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Roster of the Patient Engagement Advisory Committee

Applying for Membership on FDA Advisory Committees

As part of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) ongoing efforts to recruit qualified experts with minimal conflicts of interest who are interested in serving on FDA advisory committees, FDA is requesting nominations for members to serve on its advisory committees.

Current Number of Vacancies: 1
Note, one or more vacancies may be in the nomination process or a final appointment may have been made.

Chairperson
 

Designated Federal Officer
Letise Williams
Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Office of Strategic Partnership and
Technology Innovation
10903 New Hampshire Avenue
WO Bldg. 66, Rm 5407
Silver Spring, MD 20993
Office: (301) 796-8398
Fax: (301) 847-8510

Rita T. Roy, M.D.
Expertise: Patient Advocate
Term: 07/23/2020 – 04/30/2028
CEO
National Spine Health Foundation
11800 Sunrise Valley Drive Rm# 330
Reston, VA 20190

Teresa M. Diaz *
Expertise: Patient Safety Advocate  
Term: 05/27/2022 – 04/30/2026
Co-Founder, Global Patient Advocacy Coalition
Orlando, FL 32820

David M. White
Expertise: Patient Advocacy
Term: 05/01/2024 – 04/30/2028
Lead Proofreader (Nights)
Debevoise & Plimpton
66 Hudson Boulevard
New York, NY 10001

Ian D. Burkhart
Expertise: Patient Engagement
Term: 05/01/2023 – 04/30/2027
Vice President
North American Spinal Cord Injury Consortium
Columbus, OH 43216

Necie L. Edwards
Expertise: Patient Advocacy
Term: 04/17/2019 – 04/30/2027
Fibro Patient Education & Support
Vernon Hills, IL 60061

Mary S. Schrandt, J.D.
Expertise: Patient Engagement in Research
Term: 05/22/2017 – 04/30/2026
Founder, CEO & Chief Patient Advocate
Exppect, LLC
3033 Wilson Blvd.
Suite E     #501
Arlington, VA 22201

Philip X. Rutherford, B.A.
Expertise: Chronic Disease Management
Term: 05/01/2022 – 04/30/2026
Chief Operating Officer
Faces & Voices of Recovery
10 G Street NE
Washington, DC 20002

Elizabeth A. Joniak-Grant, Ph.D.
Expertise: Patient Advocacy; Sociology
Term: 06/29/2023 – 04/30/2027
Sociologist, Qualitative Research Consultant and
Patient Experience Collaborator
Injury Prevention Research Center
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
725 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Chapel Hill, NC 27599

* Consumer Representative
** Industry Representative

**As described in the charter for this committee, the membership includes no single designated industry representative, the Commissioner or designee may select an industry representative from a pool of individuals nominated by industry to serve temporarily as a nonvoting member who are identified with industry interests. The list of individuals in the pool can be viewed here.

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