Anura S. Fernando

Dr. Anura holds degrees in Electrical Engineering, Biology/Chemistry, and Software Engineering with 17 years of UL experience in safety critical software & control systems certification including cross-industry research in automation, energy, medical, nanotechnology, etc. He has global responsibility for medical software certification at UL and is UL’s technical lead in developing the AAMI/UL 2800 standards for interoperable medical device safety. He has served on the Federal Advisory Committee FDA Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) WG, Medical Device Interoperability Coordinating Council, Medical Device Interoperability Safety WG, NIH QMDI Program Advisory Committee, and a number of interoperability-related committees with AAMI, IEC, and ISO. He is also an active member of a number of industry consortia and professional organizations working on medical device interoperability, including the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, Wi Fi Alliance, the Health Information Management Systems Society, and the International Council on Systems Engineering.