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# In Vitro Diagnostic Device Chief Gutierrez to Retire
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/in-vitro-diagnostic-device-chief-gutierrez-to-retire/
- Published: 2017-08-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T22:44:29.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: Devices, #legacy-id-D5139502

CDRH Office of In Vitro Diagnostic Device Evaluation and Safety (OIVD) director **Alberto Gutierrez** has announced he will retire at the end of September. Gutierrez joined FDA in 1992 as a CBER reviewer for vaccine adjuvants and method development for determination of the purity and structure of vaccine components. In 2000, he moved to CDRH as a scientific reviewer, becoming a team leader for Toxicology in 2003, director of the Division of Chemistry and Toxicology Devices in 2005, OIVD deputy director in 2007, and office director in 2009\. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Haverford College and master and doctorate degrees in chemistry from Princeton University.