Member Organizations
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Industry Associations
Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI)
The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), a nonprofit organization founded in 1967, is a unique alliance of nearly 6,000 members from around the world united by one mission — to increase the understanding and beneficial use of medical instrumentation through effective standards and educational programs, and publications. For more information, please visit http://www.aami.org/.
Primary Representative – David Braeutigam
Baylor Health Care System
2001 Bryan St.
Suite 2400
Dallas, TX 75201-3064
davidbr@baylorhealth.edu
(214) 820-7786
Alternate Representative – vacant
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 – Brian Blankenship
Smith & Nephew Endoscopy
76 S. Meridian Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73107
brian.blankenship@smith-nephew.com
(405) 917-8556
Alternate Representative – Darrel Arterburn
Smith & Nephew Endoscopy
76 S. Meridian Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73107
darrel.arterburn@smith-nephew.com
(405) 917-8584
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)
RTKL Healthcare Technologies
1717 Pacific Avenue
Dallas, TX 75201
sjuett@rtkl.com
(214) 468-7908
Alternate Representative – vacant
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
OsteoMed LP
3885 Arapaho Road
Addison, TX 75001
rellis@osteomed.com
(972) 677-4787
Alternate Representative – Mary Ellen Delaney
Abbott Laboratories
1921 Hurd Drive
Irving, TX 75038
maryellen.delaney@abbott.com
(972) 518-6299
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. For more information, please visit http://www.bioaustin.com/.
Primary Representative – Randall Thoma, PhD
Zimmer, Inc.
9301 Amberglen Blvd., Bldg. J, Suite 100
Austin, TX 78729
randy.thoma@zimmer.com
(512) 506-3810
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/.
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 – vacant
Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA)
Since 1992, MDMA has been the chief advocate of the research-based entrepreneurial sector of the medical device industry. MDMA represents over 200 innovators and manufacturers of medical devices, diagnostic products and health care information systems. For more information, please visit http://www.medicaldevices.org/.
Primary Representative – vacant
Alternate Representative – vacant
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, Oklahoma 73013
dmakanani@omedtech.com
(405) 227-9060
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/.
Primary Representative – Audrey Swearingen
Zimmer Orthobiologics
9301 Amberglen Blvd, Suite 100
Austin, TX 78729
audrey.swearingen@zimmer.com
(512) 506-3295
Alternate Representative – Al Alonso (Industry Co-Chair)
Al.Alonso@fmdic.org
(512) 258-4739
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/.
FDA Dallas District Office
4040 N. Central Expressway, Suite 300
Dallas, TX 75204
Reynaldo Rodriguez
District Director
Ricky.Rodriguez@fda.hhs.gov
(214) 253-5201Susan Turcovski
Director of Investigations Branch
Susan.Turcovski@fda.hhs.gov
(214) 253-5228Sue Thomason (Secretary)
Senior Support Specialist
Sue.Thomason@fda.hhs.gov
(214) 253-5203
FDA Southwest Regional Office
4040 N. Central Expressway, Suite 900
Dallas, TX 75204
David Arvelo
Small Business Representative
David.Arvelo@fda.hhs.gov
(214) 253-4952
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/.
Department of State Health Services
1100 West 49th Street
Austin, TX 78756-3199
(512) 834-6755
Tom Brinck
Group Manager, Drugs & Medical Devices
tom.brinck@dshs.state.tx.usJeff Mansell (Regulatory Co-Chair)
Medical Device Compliance Officer
jeff.mansell@dshs.state.tx.us
Academic Institution
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) 845-5428
Alternate Rerpesentative – vacant
