Khatereh Calleja, JD, is Senior Vice President of Technology and Regulatory Affairs for AdvaMed, the Advanced Medical Technology Association. AdvaMed is the world’s largest association representing manufacturers of medical devices, diagnostic products, and medical information systems. During her tenure at AdvaMed, Ms. Calleja has worked on numerous policy issues to advance patient access to the benefits of medical technology.
With deep experience in leading complex policy and legal-regulatory strategy and reform activities, Ms. Calleja has focused on reauthorization of medical device user fee legislation to support innovation and improve the device regulatory review process as well as developing initiatives to promote the public health and support access to timely and high-quality medical technologies.
Calleja has extensive policy, regulatory, legal, and government affairs background in healthcare, medical product, patient, and provider issues. She has served in multiple leadership roles, including as President and CEO of the Healthcare Supply Chain Association, where she led critical policy efforts on healthcare quality, emergency preparedness and pandemic planning, and access to critical medicines. Calleja also established and led the Washington office of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Before that, Calleja previously directed legislative and regulatory affairs outreach activities at the American Academy of Otolaryngology. She has also provided strategic consulting for the pharmaceutical industry, healthcare professional groups, and Fortune 500 companies. She is a leading national trade association executive with more than 25 years of healthcare expertise.
Ms. Calleja is a graduate of Emory University and Villanova University School of Law.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: No Conflicts