Dean Winslow (born ca. 1953) is an American physician, academic, and retired

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. He had been nominated by President

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to become the next

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, but he withdrew his nomination in December 2017 after it was put on indefinite hold. He is Professor and former Vice Chair of Medicine at

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. He previously served as Chair of the Department of Medicine and Chief of the Division of

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Medicine at the

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. In the Air Force, he deployed twice to

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and four times to

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as a flight surgeon supporting combat operations in

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and

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Early life and education

Winslow was born in

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to Don Winslow, a patent attorney, and Anna Neff Winslow, a public school teacher. Winslow graduated from Dover High School in 1971, where he was class valedictorian, played varsity football, and was co-captain of the track team, and played first violin in the Delaware All-State Orchestra. He received his undergraduate degree (with high distinction) from

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, where he ran varsity track and cross-country under coach Harry Groves. In 1976, Winslow received his doctorate from

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and was elected to

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Honor Medical Society. He completed internal medicine residency at

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and infectious diseases fellowship at Oschner Foundation Hospital.

Medical career

Winslow began his in medical private practice in

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where he started the state’s first multidisciplinary clinic for

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patients in 1985. In 1988 he joined the

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where he worked both as a bench scientist on HIV

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then later designed the

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supporting

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approval of

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. In 1999 he became Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at Visible Genetics Inc. and led the FDA clearance of the TRUGENE HIV-1 drug resistance test. Winslow joined the staff at

in 2003, where he served as Chief of the Division of AIDS Medicine and later as Chair of the Department of Medicine. Winslow is Professor of Medicine with appointments in the Divisions of

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and

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. He has served on the Stanford faculty since 1998 and served from 2003–2008 as Co-Director of Stanford's Infectious Diseases Fellowship Training Program. In 2015 he was appointed Academic Physician-In-Chief at Stanford/ValleyCare and Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine. He was Lead Physician for the US Antarctic Program of the National Science Foundation 2019–2020 based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Winslow’s professional interests focus on patient care and clinical teaching. Winslow is a Master of the

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, Fellow of the

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, Fellow of the

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, and the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. He is the author of 80 research papers. He is a member of the IDSA Sepsis Task Force, and previously served as Chair of the Standards and Practice Guidelines Committee. He serves on the editorial board of the journal AIDS, and is associate editor of both Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Diseases and Infectious Disease Alert.

Military career

Winslow (call sign, “Racer”) entered the Louisiana Air National Guard in 1980 as a general medical officer. He became a flight surgeon in 1983 and he was a Distinguished Graduate of the

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. He served as Commander of the 159th Medical Group 1992–1995 and was State Air Surgeon,

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1995–2011. He served as ANG Assistant to the Commander,

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2011–2014. His last military assignment before retiring from the Air National Guard in December 2015 was Special Assistant to the Adjutant General, Delaware National Guard.

Deployments

In November 1998, Winslow led a military medical relief mission to

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in the aftermath of

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. Winslow deployed to the

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six times from 2003 to 2011 as a flight surgeon supporting combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. From January–April 2003, Winslow was the flight surgeon responsible for combat rescue operations from

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to northern Iraq during the initial invasion. In September 2005, he coordinated military public health and force protection in

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in the aftermath of

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. In 2006, Winslow served as an ER physician and flight surgeon at the United States Air Force 447th EMEDS (combat hospital) in Baghdad and in 2008 he returned to serve as hospital commander of the same unit during the Iraq surge. In 2009, Winslow was selected to serve as a physician in

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supporting the National Science Foundation. He is a 2007 graduate of Air War College. He has served as an infectious disease consultant to the USAF Surgeon General. In March 2020 he returned to active status in the

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to assist with the state's response to the Coronavirus pandemic and the wildfires in California. Winslow has served as an advisor on COVID-19 to the Commander, NATO International Security Assistance Force, Afghanistan.

