OOPD Staff Members
***Please route office correspondence and requests for information through the personnel found on the contacts page.***
OOPD provides quality assistance and supervision to Orphan Products Program and related issues. The staff of OOPD are:
Timothy R. Cote MD, MPH
Director
Office of Orphan Products Development
(301) 827-3666
Email: timothy.cote@fda.hhs.gov
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Debra Y. Lewis OD, MBA
Associate Director
Office of Orphan Products Development
(301) 827-3666
Email: debra.lewis@fda.hhs.gov
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Richard F. Barror PE, M.P.H.
(301) 827-8799
Email: Richard.Barror@fda.hhs.gov
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James D. Bona RPh, MPH
(301) 827-0978
Email: James.Bona@fda.hhs.gov
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Diane Centeno-Deshields RPh
(301) 827-0980
Email: Diane.Centeno-Deshields@fda.hhs.gov
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Jeffrey Fritsch RPh
(301) 827-0989
Email: Jeff.Fritsch@fda.hhs.gov
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Mary Grice
(301) 827-3308
Email: Mary.Grice@fda.hhs.gov
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Donald R. Haggerty MD, MPH
(301) 827-0986
Email: Donald.Haggerty@fda.hhs.gov
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Brenda Hood
(301) 827-0976
Email: Brenda.Hood@fda.hhs.gov
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Mary Limon
(301) 827-8801
Email: Mary.Limon@fda.hhs.gov
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Paul Maher MD, MPH
(301) 827-0987
Paul Maher@fda.hhs.gov
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Katherine Needleman MS, RAC
(301) 827-3668
Email: Katherine.Needleman@fda.hhs.gov
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Tan Nguyen MD, PhD
(301) 827-0983
Email: Tan.Nguyen@fda.hhs.gov
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Kathryn O'Connell MD, MPH
(301) 827-0984
Email: kathryn.oconnell@fda.hhs.gov
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Karen Robertson
(301) 827-0977
Email: Karen.Robertson@fda.hhs.gov
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Henry Startzman, MD
(301) 827-0985
Email: Henry.Startzman@fda.hhs.gov
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Mathew Thomas MD
(301) 827-0993
Email:mathew.thomas@fda.hhs.gov
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Linda Ulrich, MD
(301) 827-7252
Email: linda.ulrich@fda.hhs.gov
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Peter L. Vaccari, RPh, RAC
(301) 827-0981
Email: Peter.Vaccari@fda.hhs.gov
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