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                Patient Engagement Advisory Committee

Patient Engagement Advisory Committee

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    Print**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: 0**
Note, one or more vacancies may be in the nomination process or a final appointment may have been made.

***Chairperson*Paul T. Conway**
Expertise: Patient Advocacy
Term: 05/22/2017 – 04/30/2024
Immediate Past President
American Association of Kidney Patients
14440 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.
Tampa, FL 32547

***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 – 04/30/2024
CEO
National Spine Health Foundation
11800 Sunrise Valley Drive Rm# 620
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

**Amye L. Leong, M.B.A.**
Expertise: Patient Engagement in Care &
Translational Research
Term: 05/22/2017 – 04/30/2024
President & CEO
Healthy Motivation
Santa Barbara, CA

**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.**

                                                                                  Content current as of:
      07/26/2023Patient Engagement Advisory Committee

          
                        2023 Meeting Materials of the Patient Engagement Advisory Committee
          Past Meeting Materials, Patient Engagement Advisory Committee
          Charter of the Patient Engagement Advisory Committee to the Food and Drug Administration
          Roster of the Patient Engagement Advisory Committee
 
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