Mike J. Sadowski Baxter Healthcare

Michael (Mike) Sadowski is a Lead Scientist leading the Sterility Assurance Community of Practice at the Baxter Healthcare Corporation in Round Lake, Illinois. He is responsible to ensure the continued connection and strengthening of the Sterility Assurance Critical Competency in support of sterile products across the globe. Mike has 30 years of experience with drug and device sterilization with a variety of sterilization methods including moist heat, ethylene oxide, radiation, and aseptic processing. In addition to participation on the Task Force to revise PDA TR No.1 on Moist Heat Sterilization, he was the Chairman of the Task Force for the revision of the PDA TR No. 30 on Parametric Release. Mike previously served as Treasurer, Secretary and Director on the PDA Board of Director and Science Advisory Board Member and is currently a member of the Education Advisory Board. Within these roles, he has successfully brought industry and regulatory agencies together to shape best practice and guidance. Mike continues to actively publish and contribute presentations and training sessions on moist heat sterilization and parametric release. Mike received his BS in Microbiology from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.