Michael Drues, Ph.D., is President of Vascular Sciences, an education, training, & consulting company offering a broad range of services to medical device, pharmaceutical & biotechnology companies. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Iowa State University in Ames. He has worked for and consulted with leading medical device, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. He also works for the FDA, Health Canada, the US and European Patent Offices, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and other regulatory and governmental agencies around the world. Dr. Drues is an internationally recognized expert, featured keynote speaker and an Adjunct Professor at several universities & medical schools.