Dr. Susan Alpert

Formely  senior Vice President, Chief Regulatory Officer of Medtronic, responsible for all Medtronic global regulatory efforts.
Prior to joining Medtronic.

Served as Vice President of Regulatory Sciences for C.R. Bard, Inc. and worked at the FDA where she held a variety of positions in the Centers dealing with drugs, devices and radiological health, and foods, including six years as the Director of the Office of Device Evaluation.

Dr. Alpert is a microbiologist and a pediatrician with a specialty in infectious diseases and has practical experience in laboratory research and clinical trials.

She serves on the board of advisors for the Medical Technology Leadership Forum and the board of the Women Business Leaders, or organization of women leaders in the health care sector. She also serves on the Executive Committee of the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative, one of the public/private partnerships working with FDA to streamline the development of medical products.

Holds an undergraduate degree at Barnard College, Columbia University and a masters degree and Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from New York University.

She received her Medical Degree from the University of Miami (Florida) and completed her clinical training at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York and at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC.