Raymond Monsour Scurfield - Work History

Work History

During 1971-72 and 1974-82, Dr. Scurfield held several positions at the Brentwood (West Los Angeles) VA Medical Center, including Director of the Vietnam Veterans Resocialization Unit. He was a community social worker with the Queen Liliuokalani Children's Center in Hilo and lower Puna on the Big Island of Hawaii (1972-73). Scurfield was appointed to the national level position of National Associate Director for Clinical Services from 1982-85 with the VA's Readjustment Counseling Service (the Vet Center Program) at VA HQ in Washington, D.C. Scurfield spent seven years (1985 to 1992) in the Gig Harbor/Tacoma/Seattle area, founding and directing the Post Traumatic Stress Treatment Program at the American Lake VAMC; and then five years (1992 to 1997) in Hawaii, founding and directing the Pacific Islands Division, VA National Center for PTSD. In March 1997 he served in a one-year position with the VA's National Center for PTSD at the Gulfport Division of the Biloxi VA. In 1998, he retired from the VA and accepted a tenure track position at the University of Southern Mississippi School of Social Work, based at Long Beach. He has made over 350 professional presentations nationwide and numerous media appearances,to include 60 Minutes, Nightline, National Public Radio, NY Times, Boston Globe and many other newspaper and media interviews.

Dr. Scurfield also originated in 2007-08 and maintains an extensive on-line War Trauma Resources listing of some 500 public and private resources on his University of Southern Mississippi School of Social Work homepage (http://www.usm.edu/social-work/dr-raymond-scurfield-home-page).