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FMDIC membership is ruled by our
Charter Industry AssociationsAdvanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed)
American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE)
American Society for Quality (ASQ) Biomedical Division
BioAustin
BioHouston
Contact Lens Manufacturers Association (CLMA)
Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA)
Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS)
Government AgenciesUS Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
Academic InstitutionTexas A&M University
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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 
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. Fore more
information, please visit 
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
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 
BioHouston leads a broad effort to establish the Houston region as a vigorous
global competitor in life science and biotechnology commercialization. Their
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. For
more information, please visit 
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
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
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 
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 
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 
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