Progress, Potential, and Possibilities Podcast / Show Colonel Victor Suarez - Commander - 6th Medical Logistics Management Center - Fort Detrick, U.S. DOD
Colonel Victor Suarez, currently serves as Commander (Chief Executive) of the 6th Medical Logistics Management Center (https://6mlmc.amedd.army.mil/), in Fort Detrick, Maryland (the U.S. Defense Department's only Medical Logistics Management Center ready to deploy in support of global and domestic operations) responsible for leading, organizing, equipping, training, maintaining, and sustaining unit subject matter expertise in medical materiel, medical maintenance and satellite communications support to the operational forces. Prior to this role, Colonel Suarez played an instrumental role as the Program Manager for the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine at Operation Warp Speed (OWS) - a whole of government public/private partnership to rapidly deliver a safe and effective SARS-COV2 vaccine for the USA. Colonel Suarez has also served as Assistant Chief of Staff for Logistics for the US Army Regional Health Command-Atlantic managing the healthcare, PPE, lab diagnostics and medical maintenance supply chain for 14 direct reporting medical treatment facilities (medical centers, hospitals, clinics), was the Chief of Staff of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), U.S. DOD’s largest biomedical research laboratory, and was the Joint Product Manager of the Joint Vaccine Acquisition Program (JVAP), a biodefense advanced development vaccine program. Colonel Suarez graduated from UCLA with a BS in Anthropology, holds a Master of Science in Health Services Administration from Central Michigan University, Senior Service College Fellow Graduation Certificate from The George Washington University - Milken Institute School of Public Health, and is Defense Acquisition Level III certified in Science and Technology Management, Program Management and Life Cycle Logistics Defense Acquisition University. He’s also a graduate of the Tufts CSDD (Center for the Study of Drug Development) Postgraduate Course in Clinical Pharmacology, Drug Development and Regulation and the Cornell University Pharmaceutical Management Program. Colonel Suarez has served the U.S. in active military service, including a broad span of assignments from Airborne Infantry, Special Operations, Mechanized Infantry and Headquarters Department of the Army, including two combat tours as a Forward Support Medical Company Commander and Battalion Level Commander.