The Food and Drug Administration named Ross Segan as director of the medical device center’s Office of Product Evaluation and Quality (OPEQ), following a nationwide search, an FDA spokesperson said Monday.
The OPEQ, in the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health, manages the premarket review process for medical devices, as well as recalls, inspections and postmarket safety monitoring.
Segan, a former U.S. Army surgeon who has held senior positions at several large medical device companies, began this week, FDA spokesperson Kristina Wieghmink said in an email to MedTech Dive…