Col Lee Williames

Colonel (Dr.) Lee Williames is the Command Surgeon, U.S. Strategic Command. He is the senior medical advisor to the Commander, USSTRATCOM, for all issues concerning disease, illness, human factors, force health protection, CBRN and directed energy weapons issues. He ensures provision of comprehensive health service support for assigned and attached forces during all phases of command operations and deployment through planning and coordination with Component Commands, supporting/supported unified Combatant Commands, and other institutions as required for mission execution. Col Williames entered the Air Force after graduating from Georgetown University Medical School in 1996. He has completed pediatric internship and residency as well as a fellowship in developmental behavioral pediatrics and is a graduated fellow of the Maternal Child Health Bureau’s Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities. Col Williames has worked on Air Force and Department of Defense policy in areas ranging from autism and care of special needs children to the medical components of the Personal Reliability Assurance Program. He has received a variety of teaching and research recognitions. He has been awarded Special Experience Identifiers for Excellence in Clinical or Academic Teaching, as a Certified Physician Executive, and in Arctic Leadership. In addition to participating in a variety of medical humanitarian, embassy, and MTF support missions, leading multidisciplinary teams in Central America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, he has commanded the largest Air Force hospitals in the European and Pacific theaters and served as Alaska Command Surgeon. Prior to his current position, he was the Command Surgeon, Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale AFB, Louisiana.