CAPT Sean Boyd, MPH FDA

CAPT Sean M. Boyd serves as the Deputy Director for Regulatory Affairs in the Office of Compliance at FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH).  In this capacity he is responsible for managing the Center’s quality initiatives, as well as regulatory compliance and enforcement programs for the medical device industry.

Over the course of his career, CAPT Boyd’s experience includes that of a regulatory researcher and engineering analyst, compliance reviewer, and manager of several organizations within FDA.  He has been responsible for all aspects of medical device premarket, postmarket and compliance activities and, prior to joining the Office of Compliance in 2015, led and transformed many aspects of CDRH’s electronic product radiation control program.  He is an expert in FDA’s requirements for a variety of consumer, commercial and industrial electronic products, as well as radiation-emitting medical devices.  He received his undergraduate degree in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University and his Masters in Public Health from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

CAPT Boyd is an active duty commissioned officer in the United States Public Health Service (USPHS).  He is a former Team Commander for one of two Washington DC-based medical response teams (PHS-1 Rapid Deployment Force); and has deployed in response to several disasters and crises, both domestically and abroad. Most recently, this includes response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria, where officers provided medical care to individuals displaced from the Florida Keys and U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. His experience also includes serving as Executive Officer of the Monrovia Medical Unit (an Ebola Treatment Unit) in Liberia, Africa; where the USPHS Commissioned Corps provided care to healthcare workers infected with Ebola Virus Disease.