Command Team
Director/Commander
Colonel Tiffany R. Bilderback, United States Army
Director, Munson Army Health Center, and
Commander, U.S. Army MEDDAC Fort Leavenworth
COL Bilderback assumed the duties as Director of the Defense Health Agency’s Munson Army Health Center, and Commander of the U.S. Army Medical Department Activity Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Aug. 20, 2026.
COL Bilderback was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, to a military family. Although she grew up around the world, graduating high school in Leavenworth, Kansas, COL Bilderback calls Wisconsin home. There she earned an ROTC Scholarship and graduated from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering and began her Army career as a Medical Service Corps Officer in 2005.
Her first assignment was at Fort Lewis, Washington, when soon after her unit moved to Vilseck, Germany, and became 2
nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment. She was a medical platoon leader for the Fires Squadron. During OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, she was both the Squadron Personnel Officer (S1) and Squadron Non-Lethal Targeting Officer (S9). Upon return, she served as the Vilseck Health Clinic Executive Officer. Her next assignment with 3
rd Brigade, 4
th Infantry Division took her back to OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM/NEW DAWN as the Brigade Medical Planner. Following her second deployment, she completed the Captain’s Career Course and moved to Camp Walker, Korea, to serve as the 168
th Medical Battalion Operations and Training Officer (S3) and subsequently the 75
th Medical Company Area Support Company Commander.
Her next assignment was with 7
th Special Forces Group near Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, as the Group Medical Planner. She then attended two years of education at Command and General Staff School for Intermedial Level Education at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and the School of Advanced Warfighting with the U.S. Marine Corps at Quantico, Virginia. Her utilization tour took her to XVIII Airborne Corps in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to serve in the Plans Section (G5). She then transitioned to 44
th Medical Brigade as the Brigade Operations and Training Officer (S3).
Afterward, COL Bilderback spent three years on the staff of the Office of the Surgeon General. Her tenure included serving as the Deputy for the Strategic Initiatives Group, contributing directly to the national COVID-19 response at the Department of Health and Human Services, and helping to reshape the new Medical Command structure.
She commanded the 61
st Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 1
st Medical Brigade at Fort Hood, Texas, from 2022-2024 and then attended the Advanced Strategic Leadership Studies Program at the School of Advanced Military Studies at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. For the last year she has been the Plans Officer (J5) for the Security Assistance Group – Ukraine, serving in both Wiesbaden, Germany, and Kyiv, Ukraine.
COL Bilderback holds a Master of Healthcare Administration from Capella University, a Master of Arts in International Studies from the University of Kansas, a Master of Arts in Operational Studies from the Marine Corps University, and a Master of Arts in Strategic Studies from the Army University.