Today, Dr. Craigie is an accomplished surgeon himself, conducting 100-150 breast reconstruction surgeries each year, along with all types of cosmetic and post-cancer reconstructive surgeries. “My main goal is to help people, and I’m excited to do that through the diversity and creative potential of plastic surgery,”

His constant aim is to bring state-of-the-art techniques to patients in Charleston — along with the best possible results. “I’m fortunate to be passionate about my career and to work with people who share the same enthusiasm for plastic surgery.”

Before joining East Cooper Plastic Surgery, Dr. Craigie opened a general plastic surgery practice in North Carolina and completed advanced training in micro-vascular breast reconstruction (for women who’ve had a mastectomy). He is one of a handful of doctors who perform the specialized surgery, considered the “gold standard” in breast reconstruction techniques. “To do this complicated surgery, you have to have extensive training and a strong commitment,” Dr. Craigie says. “We saw there was a real need for this procedure, that many women could be helped.”

Dr. Craigie and his wife, Diane, live on James Island with their two young children. Diane’s mother, a breast cancer survivor for over 30 years, lives nearby.

Craigie JE, Allen RJ : "Autogenous breast reconstruction with theDeep inferior epigastric artery perforator flap." Clinics in Plastic Surgery 30 (2003) 359-369

Majeski J, Craigie JE: "Scar Endometriosis Developing after an Umbilical Hernia Repair with Mesh" accepted for publication The Southern Medical Journal.

Allen RJ, Craigie JE: Breast Diseases: A Year Book Quarterly, (In press)
Commentary on: "Can specific preoperative counseling increase the likelihood a woman will choose post mastectomy breast reconstruction"Am J Surg 182 (2001) 649-653.

Allen RJ, Craigie JE: Breast Diseases: A Year Book Quarterly, (In press)
Commentary on: "Perforator topography of the deep epigasric perforator flap in 100 cases" Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, vol. 109, No.6.

Allen RJ, Craigie JE: Breast Diseases: A Year Book Quarterly, (In press)
Commentary on: "Donor site sequelae after autologous breast reconstruction with an extended latissimus dorsi flap" Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, vol. 109, No.6.

Allen RJ, Craigie JE: Breast Diseases: A Year Book Quarterly, (In press)
Commentary on: "Anterolateral thigh flap for post mastectomy breast reconstruction" Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, vol. 110, No.1.

Allen RJ, Craigie JE: Breast Diseases: A Year Book Quarterly, vol 14 No 1 2003 Commentary on: "Breast Reconstruction Using Tissue Expanders and Implants in Hodgkin's Patients with Prior Mantle Irradiation" Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 109(1).

Allen RJ, Craigie JE: Breast Diseases: A Year Book Quarterly, (In press)
Commentary on: "Comparative examination of complaints of patients with breast-cancer with and without silicone implants" E J Obs Gyn and Repro Bio 102 (2002) 61-66.

Barillo DJ, Craigie JE: Burn Injury. In: Hurd, WW & Jernigan JG, eds: Aeromedical Evacuation: Management of the Acute and Stabilized Patient. New York: Springer-Verlag, 2000

Craigie JE, Adams DB, Byrne TK, Tagge EP, Tarnasky PR, Cunningham JC, Hawes RH: Endoscopic Electrohydraulic Lithotripsy in Management of Pancreatobiliary Lithiasis. Surgical Endoscopy 1998; 12: 405-408.

Presentation to the Southeastern Division of the American Society of Plastic
Surgery Nurses annual meeting March 5, 2004. Free-Style Breast Reconstruction.
James E. Craigie, MD.

Presentation to the South Carolina Society of Plastic Surgeons February 21 2004, Free-Style Breast Reconstruction, first 50 cases. James E Craigie, MD

Presented to the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery January 2003, Kauai HI: "The Superficial inferior epigastric artery flap for breast reconstruction, 168 cases" James E Craigie, MD

Presented to SAGES March 1997: Endoscopic Electrohydraulic Lithotripsy in Management of Fibrocalcific Pancreatitis. James E Craigie, MD

Presentation at the South Carolina Surgical Society, June 1995: 101 Pediatric Burns. James E Craigie, MD