LTC Travis Whiteside currently serves as the Commander, Forensic Toxicology Drug Testing Lab, Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC), HI.

LTC Whiteside is an Army Brat who enlisted in the Army in 1999 as a Combat Engineer. He separated in 2003 to attend Auburn University where he earned a Doctor of Pharmacy and Bachelor of Science in Laboratory Technology. He returned to Active Duty in 2011 after commissioning via a Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) / Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship. He completed a post-graduate Pharmacy Practice Residency (PGY-1) at Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) in 2015 and is a Board-Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS). He went on to earn a Master of Business Administration from the College of William & Mary in Virginia in 2023.

LTC Whiteside’s military assignments include: Deputy Chief, Department of Pharmacy, Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC), HI; Brigade Pharmacist, 44th Medical Brigade, and Clinical Pharmacist at Womack Army Medical Center (WAMC), Fort Bragg, NC; Chief, Department of Pharmacy at McDonald Army Health Center (MCAHC) and Pharmacy Lead Advisor, Tidewater Multi-Service Market at Joint Base Langley-Eustis (JBLE), VA; Assistant Chief Pharmacy Branch, Medical Center of Excellence (MedCoE) and Pharmacology Instructor for the Interservice Physician Assistant Program (IPAP) at Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA), TX; 10th Mountain Division Pharmacist and the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) Senior Medical Development Advisor for Regional Command East (RC-E) in Afghanistan; Officer in Charge of Inpatient Pharmacy at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC), Germany; Section Leader and Team Leader, 20th Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Ft. Hood, TX.