Cindy Burnsteel DVM U.S. FDA
Cindy Burnsteel DVM U.S. FDA Deputy Director for Drugs and Devices, OSC, CVM
Dr. Cindy Burnsteel is the Deputy Director for Drugs and Devices in FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine’s Office of Surveillance and Compliance. She is a veterinarian, who spent 8 years in full-time, food animal veterinary practice; including three years as the herd veterinarian for a 3,000 cow dairy farm. In 1999, she joined CVM's Office of New Animal Drug Evaluation, swhere he woshe spent 21 years as a reviewer, team leader, and director in the Division of Therapeutic Drugs for Food Animals. In March 2020, she took on her current role in the Office of Surveillance and Compliance.. She is married and has 4 sons. In her “spare time” she enjoys attending her son’s sporting events, gardening, beekeeping, and a little bit of private practice.