Donna-Bea Tillman, Ph.D.

Donna-Bea Tillman is the Director of the Office of Device Evaluation (ODE) in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health, where she oversees the pre-market review program for medical devices. She began her career at FDA in 1994 as a reviewer in the Obstetrics/Gynecology Devices Branch, and later became chief of the Pacing and Electrophysiology Devices Branch, and Deputy Director for the Division of Cardiovascular Devices. In October 2003, she became the ODE Deputy Director for Technology and Review Policy.

Prior to coming to FDA, Dr. Tillman was involved in developing consensus standards at the Consumer Product Safety Commission. She received her bachelor's degree in engineering from Tulane University, and her doctorate in biomedical engineering from the Johns Hopkins University.