Col. Thomas W. Stamp is the Command Surgeon, Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa and Third Air Force. As the Command Surgeon, he advises and represents the Major Command's and Numbered Air Force’s Commanders on all aspects of the medical service mission in support of three combatant commands. Col. Stamp facilitates a robust global health engagement program aimed at building partner nation military medical capacity and deliberate crisis action planning efforts to achieve our nation’s objectives throughout Europe and Africa.
Prior to his current position, Col. Stamp was the Command Surgeon, United States Air Force Academy and Commander, 10th Medical Group, Colorado Springs, Colorado. He entered the Air Force in June 1996 through the USAFA. After attending Dartmouth Medical School in New Hampshire, Col. Stamp reentered active duty in March 2000. He completed his General Surgery residency at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and has been stationed at Eglin AFB, Florida, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, the USAFA, Colorado, Fort McNair, Washington D.C., and RAF Lakenheath, England. During these assignments, he has been deployed to the Philippines, Iraq, and Afghanistan as a General Surgeon, to Ramstein Air Base as a Critical Care Air Transport Team physician and served as the Commander of the 455 Expeditionary Medical Group and Combined Joint Task Force Medical - Afghanistan at Bagram Airfield and Hamid-Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan.
EDUCATION
1996 Bachelor of Science, Biology, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, 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, USAF Medical Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, 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, United States Air Force Academy, Colo.
5. January 2015-July 2017, Commander, 10th Surgical Operations Squadron, United States 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 2021-Aug 2021, Commander, 455th Expeditionary Medical Group and Combined Joint Task Force Medical, 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-July 2024, Command Surgeon, United States Air Force Academy, Colo.; Commander, 10th Medical Group, Colorado Springs, Colo.; Deputy Director, Colorado Military Health System Market, Defense Health Agency
11. July 2024-present, Command Surgeon, USAFE-AFAFRICA, Ramstein AB, Germany
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
American Board of Surgery
American Association Physician Leaders
Fellow, American College of Surgeon
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 29, 1996
Captain March 25, 2000
Major March 25, 2006
Lieutenant Colonel March 25, 2012
Colonel May 30, 2017
(Current as of August 2024)