Profile:
Over the past 30 years, Dr. David has developed, implemented and taught life cycle healthcare technology management focusing on risk mitigation of medical devices and their accessories. Dr. David's expertise includes successful completion of over one hundred adverse events investigations associated with medical devices, dozens of depositions and court testimonies. Dr. David established award-wining hospital-based technical services program matched by regulatory compliance knowledge supported by experience, licensure as register professional engineer in Texas, certification in clinical engineering and in the field of forensic engineering and technology.

Prior to Biomedical Engineering Consultants, LLC, a firm providing expertise in management of healthcare technology over its life-cycle, regulatory compliance and forensic engineering services for hospitals and industry worldwide, Dr. David headed the Biomedical Engineering department and the Center for Telehealth at the largest medical center in the US.

Dr. David holds adjunct academic appointment at the University of Texas - School of Public Health and previously at Baylor College of Medicine. He is also a visiting professor at the Tec de Monterrey school of Medicine in Mexico. Dr. David serves as member of the FDA advisory panel and is the recipient of the FDA commissioner's special citation as well as of the 2008 ACCE/AAMI Humanitarian Engineering and of the 2011 ACCE life time Achievement awards. He has served as adviser to the World Health Organization (WHO), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and as president of the Center for Telemedicine and e-Health Law (CTeL) both in Washington, DC.

David holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Engineering and a Doctorate in Education, from West Virginia University. He served as the first president of the American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE) and he is also president emeritus of the nonprofit Healthcare Technology Foundation. Dr. David presently serves on the Board of the International Federation of Biological and Medical Engineering Clinical Engineering Division. He has published numerous manuscripts and books including serving as the editor of Clinical Engineering book (CRC Press). His areas of expertise include medical devices, biomedical engineering, telemedicine, risk mitigation, electromagnetic interference, medical equipment evaluation, maintenance, system integration and incidents investigation.

Education/Licenses:
B.Sc., M.Sc., Ed.D., P.E.

Primary Area of Expertise:
Biomedical Engineering