Dates of rank

Philanthropy and Gun Violence Prevention Advocacy

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. He and his wife, Dr. Julie Parsonnet, used the $1 million settlement to for
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., Oxfam, Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance, Episcopal Relief and Development, Asylum Access, Sana Relief Fund of Lucille Packard Foundation for Children's Health, American Near East Refugee Aid, Jesuit Refugee Service USA, UNRWA USA National Committee, Iraqi Children Foundation, UNHCR, and Cristosal. Winslow CMOC staff Baghdad

In 2018, Winslow co-founded
SAFE: Scrubs Addressing the Firearms 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.

Nomination to become Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs

In September 2017, President

nominated Winslow to become the next

. During his November 2017 Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing, Winslow was asked about the

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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

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, the panel's chairman. 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 ssault weapons like the AR-15do to human beings. The injuries are devastating." His nomination for

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was not formally withdrawn by President Trump but was instead returned unconfirmed to the President by the

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on 3 January 2018 under

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, paragraph 6.

Senior Advisor to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

On 1 July 2021, Winslow was asked to lead the

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'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. From November 2021 until July 2022, Winslow served as senior CDC advisor to Operation Allies Welcome, a DHS effort to support and resettle vulnerable Afghans, including those who assisted US forces in Afghanistan. He also served as Chief Medical Officer to the Southwest Border Migrant Health Task Force and senior CDC advisor to the Vaccine Task Force.

Military awards

Winslow's decorations and awards include:

Civilian awards

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 *2011: Paul Harris Fellowship – Recognition for humanitarian service, Rotary International *2014 and 2015: David A. Rytand award for excellence in clinical teaching, Stanford Medicine * 2017: Society Citation award, Infectious Diseases Society of America * 2019: Alwin C. Rambar-James B.D. Mark Award for Excellence in Patient Care, Stanford Medicine * 2019:

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, Federal Aviation Administration * 2020: Chief Residents Award for Dedication to Teaching, Stanford Medicine *2021: Master, American College of Physicians *2022: Alumni Achievement Award, Sidney Kimmel (Jefferson) Medical College *2022: Excellence in Emergency Response- Domestic (Toby Merlin Award), for medical and public health support to Operation ALLIES WELCOME, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Personal life

Winslow is married and has four children. His wife is Stanford Professor Julie Parsonnet. His daughter,

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, is an experimental particle physicist and MIT professor. Winslow soloed in a glider at age 14 and holds an Airline Transport Pilot license and type ratings in the

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, the L-29 Delfin, and L-39 Albatross jets. He is an

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and has served on the

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of the Church of the Epiphany of

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References

External links

Biography: Stanford Medicine
*

Media appearances and news articles

*[https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-thursday-edition-1.4460458/retired-u-s-colonel-stands-by-gun-control-comments-that-cost-him-a-senate-confirmation-1.4460474 Retired U.S. colonel stands by gun control comments that cost him a Senate confirmation (CBC Radio, Dec. 21, 2017)]
Transcript: Trump Nominee Withdraws Name after Comment (CNN, Dec. 22, 2017)

Stanford Medicine professor gives up federal nomination after gun control comments stall confirmation (Stanford Daily, Jan. 7, 2018)Transcript: Interview with John Berman, Congressional Action on Weapons (CNN, Feb. 16, 2018)(Video) 2019 Progress Seminar Dr. Dean L. Winslow (Peninsula Television, May 31, 2019)

EXCLUSIVE: Stanford professor gets tapped for COVID senior adviser role at CDC (ABC7 News, Apr. 5, 2021)

‘From Bagram to Baghdad and Back Again’: Doctor Shares Experience in Two Wars (dvids, Feb. 01, 2022)

Thousands more Afghans headed to D.C. area for processing (The Washington Post, Feb. 24, 2022)

The challenges of transferring military aircraft (Center for International Security and Cooperation, Mar. 11, 2022)

EP. 10: IN SERVICE OF A GREATER CAUSE (The Doctor's Art Podcast, May 10, 2022)

Opinion articles

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* ttps://www.mercurynews.com/2019/09/10/opinion-why-we-need-the-assault-weapons-ban-of-2019/ Opinion: Why we need the Assault Weapons Ban of 2019 (San Jose Mercury News, Sept. 9, 2019)
Veteran: Betrayal of the Kurds ‘dishonors the sacrifices’ of soldiers who gave their lives (San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 15, 2019)
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