Roy S. Winston MD

Roy Winston joined Pacira in 2017 and serves as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Winston will oversee research and development and all customer-facing medical operations in addition to medical strategy. Prior to being named Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Winston served as Chief Clinical Officer. He practiced anesthesiology and critical care medicine for over twenty-five years, and prior to joining Pacira full time, was chair of Anesthesiology at Palm Beach Children’s Hospital and St. Mary’s Medical Center.

Dr. Winston has been on the faculty of The University of California at Irvine, Emory University, and Florida State University and is a board-certified anesthesiologist. Dr. Winston served on The Georgia Composite State Board of Medical Examiners as Vice President and President-Elect and worked with the legislature to create and modify healthcare policy. He is the founder of LaserAway, a national aesthetic dermatology group, and served as its chief executive officer from January 2005 until March 2007.

Dr. Winston has served as CEO and president of LaserAway Medical Corp., the management group of LaserAway, since January 2005. Dr. Winston is an honorably discharged veteran of the U.S. Navy and received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and his medical degree from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He completed his residency training in anesthesiology at The University of Florida.