Subcommittee 8 - Medical Device EMC Test Methods

Membership and Working Group Roster

(Revised October 16, 2026)

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Subcommittee 8 Leadership Roster
Subcommittee 8 Membership Roster
C63.18 (On-site testing of immunity of medical equipment) Working Group Roster
C36.19 (Hearing aid compatibility) Working Group Roster
C63.33 (Immunity of Portable Medical Devices to Electronic Article Surveillance Systems)

Subcommittee 8 Leadership Roster

Chair	Vice Chair	Secretary
Schaefer, Dave	Silberberg, Jeff	Cathy Miller (non-voting)

Membership Guidelines for Subcommittees:

For an individual to remain a voting member of a Subcommittee, active participation in Subcommittee meetings and regular responses to Subcommittee email votes is required. Should a member fail to attend at least one of three consecutive scheduled meetings (in person or remotely via web conference (when used)) or respond to at least one of every two consecutive Subcommittee email votes, their membership in that Subcommittee may be at risk.

Note: Abstentions shall be treated the same as a “yes” or “no” vote regarding the requirement to respond to email votes.

Subcommittee 8 Membership Roster

Name	Role within SC	Affiliation
Al-Kalaa, Omar	Member	Inovectrum (Subcommittee Member)
Ardeshipour, Yasaman	Member	FDA (Primary)
Case, Dave	Member	TIMCO Engineering Inc. (Expert)
DeLisi, Bob	Member	UL LLC (Primary)
Hoolihan, Dan	Member	Hoolihan EMC Consulting (Individual Member)
Kuczynski, Victor	Member	Vican Electronics (Subcommittee Member)
Liu, Steve	Member	RF Safety Laboratory LLC (Subcommittee Member)
Schaefer, Dave	Chair	Element Materials Technology (Alternate)
Silberberg, Jeff	Vice Chair	Member Emeritus
Zimmerman, Dave	Member	Spectrum EMC, LLC (Individual Member)

Subcommittee 8 Working Groups

Membership Guidelines for Working Groups:

For an individual to remain a member of a Working Group, active participation is required. Should a member fail to attend at least one of three consecutive scheduled meetings (in person or via web conference (when used)) their membership in that Working Group may be at risk.  Individual Working Groups may establish additional participation criteria and/or modify this requirement.

C63.18 (On-site immunity testing of medical equipment) Working Group Roster

Name	Role within WG	Affiliation
		Currently suspended...

C63.19 (Hearing Aid compatibility) Working Group Roster

Name	Role within WG	Affiliation / Financial Support
Ahmad, Salman	Member	ISED Canada
Bress, James	Member	AST Technology Labs Inc.
Chao, Justin	Member	Element Materials Technology
Davis, Kiara	Member	UL
Douat, Marc	Member	Apple
Ehsan, Rehan	Member	Samsung
Harwell, Andrew	Member	Independent
Hauswirth, Steven	Member	UL
Heo, YJ	Member	HCT Co., Ltd.
Hofmann, Bob	Member	Retired
Isabelle, Scott	Member	Amazon
Kim, Tae	Member	RF Safety Laboratory, LLC
Kozma-Spytek, Linda	Member	Gallaudet University
Liu, Steve	Chair	RF Safety Laboratory, LLC
Meyer, Romain	Member	SPEAG
Nixon, Jason	Member	ISED Canada
Rigolage, Thomas	Member	Federal Communications Commission
Schaefer, David	Member	Element Materials Technology
Solanki, Dharmajit	Member	Zebra Technologies
Sousa, Nathan	Member	UL
Thao, Pao	Member	Starkey
Zhao, Helen	Member	Google

C63.33 (Immunity of Portable Medical Devices to Electronic Article Surveillance Systems)

Name	Role within WG	Affiliation
Abbondante, Nicholas	Vice Chair	Intertek ETL SEMKO
Ardeshirpour, Yasaman	Member	FDA
Bassen, Howard	Member	Individual Contributor
Becker, John	Member	Starkey
Case, Dave	Member	TIMCO Engineering Inc.
Darden, Jeremiah	Member	Element Materials Technology
Delisi , Bob	Member	UL LLC
Guillaume, Girard	Member	Medtronic
Heckert, Ralph	Member	Georgia Tech University
Hoolihan, Dan	Member	Hoolihan EMC Consulting
House, Jody	Member	Element Materials Technology
Hubers, Reinold	Member	NEDAP
Kippola, James	Member	BSCI
Koffink, Michael	Member	Intertek
Kuczynski, Victor	Member	Vican Electronics
Murphy, Michael	Member	Intertek
Peltier, Joel	Member	Medtronic (retired)
Podrasky, Bob	Member	Garrett
Reitan, Ronald	Member	Individual Contributor
Schaefer, Dave	Member	Element Materials Technology
Seidman, Seth	Member	FDA - Devices & Radiological Health
Silberberg, Jeffrey	Member	Member Emeritus
Sponberg, Curt	Member	Medtronic
Stadnik, Paul	Member	Biotronik
Wang, Roy	Member	Biotronik
Zainal, Khairul	Member	Apple Inc.
Zimmerman, David	Member	Spectrum EMC, LLC (Individual)