Medical Device Sterilization Workshop 2024
Tollestrup Auditorium
Overview: On September 24 and 25, 2024 the Organizing Committee of the Medical Device Sterilization Workshop will host a hybrid workshop for stakeholders exploring sterilization alternatives using accelerator-based radiation.
!! Please Note the change of dates !!
The in-person workshop will take place at Tollestrop Auditorium on the Fermilab Campus in Batavia, Illinois.
Hybrid sessions will take place:
- 8:00 am CDT to 4:30 pm- Tuesday, September 24
- 8:30 am CDT to 2:30 pm - Wednesday, September 25
All presentation and discussion sessions will be hybrid.
On Tuesday, September 24, there will be a no-host social event at Two-Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora (20 minutes away).
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: September 10, 2024 in-person, September 17, 2024 virtual
Virtual registration is free. Just ignore the registration and lunch fees.
Selecting lunch is highly recommended for in-person. There are no convenient off-site options. (registration and lunch are separate for administrative reasons.)
Important Registration Information:
- Point of Contact – Thomas Kroc
- Affiliation – Medical Device Sterilization Workshop 2024
- Are you affiliated with an institution - say "Yes"
- Home Institution Search -
- other - then add your place of employment
- Anyone traveling from outside of the US should ensure their passport or visa is marked as business travel.
Morning sessions will be streamed. This year, the FDA is ramping up its participation, going beyond last year’s mock-presub to discuss next steps. An international panel of regulators will look at differences in the regulatory processes in various countries and potential ways to harmonize them.
Invited Speakers
Keynote presentation – FDA (invited)
- Alternative Gasses
- Alternative SAL
- What does Max Dose Mean
- Parametric Release
- Dose Audits
- Extensive conversations with FDA
Organizing Committee
- Liz Claverie (Consultant, retired FDA head of Infection Control and Prevention)
- Debbie Cotton (Retired)
- Thomas Kroc (Fermilab, Emeritus)
- Vu Le (Abbott)
- Mark Pasmore (Baxter)
- Mara Senescu (Baxter)
- John Williams (Medtronic)
Who should attend: Recent events in the medical device sterilization community reinforce that patient safety, in particular sterility assurance, is not specific to any particular company, vendor, or institution. This forum seeks to bring together voices from across these various organizations to define and build the future of this industry, for the benefit of the patients we serve. Participants from technical, business, and regulatory functions from the following organization types will benefit from workshop participation:
- Medical device manufacturers
- Accelerator manufacturers
- Contract sterilization vendors
- Medical device regulators
- Medical device regulatory
- Medical device and sterilization laboratories
Attendees should expect to:
- Examine the current science of radiation sterilization techniques (X-ray, gamma, and E-beam)
- Maintain connection with developments in the use of alternative technologies for medical device sterilization
- Influence discussion on the direction of medical device sterilization and potential collaboration opportunities and mechanisms to help realize that future
- Interact with staff of the FDA to better understand how to work with the FDA for approvals for new and existing products
Abbas Nasreddine
Adam Tosti
Adriana Allen
Aftin Ross
Aja Thomas
Albert (Ted) May
Alexander Paczynski
Alpa Patel
Amanda Benedict
Andrew Bent
Andrew Brinkdopke
Andrew Glaser
Andy Diehl
Anthony Eisenhut
Anthony Piotrkowski
anthony piotrkowski
Ashley Miller
Babita Mahajan
Ben Freemire
Bert Whitt
Beverly Whitaker
Bill Brodbeck
Brandon Shurdhi
Brian Davis
Brian Lindsay
Briana Potocnik
Carter Olson
Chris Schuttert
Christiane Beerlage
Christine Laube
Christopher Dugard
Christopher Merton
Chuntao Cao
Cierra Spriggs
Claire Briglia
Clarence Murray III
CLARISSA ZEHRUNG
Colin Wang
Daan Hoek
Damien Prieels
Dan Floyd
Dana Pomroy
Dane Popovski
Daniel Badali
Daniel Wojtczak
Davi Waltz
David Dominguez
David Opie
David Tran
Debra Cotton
Deepak Namdev
Deepak Patil
Diane Faivre-Swiat
Diane Smith
Douglas Bondar
Egmont Semmler
Elizabeth Claverie
Emma Garcia
Erika Skluzacek
Erin Huber
Fanny Poulon
FERNANDO LUNA
Frederic Dessy
George Andrews
Gerardo Segovia
Grace Bolton
GREGORY OBRIEN
Günther Burgstaller
Hugo Samayoa
Ionela Butuc Andreescu
Jade Schiesser
James Hathcock
James Vesper
James Whitcomb
Jami McLaren
Jamie Holdren
Jason Lowe
Jatin Patel
Jayakar Thangaraj
Jeffrey Peltier
Jennie Davis
Jennifer Berg
Jennifer Ryan
Jennifer Zimmerman
Jeremy Brison
Jessica Rue
Johannetsy Avillan
John Fraser
John Schlecht
John Stansberry
Jon Jansson
Jon Lee
Jonathan Cruz
Jose Gonzalez
Joseph Connaghan
Joseph Marano
Josh Earp
Juha Mattila
Kate McFalls
Kathryn Lyons
Kelly Foley
Kelsey Golk
Kevin Donahue
Kevin Tschabrun
khalid fatouaki
Kim Patton
Krista Schulte
Kumbirai Dhliwayo
Kyrstan Polaski-Hancock
Leah MacKrell
Leo Fifield
Leslie Toews
Liliane Phan
Linda Ly
Lionel PINEAU
Lisa Simone
Liv Arnold
Liz Krewson
Lorrainne Rivera
lucia polakova
Lucia Polakova
Lydia Dupont
Mabel Herrera
Macario Moreno
Magdalena Pierzchala
Mara Senescu
Marcelo Trevino
Marcos Ruelas
Maria Ruiz
Mark Bogs
Mark Murphy
Mark Pasmore
Martell Winters
Matthew Brochin
Mauricio Martinez
Mauricio Suarez
Megan Frost
Meghan Gelerman
Michael Jaeschke
Michael Sadowski
Michelle Bock
Mike Neilson
Mike Rust
Miriam Burke
Mohit Gupta
Molly Swanson
Morgan Beaver
Muzammil Ahmed
Nameera Wegner
Nate Bridgewater
Nicholas Brydon
Nicholas Brydon
Nicolas Ludwig
Nissa Rieck
Oana Walls
Pablo Esquinas
Pablo Jimenez Ceciliano
Paul Baumgartner
Paulo Laranjeira
Peter Baker
Peter Noverini
Peter Rubino
Rachel Miller
Rachel Montoya
Rafael Rodriguez
Rebecca Ward
Robert Ihlefeldt
Rose LaRue-Slater
ruchi pandey
Ryan Ortega
Sarah Campagna
Sarah Herold
Scott Steffen
Shari Formica
sharon lunney
Shaun Devitt
Silvia Cervero
Simon Gonzales
Sopheak Srun
Stephen Anisko
Steven Nichols
Summer Boland
Susan Mickens
Thijs Kea
THOMAS BUNCH
Thomas Kroc
VARTIKA AGARWAL
Vazir Avdoiani
Victor Lopez
Vu Lekate
Wendy Wangsgard
William Andersen
Wong Teck Min
Xiufeng Jia
Yaira Noemi Rivera Jaime
Yinfei Cheong
Ying Zhang
Zabrina Tumaitis-Namba
Zachary Dukerich
Zhixue Zhu