Interested in common diseases managed or initially addressed in the normal newborn nursery. 

Captain McLean graduated Summa Cum Laude from Elmira College in 1994 with a BA in Biology-Chemistry before matriculating in the combined M.D.-Ph.D. program at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY. He defended his Ph.D. thesis in the field of cardiac development with honors and graduated with both degrees in 2001. He received his commission on September 14, 2001 via the Navy Financial Assistance Program and completed his pediatric internship and residency at the Golisano Children’s Hospital at Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester, NY.  He reported to Patuxent River Naval Health Clinic in 2004 followed by Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton (NHCP) in 2006. While at NHCP he redesigned the pediatric curriculum for the family practice residency program and was recognized as teacher of the year before reporting to Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth (NMCP) in 2008 as the Division Head for Pediatric Primary Care and Pediatric GME faculty. He saw pediatrics through the challenging transition to the primary care medical home care model while also serving as the Medical Director for the busiest nursery in the Navy. He served as Vice-President of the Medical Staff from 2013-2014 before his appointment to the Command Executive Board as Director, Healthcare Business from January 2014 through March 2019. He managed TRICARE benefit delivery for 160,000 beneficiaries and 45,000 operational assigned sailors and developed unique business tools to maximize provider utilization. During his tenure he streamlined referral processes, increased enrollment to the MTF by 15,000 patients and was the primary command liaison to the enhanced Multi-Service Market driving tri-service market integration. In 2019 he joined the USS KEARSARGE (LHD3) as the Medical Department Head and Senior Medical Officer successfully transitioning it through a difficult maintenance period and basic phase certifications markedly complicated by COVID19 pandemic. He reported as Deputy Commander in 2021 to the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center transitioning and integrating PH functions to the DHA while maintaining robust Fleet and Operational support for services. He was assigned as its interim Commander in April 2023 until his assignment in his current role as Military Sealift Command and Navy Component US Transportation Command Surgeon in August 2023.

He is board certified in General Pediatrics, a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of its sections on Hospital Medicine and Uniformed Service. He is an active researcher with an interest in common diseases seen in primary care. He is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

CAPT McLean’s deployments include Operation Continuing Promise (2009), Operation Unified Response, Haiti (2010) and African Partnership Station (2012) aboard the HSV2 SWIFT and contributed to Continuing Promise 2018 during its stop in Honduras.

His personal awards include a three Meritorious Service Medals, two Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals, Navy Achievement Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal and the Armed Forces Service Medal. He is qualified as a Surface Warfare Medical Department Officer.