John W. Metcalfe, PhD U.S. FDA

Dr. John Metcalfe holds a BA in biology from Merrimack College in Andover, MA, and a PhD in microbiology from the University of Rhode Island. John spent 14 years teaching college microbiology courses prior to beginning a career in CDER in 2003. At FDA, John is a Senior Pharmaceutical Quality Assessor (SPQA) where he performs a microbiological quality assessment of both sterile and non-sterile drug products. He is an FDA Liaison to the USP Expert Committee on Pharmacy Compounding and is a published author in the area of drug product microbiological quality.