MS-RAS Instructors and Developers
Maria Brittle, Ph.D., RAC
Director, Regulatory —Nexeon MedSystems Inc
- 25 years in the medical device industry in regulatory and clinical affairs at several companies with numerous U.S. (PMA, 510k), and international submissions.
Steve C de Baca
Vice President Quality — Boston Scientific Corporation
- Responsible for the Quality Assurance system and over 400 person organization at the Maple Grove/Plymouth, MN, and two CA facilities and for the Design Assurance functions for new product development for the Cardiovascular division.
Mark DuVal
President — DuVal and Associates, P.A.
- Over 15 years general counsel to 3M Pharmaceuticals, 3M Drug Delivery Systems, and later FDA and compliance counsel at Medtronic before starting his private practice specializing in FDA law and representing medical device, pharmaceutical and nutritional supplement companies.
Felix Friedman, MS
Director, Program Value Analytics – OptimumHealth Care Solutions, a UnitedHealth Group Company
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Over 20 years experience in applied statistical application, research, development and implementation. Expertise in a range of healthcare applications including integrating data sources, evaluation of disease management programs and development statistical models for patient referral and outcomes.
Peter Graven
Ph.D. Candidate Health Care Res. & Adm.– University of Minnesota
- Has expertise and experience with medical device cost effectiveness analysis and economic consulting. Research interests include health insurance economics, cost effectiveness, hospital quality for pediatrics and state health care reform.
Fred Halverson
Retired Vice President, Corporate Regulatory Strategy — Medtronic
- 30 years at Medtronic in regulatory affairs, helping to shape Medtronic’s regulatory program and strategy with extensive experience in OUS regulatory strategy
Mary Beth Henderson, Ph.D.
Principal Advisor — RCRI
- More than 20 years in the medical device and biotechnology industries with experience in global regulatory requirements, quality systems, product and process development, tech transfer & IP management
Judith M. Hickey
President & Co-founder — Princeton Reimbursement Group
- More than 20 years experience in reimbursement and health care policy in the medical device and diagnostics industry.
Rich Jansen, Pharm. D.
President — Silver Pine Consulting
- 16 years specializing in spinal implant devices regulatory and clinical affairs and previously a hospital pharmacist/clinical researcher and IRB Chairman.
Mark Job
Owner / Reviewer — Regulatory Technologies Services, LLC
- Eight years performing third-party reviews of 510(k) under the FDA Accredited Person Program, completing more than 300 510(k) submissions
Kathleen Lundberg
Retired Sr. VP/Chief Compliance Officer - Boston Scientific Corporation
- A biostatistician with over 25 years experience in the medical device industry including Clinical Research, Human Resources and Regulatory Affairs and with more than 13 years experience as a Senior Executive first at Guidant and now BSCI.
Christopher Lyle, M.S.
Principal Advisor and Director of Biostatistics & Information Systems — RCRI
- Directs data analysis and database development for RCRI, Inc. and consults on clinical trial design, analysis plan development and economic analyses.
Mona Magnuson
QRCS Owner / Consultant / Notified Body Auditor NSAI
- 26 years in the medical device industry, 10 years Medical Technologist, 16 in regulatory and quality assessments and/or training with TUV SÜD, SGS, BSI, NSAI, primarily international, EU & Canada, auditing and systems development for QS and compliance to ISO 13485, FDA QSR, CMDR
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Melissa Martinson
President — Technomics Research, LLC
- Over 20 years' experience working in and consulting to the medical device and pharmaceutical industries on statistics for clinical trial design and analysis, and on health economics for product value definition and coverage/reimbursement.
Carla Monacelli
Managing Partner & Co-founder — Argenta Advisors, LLC
- Nearly 20 years experience in policy, reimbursement and government affairs for the life sciences industries, including serving as the Senior Director of Healthcare Affairs for Conceptus Inc.
Sue Norenberg
Sr. Principal Research Consultant / CRO Manager — Medtronic
- More than 25 years in the medical device industry, including R&D, clinical trial mgmt., pre-clinical, IDE and post market domestic and international studies, as well as regulatory compliance.
Susan Petersen-Stejskal
Vice President, Clinical Research — Cardiac Concepts, Inc.
- More than 25 years as research nurse clinician and manager and has three original panel track FDA PMA submissions with more than 20 PMA-S requiring prospective clinical data.
Scott Sardeson
International Regulatory Manager — 3M
- With more than 12 years experience in the device industry he currently manages registrations and assures compliance with 3M subsidiaries around the world.
Monica Schultz
Director of Reimbursement — RCRI
- More than 15 years in the medical device industry in reimbursement and post-approval studies and has served as research analyst for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota.
Deborah Shatin, Ph.D.
Principal — Shatin Associates, LLC
- More than 25 years in the health care industry including conducting domestic and international clinical trials at Medtronic, and at UnitedHealth Group directing pharmacoepidemiology studies, therapy safety surveillance for FDA, and health services research.
Mary Kay Sobcinski, RN, MHA
Senior Principal Advisor – RCRI®
- More than 19 years experience in the medical device industry, including clinical strategy and protocol development, multi-national study management, international regulatory submission generation and management, marketing and education program development and implementation. Industry expertise is built on a solid foundation of nursing experience and expertise.
Charmaine Sutton
President and Principal Consultant — The Tamarack Group
- Expert in gaining market authorization of Class II and III devices and in development and implementation of ISO 13485 and FDA QSR quality systems
David A. Teicher, Esq.
Associate Attorney — DuVal and Associates, P.A.
- Nearly 30 years in regulatory affairs starting as a biomedical engineer investigator with the FDA for 11 years, then device companies, and for the last 3 years as an attorney at DuVal.
Sam VanNorman
Manager, Performance Reporting and Analysis — Hennepin County Medical Center
- Manages a performance analytics team at a large urban safety-net hospital. He has experience with healthcare economics, decision analysis, health insurance and finance with fortune 500 companies, nonprofits and startups.
Barb Veath
Senior Reimbursement Manager — Medtronic, CRDM
- Over 20 years in the health care industry currently focusing on Clinical Trial Reimbursement Compliance and Health Policy for Medtronic’s Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management Div.
Richard R. Wilson, M.D.
- Over 30 years in developing drugs and medical devices
- Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer for pharmaceutical and medical device firms
- Co-founder of three medical device companies
Winifred Wu
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Vigilance — Medtronic, Neuromodulation
- More than 25 years in the device and pharmaceutical industries in regulatory, clinical, quality and program management.
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