Creswell Eastman

Creswell John Eastman AO (born 30 March 1940) is the Clinical Professor of Medicine at Sydney University Medical School, Principal of the Sydney Thyroid Clinic and Consultant Emeritus to the Westmead Hospital. Eastman is an endocrinologist and has directed or conducted research and public health projects into elimination of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) in Malaysia, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, several Pacific Islands, Hong Kong, China and Tibet and Australia. For his work in remote areas of China, he has been dubbed the "man who saved a million brains".

Creswell Eastman
Born (1940-03-30) 30 March 1940
Narrandera, NSW, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Education
  • MB BS in Medicine and Surgery
  • MD (Sydney University)
Known for
  • Endocrinology
  • Iodine Deficiency Disorders
  • Public Health Initiatives
Medical career
ProfessionProfessor of medicine
FieldEndocrinology, Public Health
InstitutionsUniversity of Sydney
AwardsOfficer (AO) 2018, Member (AM) 1994 in the General Division of the Order of Australia

2014 Thailand Health Promotion Award 2006 AMA award for excellence in health care

2008 University of Sydney Alumni Award for Professional Excellence

In 2013 Eastman expressed concern that IDD may be affecting Australian children's ability to perform at school and reiterated that view in 2016. While the initial focus was mostly on indigenous children, he recently expanded it to include all children.

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