Heather L. Benz, PhD
Staff Fellow
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Building 66, Suite 5400
Silver Spring,
MD
USA
20993
Biographical Sketch: Dr. Heather Benz is a Medical Device Fellow in the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Benz's research focuses on tools used in the translation of novel technologies following demonstrations of early feasibility. These include the quantitative assessment of patient perspectives on the benefits and risks associated with novel medical devices and physiology-based methods to quantify device performance. She also contributes to the development of policy on the use of patient preferences in regulatory decision-making and coordinates the assessment of regulatory science impact. Dr. Benz received a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University.
Papers:
SYMPOSIUM: INCORPORATING PATIENT ENGAGEMENT AND PATIENT-PREFERENCE DATA INTO MEDICAL DECISION MAKING