CAPT Alan M. Stevens FDA

CAPT Stevens supervises the FDA premarket review branch responsible for evaluating a majority of the drug delivery devices used within the United States, which includes devices like syringes, autoinjectors, nasal sprays, catheters, intravascular ports, and infusion devices. In addition, a majority of the device components of combination products approved for use in the U.S are evaluated by the General Hospital Devices Branch (GHDB). Prior to becoming branch chief, CAPT Stevens spent 10 years as an engineering reviewer in GHDB and 3 years as a compliance officer in CDRH’s Office of Compliance working on post-market safety issues for drug delivery devices.  CAPT Stevens received his B.S. in mechanical engineering in 2003 and master’s degree in reliability engineering in 2012, both from the University of Maryland.