Rupal Nguyen PhD, MBA

Rupal Nguyen is a principal engineer in the medical device & combination products division of the R&D Department. Currently, she works at Allergan and responsible for developing medical devices and combination products. She holds a Ph.D. and master’s degree in applied mathematics and mechanical engineering respectively. She also holds an executive MBA degree from UCI, California. She has 17+ years of experience in medical device industries.

Her areas of expertise are advanced R&D - to convert the concept into functional prototypes, in-vivo and in-vitro testing, Design Controls and Human Factors Engineering. For over 8 years, she has worked primarily in advanced R&D of neuro and peripheral implantable medical devices and combination products portfolio. She holds multiple patents related to implantable medical devices and delivery systems.