| Robert Windom | |
| United States Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services | |
| Term Start: | 1986 |
| Term End: | 1989 |
| Predecessor: | Edward Brandt, Jr. |
| Successor: | James O. Mason |
| Birth Name: | Robert Emerson Windom |
| Birth Date: | 14 July 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Sarasota, Florida, U.S. |
Robert Emerson Windom (July 14, 1930 – October 21, 2016) was an American physician who served as the United States Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services under President Ronald Reagan from 1986-89.[1]
Windom graduated from Duke University with a B.A. in 1952, and obtained an M.D. in 1956.[1] In 1970, he was appointed Clinical Associate professor of internal medicine at University of South Florida College of Medicine, and has been a Clinical professor of internal medicine at the same university since 1981.[1]
He was married with three children, and lived in Sarasota, Florida at the time of his death.[2] He died on October 21, 2016, aged 86.[3]