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CDRH compliance chief to retire: Tim Ulatowski will retire from FDA at the end of the year, the veteran agency staffer announced in an April 12 memo to staff. Ulatowski said he made the decision before the new FDA administration came on board last year. An opening for the CDRH Office of Compliance director position was posted April 12 and FDA will review candidates and select a replacement "over the next few weeks," Ulatowski predicts. A smooth transition is important given CDRH's ambitious agenda for the coming years, he said (1"The Gray Sheet" April 5, 2010). "A break in permanent leadership for maybe a few months while all this is occurring would not be helpful," Ulatowski said in the memo. Once the new director is hired, Ulatowski will shift to a temporary advising role until his retirement. He has been with FDA since 1974 and with the Office of Compliance since 2003
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New CDRH compliance director: Steve Silverman is the new director of the FDA device center's Office of Compliance, agency staffers informed "The Gray Sheet" Sept. 10. Silverman, who has been a senior advisor in the compliance office for the past year, takes the helm from long-time Compliance Director Tim Ulatowski, who will retire from the agency Jan. 1, 2011 (1"The Gray Sheet" May 3, 2010). For the remainder of the year, Ulatowski will advise Silverman and lead special projects in the office. Prior to joining CDRH, Silverman was assistant director of the drug center's Office of Compliance. He has also worked in FDA's Office of Chief Counsel