Former FDA Chief Digital Health Officer of Global Strategy and Innovation Bakul Patel has started a new job with Google after 13 years with the regulatory agency.
Patel became senior director, global digital health strategy and regulatory for Google Health earlier this month, he said on LinkedIn.
Patel recounted highlights of his “incredible journey since 2008” at the FDA, including the introduction of functionality-based regulations in the FDA’s mobile medical apps guidance, working with international agencies to define and regulate software-as-a-medical-device (SaMD), developing the Digital Health Software Precertification (Pre-Cert) Program and launching the Digital Health Center of Excellence.
Patel had only been in his latest role at FDA since February, previously serving as director of the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health.