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Brian Eastridge

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TraumaServices@uthscsa.edu

Departments & Divisions

Brian J Eastridge, M.D.

Chief, Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Professor/Clinical

Jocelyn and Joe Straus Endowed Chair in Trauma Research

Retired COL. Brian J. Eastridge, MD, received his BS in biochemistry from Virginia Tech in 1985 and his M.D. from the University Of Maryland School Of Medicine in 1989. He entered the US Army Reserve as a second lieutenant Medical Service Corps officer in 1988. COL Eastridge did his residency in general surgery at the University of Maryland Medical System and then pursued fellowship training in surgical critical care at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX. During his tenure on the academic faculty at UTSW, COL Eastridge was deployed three times in support of combat operations Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom as a U.S Army Reserve surgeon in 2002, 2003, and 2004. During his deployment in 2004, he was appointed as the first Joint Theater Trauma System Director. COL Eastridge matriculated to active duty U.S Army in 2005 and served as Trauma Medical Director for the Brooke Army Medical Center, Surgical Critical Care Program Director for SAUSHEC, Director of the Joint Trauma System (U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research of the U.S. Army’s Medical Research and Material Command (MRMC), and Trauma Consultant to the US Army Surgeon General. During his active duty service, he was deployed two more times to combat in Southwest Asia during which time he leads the development and implementation of the military trauma system. During his career, COL Eastridge has published extensively in the peer-reviewed literature and edited three books focused upon improving the military trauma system and improving combat casualty care outcomes for our Wounded Warriors. COL Eastridge left active service and returned to the active US Army Reserves in late 2012 and is currently the DCCS of the 228th Combat Support Hospital. His military awards and decorations include the Combat Medical Badge, Combat Action Badge, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, and the Joint Service Commendation Medal. He is a member of Order of Military Medical Merit. For his military service, he has been awarded the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Honorary Medal for Combat Surgical Care in 2004 and the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Combat Casualty Care Program Award for Excellence in 2011.

Currently, Dr. Eastridge is Professor of Surgery at UT Health San Antonio and the Division Chief of Trauma and Emergency Surgery. He holds the Jocelyn and Joe Straus Endowed Chair in Trauma Research. His current research interests are currently focused on trauma system development, including the development of the regional trauma system performance improvement initiatives, predictive modeling of injury outcomes, and improved pre-hospital resuscitation strategies for casualties.

  • Professional Background

    Education

    • 1989 - MD - Medicine - University of Maryland School of Medicine
    • 1985 - BS - Biochemistry (Cum Laude) - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    • Residency - General Surgery - University of Maryland
    • Postdoctoral Fellowship - NIH Trainee, Trauma Research, NIH NRSA GM08414 - University of Maryland
    • Postdoctoral Fellowship - Surgical Critical Care/Trauma - University of Texas Southwestern
    • Residency - General Surgery, Admin Chief Resident - 1995-96 - University of Maryland

    Appointments

    • 7/2017 - Division Chief, Trauma and Emergency Surgery - UT Health San AntonioSan Antonio
    • 10/2012 - Trauma Medical Director - University HospitalSan Antonio
    • 9/2012 - Chief of Trauma Services - University HospitalSan Antonio
    • 9/2012 - Professor/Clinical - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Surgery, San Antonio

  • Instruction & Training

    • 1/2006 - Present, Trauma and Emergency Surgery Morning Report, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
    • 1/2006 - Present, Rotation Student Supervision, University Hospital
    • 1/2006 - Present, Rotation Student Supervision, University Hospital
    • 1/2006 - Present, Post-Doctoral Student Supervision, University Hospital
    • 1/2006 - Present, Post-Doctoral Student Supervision, University Hospital
    • 1/2006 - Present, Undergraduate Student Supervision, University Hospital

  • Research & Grants

    Grants

    Private

    Funding Agency Synthes Title Chest Wall Injury Reconstruction Status Active Period 5/2013 - Present Role Principal Investigator Grant Detail  

