Dr. Alexander Eastman is one of five University of Texas alumni who were selected by the Texas Exes to receive the 2014 Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award.

Dr. Eastman is not only an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and an Interim Medical Director of the Trauma Center at Parkland Memorial Hospital; he is also a Lieutenant in the reserves with the Dallas Police Department and serves as the Tactical Medical Director with SWAT.

Dr. Alex Eastman

Below is a press release that highlights some of his previous awards.  You can also follow him on Twitter @PMHTrauma_ALE but try not to use #overachiever! You can also catch him in a recent press conference on the use of life-saving tourniquets here! 🙂  Congratulations Alex!!