Dr. Suzanne Schwartz

Director, Office of Strategic Partnerships & Technology Innovation (Acting), FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health

Having served many roles within the FDA, Dr. Suzanne Schwartz currently serves as CDRH Associate Director for Science and Strategic Partnerships. In this capacity, she is charged with assisting the CDRH Director and Deputy Center Director for Science in the development, execution and evaluation of the Center's biomedical science and engineering programs; overseeing CDRH's activities related to the Medical Device Innovation Consortium; supervising the Director, External Expertise and Partnerships Staff; the Center's Chief Pediatric Medical Officer; and the Director, Emergency Operations /Preparedness and Medical Countermeasures (EMCM).

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Medical Device Cybersecurity: Addressing the Challenges

Jennings Aske - New York-Presbyterian, Chris Frenz - Interfaith Medical Center, Michael McNeil - Philips, Dr. Suzanne Schwartz - FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health • •

Suzanne Schwartz, MD, Associate Director for Science and Strategic Partnerships, at the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, will provide an update on FDA's medical device cyber efforts. That includes the status of a draft update to the cybersecurity guidance for premarket...

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Medical Devices: A Long Road Ahead to Security and Privacy

Sonia Arista - Fortinet, Kevin McDonald - Mayo Clinic, Dale Nordenberg, MD - Safety and Security Consortium, Anahi Santiago - Christiana Care Health System, Dr. Suzanne Schwartz - FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health • •

Interconnected medical devices can pose tremendous risk to data security and patient safety. How can healthcare entities keep up with the ever growing list of vulnerabilities involving medical devices, and new emerging threats? A top FDA official provides an update on the state of medical device security, and FDA's...

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Medical Devices: Treat Them Like Untrusted End-User Devices

Jennings Aske - New York-Presbyterian, Marianne Kolbasuk McGee - HealthcareInfoSecurity, Dave Nathans - Siemens Healthcare, Dale Nordenberg, MD - Safety and Security Consortium, Dr. Suzanne Schwartz - FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Steven W. Teppler - Mandelbaum Salsburg P.C. • •

Protecting end-user devices is an essential part of any information security strategy. But many healthcare organizations have literally thousands of connected medical devices - from infusion pumps to heart monitors - used in patient treatment that can be vulnerable, opening the door to a broader cyberattack....

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