2:00–3:00 p.m. | PANEL: Key Military Leaders MHS Overview (1 Qualified Credit)
Brigadier General Alfred K. Flowers, Jr is the Director, Manpower, Personnel and Resources, and Chief of the Medical Service Corps, Office of the Air Force Surgeon General, Falls Church, Virginia. As Director of Manpower, Personnel and Resources, he advises the Air Force Surgeon General on all aspects of planning, programming, budgeting, and execution for a $42 billion Defense Health Program portfolio, and a $6.1 billion annual budget supporting 2.6 million patients and 76 military treatment facilities worldwide. He is also responsible for personnel policy, force development and staffing requirements for over 40,000 active-duty officer, enlisted and civilian personnel and is responsible for all Air Force medical education and training worldwide. As the Medical Service Corps Chief, Brigadier General Flowers is the senior healthcare administrator in the Air Force and responsible for accessions, development and management of 1,800 Active Duty, Guard and Reserve healthcare administrative professionals in the corps.
Brigadier General Flowers received a direct commission into the Medical Service Corps and graduated Commissioned Officer Training School in 1997. He has served in various MSC, aide-de-camp, fellowship, and command positions at the squadron, center, field operating agency, headquarters level, including the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and NATO. He is board certified from the American Academy of Medical Administrators and is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives.