Speakers

The following were the speakers for the Medical Devices 101 held in San Antonio, Texas, on August 20, 2010, in alphabetical order by last name.

	Al Alonso represents the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS) in FMDIC. He joined DJO Surgical in July 2003 as the VP Quality Assurance, Clinical/Regulatory Affairs. Prior to that he worked 23 years with Carbomedics, Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of implantable cardiovascular devices, as the VP Quality Assurance, Clinical/Regulatory Affairs and also as the VP Quality Management. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from The University of Texas at Austin.
	David Arvelo is the Small Business Representative for the Southwest Region of the Food and Drug Administration. In this capacity he offers assistance to the FDA-regulated industry in general. His services includes response to industry and entrepreneur inquiries, presenting, developing, and promoting FDA training to the industry, and performing non-regulatory on-site visits to FDA-regulated firms upon request and as resources allow. David has a Bachelors of Science in Chemistry from the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez and graduate studies in analytical chemistry and veterinary toxicology from Texas A&M University. He started his FDA career in 1990 as a Chemist in the Dallas District Laboratory. He worked for the Office of the Texas State Chemist for 2 years prior to working for the FDA. David is a member and former Regulatory Co-Chair of the FDA Medical Device Industry Coalition and a member of the Association of Food and Drug Officials, the Mid-Continental Association of Food and Drug Officials, and the Society of Government Meeting Planners.
	William A. Hyman, Sc.D., is a professor of biomedical engineering at Texas A&M University (TAMU, College Station, TX). He holds an ScD in engineering mechanics and an MS in engineering mechanics from Columbia University, and a BSME in mechanical engineering from The Cooper Union. His primary area of professional activity is in medical device design, system safety and human factors. He has served as a consultant for FDA, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Army, the General Accounting Office, for medical device companies, and in patent and personal injury litigation. He holds memberships in the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), the American College of Clinical Engineering, the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, the Biomedical Engineering Society, and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society technical group on medical systems and functionally impaired populations. Hyman serves on the ASTM committees on surgical implants and medical devices and is a board member of the U.S. Board of Examiners for Clinical Engineering, and of the ACCE Healthcare Technology Foundation. He is a member of the Dallas District FDA/Industry Coalition, and is an editor of the Journal of Clinical Engineering. Dr. Hyman is a registered professional engineer in Texas.