In Vitro Medical Device Testing SymposiumDecember 10-11, 2013
Johns Hopkins
Mt. Washington Conference Center
Baltimore, MD This symposium, hosted by the Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT), will examine how the National Academy of Sciences, Toxicity Testing in the 21st Century can be applied to Medical Devices. The program will examine current requirements and testing approaches, followed by an examination of in vitro assays useful in medical device testing. Speakers representing industry government and academics include: - Albrecht Pohl - Harlan
- Victoria Hampshire - US Food and Drug Administration
- Joseph Carraway – NAMSA
- Michael Wolf - Medtronic
- Thomas Hartung – Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
- James McKim - CeeTox
- Kelly Coleman – Medtronic, Inc.
- Richard Hutchinson – Ethicon (a Johnson & Johnson Company)
- Harald Krug – EMPA (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology)
- Anthony Bahinski - Wyss Institute at Harvard
- Johns Hopkins University Biomedical Engineering
Platinum Sponsor: NAMSA
Supporters: Cook Medical and Medtronic Inc. For more information contact Marilyn Principe. | 
