Lt. Col. Chris Y. Mayeda, USAF Retires
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Dr. Chris Mayeda is a Culver City High School graduate and earned dual degrees from UC San Diego, majoring in psychology and biology.
Mayeda entered the U.S. Air Force in 1998 while attending the USC School of Dentistry and was commissioned as 2
nd lieutenant. Upon graduation he was assigned to the 88
th Dental Squadron at Wright Patterson Air Force Base Medical Center, where he completed an Advanced Education in General Dentistry residency.
During his assignment to Misawa Air Base, Japan, Mayeda established the first goodwill basketball game and cultural day between U.S. military youth and the local Japanese club team from Aomori Prefecture. He was named Company Grade Officer of the Quarter. He went on to an Air Force Institute of Technology post-graduate assignment to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, where he completed his residency in pediatric dentistry.