Dean Winslow

Dean Winslow (born ca. 1953) is an American physician, academic, and retired United States Air Force colonel. He has been nominated by President Donald Trump to become the next Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. He previously worked as a professor and vice chair of medicine at Stanford University, as chair of the department of medicine and chief of the division of AIDS medicine at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, and in antiretroviral drug development. A retired United States Air Force colonel with several distinguished military decorations for his service, he deployed twice to Afghanistan and four times to Iraq as a flight surgeon supporting combat operations in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Education
Winslow graduated from Dover High School in 1971. He received his undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University. In 1976, Winslow received his doctorate from Jefferson Medical College. He completed medical fellowships with the Christiana Care Health System and Oschner Foundation Hospital. In 1983, Winslow graduated with distinction as a flight surgeon from the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine. He graduated from the United States Air Force's Air War College in 2006. Winslow is board certified in internal medicine and infectious disease by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Career
Winslow practiced medicine for more than 40 years, most recently as an infectious disease and hospital-based internal medicine specialist at Stanford University. Prior to his role at Stanford, he served as chair of the department of medicine and chief of the division of AIDS medicine at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. He also worked for 15 years in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries where he helped develop several antiretroviral drugs and the first pharmacogenomics diagnostic device approved by the Food and Drug Administration. A former flight surgeon, he served part-time for 35 years in the Air National Guard.