In the first webisode, Daniel J. Vukelich, President of the Association of Medical Device Reprocessing, will outline the need for hospitals to extend the life of single-use medical devices. He will discuss remanufactured devices and how their use can reduce costs, cut waste, and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
Guest
Daniel J. Vukelich, Esq., CAE
President and CEO
Daniel Vukelich has been with AMDR since 2000 – representing the companies that conduct the majority of commercial “single-use” medical device reprocessing and re-manufacturing being done in North American and Europe today. Daniel joined AMDR in the same year the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued requirements putting reprocessors on an equal regulatory footing with medical device manufacturers. With over 20 years of experience working on medical device reprocessing issues and representing the industry before state regulatory agencies and international bodies, Daniel is intimately familiar with the industry’s legal, regulatory, public relations, and political landscape.
He is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, a Certified Association Executive through American Society of Association Executives, and a former National Debate champion in 1996. Daniel received a B.A. in Political Science and Public Communication with Pi Sigma Alpha honours from the American University in Washington, DC and his Juris Doctor degree from the American University’s Washington College of Law.
He is a native of Minneapolis and a member of the Florida and District of Columbia Bars.
