Some of Dr. James Craigie’s earliest memories are
of afternoons spent at hospitals with his father, a general surgeon.
“I liked to go with him on call and see the things that he did,”
Dr. Craigie says.
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.
American Board of Plastic Surgery, Board
Certified, September 2001
American Board of Surgery, Qualifying Exam, Passed 1998
Permanent Medical License, South Carolina
Permanent Medical License, North Carolina
Permanent Medical License, Louisiana
Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery,
Medical University of South Carolina, Department of Surgery, Division
of Plastic Surgery.
American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Active Member
American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, Member
South Carolina Society of Plastic Surgeons, Member
South Carolina Medical Society
Charleston County Medical Society
Craigie JE, Guest Editor: Clinics in Plastic Surgery,
Restoration following skin cancer. January, 2004 Volume 31, Number
1.
Craigie JE, Allen RJ : "Autogenous breast reconstruction with
theDeep inferior epigastric artery perforator flap." Clinics
in Plastic Surgery 30 (2003) 359-369
Allen RJ, Craigie JE: Breast Diseases: A Year Book
Quarterly, vol 14 No 4. 2004 Commentary on: Breast Reconstruction
in Older Women: Advantages of Autogenous Tissue. PRS March 2003, vol.111,
No.3, 1110-1121.
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.
Invited faculty, 11th Annual Perspectives in Breast
Cancer Boston, Massachusetts, October 2004. New Techniques in Breast
Reconstruction. James E. Craigie, MD.
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