  • Publications

      Journal Article

      Eastridge BJ, Holcomb JB, Shackelford S. Outcomes of traumatic hemorrhagic shock and the epidemiology of preventable death from injury.? Transfusion Transfusion 2019 Apr;. Nicholson SE, Johnson TR, Burmeister DM, Zou Y, Lai Z, Scroggins S, DeRosa M, Jonas RB, Merrill DR, Zhu C, Newton LM, Stewart RM, Schwacha MG, Jenkins DH, Eastridge BJ. A prospective study in severely injured patients reveals an altered gut microbiome is associated with transfusion volume J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2019 Apr;86(4):573-582. Zhu CS, Cobb D, Jonas RB, Pokorny D, Rani M, Cotner-Pouncy T, Oliver J, Cap A, Cestero R, Nicholson SE, Eastridge BJ, Jenkins DH. Shock Index and Pulse Pressure as Triggers for Massive Transfusion J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2019 Apr;87(1S):S159-S164. Kotwal RS, Mazuchowski EL, Stern CA, Montgomery HR, Janak JC, Howard JT, Butler FK, Holcomb JB, Eastridge BJ, Gurney JM, Shackelford SA. A descriptive study of US Special Operations Command fatalities J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2019 Apr;. Medrano NW, Villarreal CL, Price MA, MacKenzie E, Nolte KB, Phillips MJ, Stewart RM, Eastridge BJ. Multi-Institutional Multidisciplinary Injury Mortality Investigation in the Civilian Pre-Hospital Environment (MIMIC): a methodology for reliably measuring prehospital time and distance to definitive care Trauma Surg Acute Care Open 2019 Apr;11(4(1)). Trust MD, Veith J, Brown CVR, Sharpe JP, Musonza T, Holcomb J, Bui E, Bruns B, Andrew Hopper H, Truitt M, Burlew C, Schellenberg M, Sava J, Vanhorn J, Eastridge B, Cross AM, Vasak R, Vercuysse G, Curtis EE, Haan J, Coimbra R, Bohan P, Gale S, Bendix PG. Traumatic rectal injuries: Is the combination of computed tomography and rigid proctoscopy sufficient? J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2018 Dec;85(6):1033-1037. Alarhayem AQ, Cohn SM, Cantu-Nunez O, Eastridge BJ, Rasmussen TE. Impact of time to repair on outcomes in patients with lower extremity arterial injuries J Vasc Surg 2018 Nov;. Butler FK Jr, Holcomb JB, Shackelford S, Barbabella S, Bailey JA, Baker JB, Cap AP, Conklin CC, Cunningham CW, Davis M, DeLellis SM, Dorlac WC, DuBose JJ, Eastridge B, Fisher AD, Glasser JJ, Gurney J, Jenkins DA, Johannigman J, King DR, Kotwal RS, Littlejohn LF, Mabry RL, Martin MJ, Miles EA, Montgomery HR, Northern DM, O`Connor KC, Rasmussen TE, Riesberg JC, Spinella PC, Stockinger Z, Strandenes G, Via DK, Weber MA. Advanced Resuscitative Care in Tactical Combat Casualty Care: TCCC Guidelines Change J Spec Oper Med 2018 Oct;18(4):37-55. Alarhayem A, Muir M, Eastridge BJ, Jenkins D, Pruitt B, Purohit M, Cestero R. Application of EMR-Derived Analytics in Critical Care: Rothman Index Predicts Mortality and Readmissions in Surgical ICU Patients J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2018 Sep;86(4):635-641. Johnson M, Alarhayem A, Convertino V, Carter R, Chung K, Stewart R, Myers J, Dent D, Liao L, Cestero R, Nicholson S, Muir M, Schwacha M, Wampler D, DeRosa M, Eastridge B. Compensatory Reserve Index: Performance of a Novel Monitoring Technology to Identify the Bleeding Trauma Patient Shock 2018 