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Brent Eastman, M.D. joined Scripps in 1984 as director of trauma services at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, and was appointed chief medical officer in 1998.
Dr. Eastman received his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco, where he also did his general surgical residency and was chief surgical resident. He spent one year abroad in surgical training in England at Norfolk and Norwich Hospitals.
Dr. Eastman was chairman of the Committee on Trauma for the American College of Surgeons from 1990-1994, which sets standards for trauma care in the United States and abroad. He has helped develop trauma systems in the United States, Canada, England, Ireland, Australia, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and South Africa. Dr. Eastman has authored or co-authored more than 25 publications related to trauma. He has held numerous appointments and chairmanships, including chairman, Trauma Systems Committee for the Department of Health and Human Services; member of the Board of Directors, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma; and chairman, Grant Review Committee, Center for Injury and Prevention and Control at the Center for Disease Control. | 