Michelle Tarver MD PhD

Medical Devices October 21, 2021

Communicating About Medical Device Safety Is Paramount to Public Health

By Michelle Tarver MD PhD & Angela Calman MPA – Thirty-five years ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an alert that warned health care providers how certain electrically powered hospital beds could harm and even kill children. That was one of our earliest communications about medical device safety.

Healthcare Revenue Cycle and Finance December 10, 2018

Fostering Collaborative Communities to Improve Patient Healthcare

By Scott Gottlieb, MD, Jeff Shuren, MD, JD, & Michelle Tarver, MD, PhD – Collaboration. It’s a word we use a lot at the FDA — and for good reason. Collaboration is an essential element of many approaches we apply to achieve our public health mission.