Laslie Is Incoming SUSAFFS President
Col. Winton P. D. Laslie, M.D., MPH, is the incoming President for the Society of U.S. Air Force Flight Surgeons (SUSAFFS).
He currently serves as MTF Director/Commander, 35th Medical Group, Misawa Air Base, Japan. He ensures maximum wartime medical readiness through a community-based healthcare system maintaining morale, health, and welfare for 7,000 beneficiaries through accessible high-quality care. A 2001 U.S. Air Force Academy graduate, Col. Laslie commissioned into the Medical Service Corps focusing on Medical Logistics and Medical Information Systems. After medical school he re-commissioned into the Medical Corps. He is board-certified in Family Medicine and Aerospace Medicine and is an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine for the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He is a Chief Physician and Chief Flight Surgeon. Prior to his current assignment, he was Chief, Aerospace Medicine Division, and Command Flight Surgeon, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe—Air Forces Africa, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. He earned a B.Sc. in Management from the U.S. Air Force Academy, his M.D. from Georgetown University School of Medicine, and his MPH from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.
Dr. Laslie has served in a variety of positions, including Chief of Aerospace Medicine and Deputy Chief (later Chief of Medical Staff) at the 36th Medical Group, Andersen AFB, Guam; Chief of Aerospace Medicine and Deputy Chief of Medical Staff at the 8th Medical Group, Kunsan AB, Republic of Korea; and Commander, 52nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron and Chief of Aerospace Medicine, 52nd Medical Group, then Commander, 52nd Operational Medical Readiness Squadron and Deputy Commander, 52nd Medical Group, Spangdahlem AB, Germany. His awards include the Air Force Achievement Medal, the Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster, and the Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Physicians and the Aerospace Medical Association, a Life Member of the American Society of Aerospace Medicine Specialists, a Diplomat of the American Board of Family Medicine and the American Board of Preventive Medicine (Aerospace Medicine), and a Member of the International Association of Military Flight Surgeon Pilots, SUSAFFS, and the Uniformed Services Academy of Family Physicians.
