in College Station, Texas. The fundamental mission of the Department of Biomedical Engineering is to serve the growing biotechnology and biomedical device industry in Texas via technology transfer and educating the workforce, and to serve our profession through the discovery and dissemination of knowledge. For more information, please visit biomed.tamu.edu.
Primary Representative – Dr. John C. Criscione
Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Texas A & M University
College State, TX 77843-3120
JCCriscione@tamu.edu
(979) 845-5428Alternate Representative – vacant
University of Texas Dallas
The Bioengineering Department at UT Dallas offers an undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering and graduate degrees in Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering as part of collaboration with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and The University of Texas at Arlington.
The mission of the Biomedical Engineering Program is to:
The Mission of the Erik Jonsson Bioengineering Department at UT Dallas is to pursue excellence in biomedical engineering education, research, and innovation for the purpose of empowering individuals to make significant advances in science and technology with a focus on improving human health. To achieve our educational mission, we provide students access to advanced technology and highly trained engineers in order to provide a unique environment to develop critical problem-solving skills, nurture creativity, and become world class engineers.Inactive
Primary Representative -Vacant
Alternative Representative – vacant
University of Central Oklahoma
Primary Representative – Dr. Hari Kotturi
Associate Professor, Biology
University of Central Oklahoma
hkotturi@uco.eduAlternate Rerpesentative – vacant
