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A Deep Dive With US FDA’s Suzanne Schwartz: COVID-19, Cybersecurity, Device Shortages, And More

As head of the device center’s emergency response program, Schwartz oversees a broad range of issues, from medical device shortages to cybersecurity vulnerabilities. We talk to her in this Medtech Insight profile.

Suzanne Schwartz is director of the Office of Strategic Partnerships & Technology Innovation at the Center for Devices & Radiological Health.
Suzanne Schwartz

As a top US Food and Drug Administration public health official, most days it seems Suzanne Schwartz is trying to keep her head above water as she and her colleagues work to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. But as soon as the crisis is over, one of the first thing she plans on doing is getting her head back under water – literally.

Schwartz is director of the Office of Strategic Partnerships and Technology Innovation (OST) within the FDA’s Center for Devices and...

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