Dr. Craig R Stirrat MD
Hand Surgeon | Surgery of the Hand
20 GUEST ST STE 225 BRIGHTON MA, 02135About
Dr. Craig Stirrat is a board certified orthopedic surgeon focused on Surgery of the Hand. After his Orthopedic training in the Harvard Combined Program of Orthopedic Surgery, he did clinical fellowshi ...
Education and Training
Univ of Mn Med Sch-Minneapolis, Minneapolis Mn 1974
University of Mn Med Sch 1974
University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine 1974
Board Certification
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS- Surgery of the Hand
Orthopaedic SurgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic SurgeryABOS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A self-administered hand diagram for the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome.
- Treatment of tenosynovitis in rheumatoid arthritis.
- Treatment of traumatic arthritis in children.
- A tissue-culture model of cartilage breakdown in rheumatoid arthritis. Quantitative aspects of proteoglycan release.
- A tissue-culture model of cartilage breakdown in rheumatoid arthritis. Quantitative aspects of proteoglycan release.
- Extremity replantation.
- Removable thermocouple probe microvascular patency monitor: an experimental and clinical study.
Awards
- Dorsey Award, Harvard Community Health Plan
- Diamond Award, Harvard Community Health Plan
Treatments
- Trigger Finger
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Arthritis
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Neuropathy
- Dupuytren's Contracture
- Pain
- Ganglion Cyst
Fellowships
- Massachusetts General Hospital 1982
- Brigham and Women's Hospital 1981
- Duke University Medical Center 1977
- Robert Breck Brigham Hospital, Lab Fellow 1976
- Duke University, Fellow:Microvascular 1977
- Brigham & Women's Hospital, Fellow:Hand 1981
- Mass General Hospital, Fellow:Microvascular/Hand 1981
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