Col. (Dr.) Mark D. Levin serves as the Commander of the 329th Medical Wing at Medical Readiness Command-Alpha in San Antonio, Texas. He leads 11 Medical Groups, providing strategic planning, budgeting, programming, human resource management, deployment medicine, and medical readiness oversight to organize, train, and equip 6,000 medical professionals. Col. Levin is responsible for generating a medically ready force for Air Mobility Command, as well as ensuring the medical force is ready to deliver healthcare services globally for combatant and humanitarian operations.

Prior to this assignment, Col. Levin served as Commander, 559th Medical Group, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. As Commander, he led 543 officers, enlisted, contract, and civilian Airmen unifying medical operations for military treatment facilities at JBSA-Lackland and JBSA-Randolph. His background includes numerous leadership roles, including Medical Director, Chief of Medical Staff, Squadron Commander, Deputy Group Commander, and Group Commander.

Prior to active duty, Col. Levin served as a private practice anesthesiologist in Massachusetts and joined the Massachusetts Air National Guard in 2010. Col. Levin is a trained Flight Surgeon and Critical Care Air Transport Team physician. He has deployed twice for CCATT and served as the Commander, COVID Theatre Hospital, for the state of California during the height of the pandemic.  

EDUCATION
1989 Biology, Loyola University, Baltimore, Md.
1993 Doctor of Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Va.
1994 Transitional Internship, Riverside Regional Medical Center, Newport News, Va. 1997 Residency in Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Mass.
2012 Aerospace Medicine Primary Course, School of Aerospace Medicine, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 2016 Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala., by correspondence
2022 Interagency Institute for Federal Health Care Executives, Washington, D.C.
2022 Joint Medical Executive Skills Institute Capstone Course, Washington, D.C.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. December 2010 - May 2014, Flight Surgeon, Massachusetts Air National Guard, Barnes, Mass. (deployed CCATT Team Physician, February 2014, Germany)
2. May 2014 - June 2017, Deputy Surgical Squadron Commander, Medical Director of Anesthesia, Travis AFB, Calif., (deployed April - October 2015, CCATT Director, Germany)
3. June 2017 - July 2019, Chief of Medical Staff, Vandenberg AFB, Calf.
4. July 2019 - May 2021, Commander, 60th Surgical Operations Squadron, Travis AFB, Calif. (deployed December 2020 - February 2021, Commander, COVID Theater Hospital, California)
5. June 2021 - June 2022, Deputy Commander, 59th Medical Operations Group, JBSA-Lackland AFB, Texas
6. June 2022 - July 2024, Commander, 559th Medical Group, JBSA-Lackland, Texas
7. July 2024 - present, Commander, 329th Medical Wing, Medical Readiness Command-Alpha, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas 

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit Medal
Air Force Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Armed Forces Service Medal with service star
Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal
Air Force Expeditionary Service Ribbon with Gold Border

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Major December 20, 2010
Lieutenant Colonel December 20, 2013
Colonel December 20, 2019

(Current as of January 2026)