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Colonel THOMAS W. STAMP

Col. Thomas W. Stamp is the Commander, 10th Medical Group, and Command Surgeon at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Col. Stamp ensures healthcare for 4,739 cadets in addition to 19,373 active duty, retirees, and their families. He also serves as Deputy Director, Colorado Military Health System market for over 217,000 eligible beneficiaries and ensures deployment preparedness of 700 medics. Prior to this he served as the Chief of the Medical Staff at USAFEAFAFRICA, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

Col. Stamp entered the Air Force in June 1996 through the U.S. Air Force Academy. After attending Dartmouth Medical School in New Hampshire, he reentered active duty in March 2000. He completed his General Surgery residency at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. He has been stationed at Eglin AFB, Florida, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, Ft. McNair, Washington, D.C., and Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England. During these assignments, he has been deployed to the Philippines, Iraq, and Afghanistan as a General Surgeon, to Ramstein AB as a CCATT physician and served as the Commander of the 455 Expeditionary Medical Group and Combined Joint Task Force Medical Afghanistan at Bagram Air Field and Hamid-Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan.

EDUCATION
1996 Bachelor of Science, Biology, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.
2000 Doctor of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, N.H.
2018 Master of Science, National Resource Strategy, Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.

ASSIGNMENTS
  1. July 2000-July 2005, Resident in General Surgery, U.S. Air Force Medical Center Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

  2. July 2005-July 2009, Attending General Surgeon, Eglin AFB, Fla.

  3. July 2009-July 2012, Attending General Surgeon and General Surgery Department Chief, Landstuhl Army Medical Center, Germany

  4. July 2012-January 2015, Attending General Surgeon and Chief of General Surgery, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.

  5. January 2015-July 2017, Commander, 10th Surgical Operations Squadron, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.

  6. July 2017-June 2018, Student, Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, Fort McNair, Washington D.C.

  7. July 2018-May 2021, Commander, 48th Medical Group, RAF Lakenheath, England

  8. May-August 2021, Commander, 455th Expeditionary Medical Group and Combined Joint Task Force Medical-Afghanistan, Bagram Airfield and Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan

  9. September 2021-June 2022, Chief of the Medical Staff, USAFE-AFAFRICA, Ramstein AB, Germany

  10. June 2022-Present, Command Surgeon, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.; Commander, 10th Medical Group; Deputy Director, Colorado Military Health System market (DHA)

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal

(CURRENT AS OF JUNE 2022)