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MUSC alum takes command of Medical Group Julian Levin, M.D., assumed command of the Charleston Air Force Base 437th Medical Group in a ceremony held July 16.  Levin, a 1981 graduate of MUSC and now a colonel in the United States Air Force, will lead a medical group that strives to improve the wellness of  military communities. “We provide quality, cost-effective medical and preventative health care to our entire beneficiary population,” Levin said. “The 226 personnel here have already been rising to the challenge of treating the base population with great leadership at group and squadron levels.” A native of Beaufort, Levin initially joined the Air Force Reserve in 1977 through the Health Professional Scholarship Program and entered active duty in 1981. “I never planned to stay in,” Levin said. But while stationed at Charleston Air Force Base between 1990 and 1994 as a 17th Airlift Squadron flight surgeon, Levin changed his mind and decided to make it his career. Now, after 22 years in the service, he’s grateful to be back at Charleston AFB. “This is a dream assignment for me,” he said. Levin moved to Charleston with his wife, Teri, a former Air Force Nurse Corps officer, and their children: Sarah, 16, and Isaac, 13. Prior to his arrival in Charleston, Levin was deployed to Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and worked for the Joint Patient Movement Requirement Center. “We coordinated the clinical aspect of all fixed wing air evacuations from both Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom,” he said. Levin has received numerous military awards and decorations including the Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Aerial Achievement Medal and Air Force Commendation Medal.   Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to petersnd@musc.edu or catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Community Press at 849-1778.