Dean Winslow

Winslow was born in Illinois to Don Winslow, a patent attorney, and Anna Neff Winslow, a public school teacher. Winslow graduated from Dover High School in 1971. He received his undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University, where he ran varsity track and cross-country under coach Harry Groves.[2] 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 2007.[3]

Winslow's career has spanned private practice, basic research, drug and diagnostic device development, HIV medicine, military and aerospace medicine, public health, and academics. He has held numerous leadership positions in these fields.

Since 2006, Winslow has arranged medical care in the U.S. for 28 Iraqi children who have complicated medical conditions for which care is not available in Iraq.

In 2015, Winslow won a wrongful termination lawsuit against a California civilian hospital.[4] He and his wife, Dr. Julie Parsonnet, used the $1 million settlement to form The Eagle Fund, a charitable trust which provides aid to middle eastern and central American refugees. Donations to date have included United States Fund for UNICEF, International Rescue Committee, Inc., Save the Children, Crisis Action, Inc., and others.[5][6]

In 2018, Winslow co-founded SAFE: Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic, an organization which unites health care professionals to address gun violence in the US as a public health issue. SAFE advocates for an increase in federal funding for gun violence research and for lawmakers to implement “evidence-based” gun policy. SAFE has chapters in over 50 medical schools.[7][8]

In September 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Winslow to become the next Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. During his November 2017 Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing, Winslow was asked about the Sutherland Springs church shooting that had occurred two days prior. In his response, Winslow said "I'd also like to ... just say how insane it is that in the United States of America a civilian can go out and buy a semi-automatic weapon like an AR-15." His comment drew rebuke from Senator John McCain, the panel's chairman.[9] Winslow's nomination was put on indefinite hold, and Winslow withdrew from consideration in December 2017. Winslow later wrote an editorial in the Washington Post titled "I spoke my mind on guns. Then my Senate confirmation was put on hold." In the editorial, he wrote: "I have seen what [assault weapons like the AR-15] do to human beings. The injuries are devastating."[10]

His nomination for Assistant Secretary of Defense was not formally withdrawn by President Trump but was instead returned unconfirmed to the President by the U.S. Senate on 3 January 2018 under Standing Rules of the United States Senate, Rule XXXI, paragraph 6.[11]

On 1 July 2021, Winslow was asked to lead the CDC's COVID-19 Testing and Diagnostics Working Group (TDWG), a $46 billion interagency effort to develop testing-related guidance, expand the available testing supply, and maximize testing capacity in the US.[12][13] He briefly left military retirement and was placed on active duty orders by the California State Guard to join the working group on 1 April 2021, taking leave from Stanford University.[14]

As of November 2021, Winslow is a Senior Advisor to the CDC in Operation Allies Welcome, a DHS effort to support and repatriate vulnerable Afghans, including those who assisted US forces in Afghanistan. He is also serving as the Chief Medical Officer for the Southwest Border Migrant Health Task Force.

Winslow's decorations and awards include:

In addition to the above decorations, Winslow received the Malcolm C. Grow Award as Outstanding Air Force Flight Surgeon (ANG Command) in 1988 and the Air Force Association’s George W. Bush Award as outstanding ANG officer in 2006. His aeronautical rating is Chief Flight Surgeon and he has logged 1150 military flying hours including 431 combat hours and 263 combat sorties. Aircraft flown include the F-4, F-15, F-16, CF-18, A-37, T-38, C-5, C-12, C-17, C-130, MC-130, C-131, C-141, E-3, KC-10, KC-135, UH-1, UH-60, HH-60, and CH-47.

Winslow's civilian awards include:

• 2007: Humanitarian Service Award, American College of Physicians
• 2008: Award for Humanitarian Service to the People of Iraq, Iraqi Armed Forces
• 2015: David A. Rytand award for excellence in clinical teaching, Stanford Medicine[15]
• 2017: Society Citation award, Infectious Diseases Society of America[16]
• 2019: Alwin C. Rambar-James B.D. Mark Award for Excellence in Patient Care, Stanford Medicine[17]
• 2019: Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award, Federal Aviation Administration[18]
• 2020: Chief Residents Award for Dedication to Teaching, Stanford Medicine[19]

Winslow is married and has four children. He holds an Airline Transport Pilot license and type ratings in the Boeing 737, Douglas DC-3, the L-29 Delfin, and L-39 Albatross jets.[3]

Winslow is an Episcopalian and has served on the vestry of the Church of the Epiphany of San Carlos, California.

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