CDR John W. Diehl, MS FDA

CDR John W. Diehl, M.S., is the Chief, Medical Products and Tobacco Policy Branch, in the FDA/Office of Regulatory Affairs/Office of Strategic Planning and Operational Policy, Division of Policy.  He is responsible for overseeing  the development of new or modified FDA regulation, guidance, and compliance policies for medical products regulated by FDA and working on cross programmatic policy issues impacting ORA .

CDR Diehl also served as the Director, Compliance Branch, in FDA/ORA/Office of Pharmaceutical Quality Operations, Division II, where he oversaw compliance and recall matters for FDA regulated pharmaceutical firms. And, he served as Acting Director, Compliance Branch and the Special Assistant in FDA’s Dallas District, and as Compliance Officer in the Center for Devices and Radiological Health’s, Office of Compliance.  Prior to working at FDA, he served as a Regulatory Specialist for the Biomedical Advanced Research Development Authority.

CDR Diehl was commissioned as an Officer in the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service in September, 2008. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., and a Masters of Science degree in Biotechnology with a Concentration in Regulatory Affairs from The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.