Joel Kent, MSc. RAC, FRAPS is currently Director, Regulatory Affairs Strategy for GE Healthcare, Patient Care Solutions business. He has 30 years experience in regulatory affairs covering a variety of medical devices. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering from Duke University and a Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Mr. Kent has nine publications related to pulse oximetry and gastric tonometry and has been granted two US and Japanese Patents for Remote Sensing Tonometric Catheter Apparatus and Method. He is a senior lecturer in regulatory affairs and bioengineering at Northeastern University, Boston, MA and is an IEEE Senior Member and American Society for Quality (ASQ) Senior Member. In addition, he is a Regulatory Affairs Professional Society Fellow (FRAPS), holds the RAC (CAN, EU and US) and is serving as Vice-Chair of the RAPS Boston Chapter