Stephen Rhodes is the Director of the Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) and Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) programs in the Office of Device Evaluation (ODE) within FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health. He comes to this position from his previous position as the Branch Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Devices in ODE. In the latter position, he had oversight for the pre-clinical and clinical for plastic and reconstructive surgery and neurological implant devices. He is CDRH's product jurisdiction coordinator for combination products. He serves on FDA's Human Subject Protection Committee, Good Laboratory Practices Working Group, Human Subject Bioresearch Monitoring Working Group, and IDE/BIMO Committee.