BIO

Consumer Safety Officer, Special Assistant, Office of Medical Device and Radiological Health Inspectorate (OMDRHI), Medical Products Inspectorate (MPI), Office of Inspections and Investigations (OII)

FDA

Susan Matthias is a Consumer Safety Officer, Special Assistant in Office of Medical Device and Radiological Health Inspectorate (OMDRHI). She is responsible for assisting the office director with a wide variety of coordination and administrative projects, managing the OMDRHI strategic direction, and providing expertise as a subject matter expert. Prior to this position, she was a Device Specialist for eight years in OMDRHI’s central division, and maintains her Level II certification. She has worked for FDA since 2008. Prior to joining FDA, Matthias was the manufacturing manager for a mid-size medical device firm, where she managed production supervisors and manufacturing operations personnel. She also held various engineering and project management roles at industrial and automotive firms.