Keesler Medics welcome new leader Published July 1, 2008 By Susan Griggs KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, MISS. -- Wednesday, the 81st Medical Group welcomed a new leader, Brig. Gen. Daniel (Dr.) Wyman. Brig. Gen. (Dr.) Doug Robb relinquished command to General Wyman during a formal ceremony in front of Keesler Medical Center with Maj. Gen. Alfred Flowers, 2nd Air Force commander, as the presiding officer. Colonel Wyman comes to Keesler from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, where he served as Pacific Air Forces command surgeon and the 13th Air Force surgeon since June 2006. General Wyman also be-comes the senior market manager for Tricare's Gulf Coast Multi-Service Market, which includes five military medical facilities from Mobile, Ala., to New Orleans. As commander, the general is responsible for the direct delivery of health care by the largest medical group in the Air Force to more than 27,000 enrolled patients among almost 47,000 eligible people in Keesler Medical Center's catchment area and coordinates care for more than 75,000 beneficiaries along the Gulf Coast. He ensures the availability of major war and peacetime medical readiness response forces. In addition, General Wyman directs nine graduate medical education programs and an extensive clinical research program. He leads more than 1,860 health-care professionals and manages a local budget of more than $75.5 million. He's also the federal coordinator for the Gulf Coast National Disaster Medical System. General Wyman, a 1981 graduate of the Air Force Academy, is board certified in family practice, aerospace medicine and occupational medicine and holds a master's degree in public health. He's a chief flight surgeon with more than 850 flying hours in F-16, F-15, C-130 (multiple variations), UH-1 and numerous other aircraft. General Robb, who commanded the 81st MDG since July 2007, becomes the command surgeon for Air Mobility Command at Scott AFB, Ill. USAF. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by Rosario "Charo" Gutierrez) Photo Details / Download Hi-Res USAF. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by Rosario "Charo" Gutierrez)