Dr. Crawford was the first African-American to be admitted to and graduate from the University of Tennessee in Memphis in 1964. He was also the recipient of the 2007 Diversity Award from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons for his history of encouraging diversity in orthopedics. In addition to the several fellows he has trained, Dr. Crawford represented the organization in at least 23 foreign visiting lectureships.
“I see myself in everyone I train, and recently I’ve come to see them as training me,” said Dr. Crawford in an AAOS news release. “I’ve been learning for the last 20 years. I still haven’t gotten there, but I’ve learned a lot from people who don’t necessarily look or think like me.”
During his career, Dr. Crawford has co-authored a handbook of Pediatric Orthopaedics for pediatric house officers and primary care physicians. He has also authored a monograph on neurofibromatosis in children and is an authority on video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
His additional publications include articles in the Journal of Spinal Disorders and Technology and Spine. He has served on the editorial board for the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Journal of the National Medical Association and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research.
Dr. Crawford earned his medical degree at the University of Tennessee and completed his residency in orthopedic surgery at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital, all in Boston. His additional training includes the Carl-Berg International Fellowship and fellowships in constructive surgery of the hip at New England Baptist Hospital in Boston and pediatric orthopedics at Children’s Hospital in Boston.
Learn more about Dr. Alvin Crawford.
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