Gary P. Crawford, M.D.

Gary P. Crawford, M.D. is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, a member of the American and French Academies of Orthopedic Surgeons, and a member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Following undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan, Dr. Crawford began his medical training at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, and advanced to internship and orthopedic surgery residency at that institution. He spent a year at the University of Lausanne, in Switzerland , completing specialty training in hand, elbow and arm surgery with noted Professors Verdan and Narakas.

Dr. Crawford has been in private practice in Santa Barbara, and was the first full-time hand surgeon between Los Angeles and the Bay Area. He has served as a team physician for Santa Barbara City College, a consultant in hand surgery at Vandenberg Air Force Base, and a member of the Board of the Arthritis Foundation and the Santa Barbara Rehabilitation Institute. Dr. Crawford also established the Hand Clinic at the University of California Santa Barbara, and the Santa Barbara General Hospital. He has been a physician for the U.S. Olympic/World Cup Ski Team since 1985

Dr. Crawford has presented numerous papers at national and international meetings. He has been published many times in orthopedic and hand surgery journals in areas of his special interest, which include: nerve entrapment problems in the hand and the elbow, tennis elbow surgery, nonoperative and operative management of hand fractures, arthritis, and the use of minimally invasive skin incisions.