Professor Creswell J Eastman  AM MBBS MD FRACP FRCPA FAFPHM ACCAM

Professor Eastman is Clinical Professor of Medicine & Pathology in the faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney. He remains in part-time clinical practice as a Consultant Physician in Endocrinology and an Aviation Medical Consultant. Professor Eastman was the founding Head of the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes in Westmead Hospital.  Professor Eastman's research interests are focused predominantly on the thyroid, especially in the area of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD). He has directed major research projects into IDD in Malaysia, Laos, Indonesia and China. The Asia Oceania Thyroid Association in 1982 awarded him the Otsuka Gold Medal for his research into thyroid disease. In 1988, he was awarded a special Bicentennial Award by The Australian International Development Assistance Bureau (AIDAB) for leading and conducting a highly successful multi-million dollar Australian Overseas Aid project in China, aimed at controlling and preventing iodine deficiency disorders in rural Chinese populations. In 1997 he developed the concept for a “National IDD Reference Laboratory” in China and raised over $1 million from international donors to establish this centre. He continues to act as the principal international consultant on IDD control to the Ministry of Public Health of the Peoples Republic of China. He is now Chairman of the Project Coordinating Committee of the AusAID and WHO sponsored “Tibet IDD Elimination Project”. He is Vice Chairman of the International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (ICCIDD) and is the ICCIDD Regional Coordinator for the Asia Pacific Region. He is author or co-author of over 150 scientific and clinical articles in refereed journals.

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