This month we saw the departure of seven members and the addition of a total of 15 new members to the FDA Drug Advisory Committees. The committees that welcomed new members include the Anesthetic Drug Products Advisory Committee (AADP), the Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee (AVD), the Pharmaceutical Science and Clinical Pharmacology Advisory Committee, and the Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee.

The AADP welcomed five new members, filling five of six open spots. This committee is now down to just one vacancy and the new members include:

• Michael R. Clark, MD, MBA, MPH, an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Clark’s expertise is in Behavioral Medicine and Pain Management.
• Charles W. Emala, Sr., MS, MD, an expert in anesthesiology, and a Professor and Vice-Chair for Research in the Department of Anesthesiology at the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
• Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, a Professor and Chairman of the Department of Anesthesia at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine and an expert in Anesthesiology and Pain Services.
• Gary A. Walco, PhD, also an expert in anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Dr. Walco is a Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the University Of Washington School Of Medicine.
•  Rafael V. Miguel, MD, whose area of expertise is in anesthesiology and pain medicine. Dr. Miguel is currently the President of a company called Brandon Pain Medicine, Inc.

The AVD saw the departure of four members, whose terms expired at the end of October. The committee wasted no time and immediately welcomed four new members:

• Andrew Aronsohn, MD, an expert in hepatology and an Assistant Professor of Medicine
  University of Chicago Medical Center Center for Liver Diseases.
• Dean Follmann, PhD, a Biostatistician, and Assistant Director for Biostatistics at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
• Jonathan Honegger, MD, an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Dr. Honegger’s expertise is in Pediatric Infectious Disease.
• Vincent Lo Re, MD, MSCE, an expert in infectious disease and Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

Leaving the Pharmaceutical Science and Clinical Pharmacology Advisory Committee were three members. Four more joined the committee which brings the total number of vacancies down from 18 to 17. The four new members include:

• James C. Cloyd, Pharm.D., an expert in clinical pharmacology & orphan drug research and Director of the Center for Orphan Drug Research at the University of Minnesota.
• Marilyn E. Morris, Ph.D., a Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the
  University at Buffalo. Dr. Morris’ areas of expertise include Pharmaceutics, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics.
• Kathleen A. Neville, M.D., M.S, the Director, Experimental Therapeutics in Pediatric Oncology Program at Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics. Dr. Neville is an expert in Clinical Pharmacology and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology; she is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri.
• Anne S. Robinson, Ph.D., a chemical engineer, and Chair of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Tulane University.

We also saw the addition of Dr’s Battisti and Maddock to the Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee. John J. Battisti, Ph.D., R.Ph.’s expertise is in Neuropharmacology and he is currently an Associate Professor of Clinical Sciences at the College of Pharmacy of Calilfornia Northstate University. Richard J. Maddock, M.D. is a Psychiatrist and is currently a Professor at the University of California Davis. The number of vacancies in this committee is now down from five to three.

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