Mar;49(3):295-300. Johnson, M; Alarhayem, A; Convertino, V; Carter, R; Chung, K; Stewart, R; Myers, J; Dent, D; Liao, L; Cestero, R; Nicholson, S; Muir, M; Schwaca, M; Wampler, D; DeRosa, M; Eastridge, B. Comparison of Compensatory Reserve and Arterial Lactate as Markers of Shock and Resuscitation Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 2017 Oct;83(4):603-608. Chang R, Fox EE, Greene TJ, Eastridge BJ, Gilani R, Chung KK, DeSantis SM, DuBose JJ, Tomasek JS, Fortuna GR Jr, Sams VG, Todd SR, Podbielski JM, Wade CE, Holcomb JB; NCTH Study Group. Multicenter retrospective study of noncompressible torso hemorrhage: Anatomic locations of bleeding and comparison of endovascular versus open approach J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2017 Jul;83(1):11-18. Chang R, Eastridge BJ, Holcomb JB. Remote Damage Control Resuscitation in Austere Environments Wilderness Environ 2017 Jun;28(2S):S124-S134. Luftman K, Aydelotte J, Rix K, Ali S, Houck K, Coopwood TB, Teixeira P, Eastman A, Eastridge B, Brown CV, Davis M. PTSD in those who care for the injured Injury 2017 Feb;48(2):293-296. Alarhayem AQ, Myers JG, Dent D, Liao L, Muir M, Mueller D, Nicholson S, Cestero R, Johnson MC, Stewart R, O'Keefe G, Eastridge BJ. Time is the enemy: Mortality in trauma patients with hemorrhage from torso injury occurs long before the Am J Surg 2016 Dec;212(6):1101-1105. Sordo S, Holloway TL, Woodard RL, Conway BE, Liao LF, Eastridge BJ, Myers JG, Stewart RM, Dent DL. Small Bowel Perforations by Metallic Grill Brush Bristles: Clinical Presentations and Opportunity for Prevention Am Surg 2016 May;82(5):412-415. Eastridge BJ. Implications of humanitarian orthopaedic surgery in a combat zone: Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom experience J Surg Orthop Adv 2014 Oct;23(3):129-135. Hassan SF, Cohn SM, Admire J, Nunez-Cantu O, Arar Y, Myers JG, Dent DL, Eastridge BJ, Cestero RF, Gunst M, Markowski H, Keric N, Liao L, Mueller DL. Natural History and Clinical Implications of Nondepressed Skull Fracture in Young Children J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2014 Jul;77(1):166-169. Porta CR, Robins R, Eastridge B, Holcomb J, Schreiber M, Martin M. The hidden war: humanitarian surgery in a combat zone Am J Surg 2014 May;207(05):766-772.

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      Talley CL, Campbell BT, Jenkins DH, Barnes SL, Sidwell RA, Timmerman G, Gross RI, Coburn M, Bailey J, Eastman A, Ficke J, Kuncir E, Letton R, Eastridge BJ, Liepert A, Wilson A, Robinette D, Davis J, Shalgian C, Michaels H, Weissler M, Kuhls DA, Bulger EM, Stewart RM. Recommendations from the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma?s Firearm Strategy Team (FAST) Workgroup:Chicago Consensus I J Am Coll Surg 2018 Nov;. Liao LF, Eastridge BJ, Myers JG. "Blush at first sight": significance of computed tomographic and angiographic discrepancy in patients with blunt abdominal trauma Am J Surg 2015 Dec;210(6):1104-1110. Gross KR, Rickard RF, Eastridge BJ, Curtis RA, Witte SM, Shackelford SA, Bailey JA, Kuncir EJ, Paix B, Riley KD, Burrell E, Smith MP, Soliz BA, Remick KN. Review of the Fifth Annual Joint Theater Trauma System Trauma Conference J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2015 Oct;79(4):S70-S74.

  • Clinical

    Board Certifications

    • American Board of Surgery/Surgical Critical Care