Dr. Craig Stirrat is a board certified orthopedic surgeon, specializing in treatment of simple and complex hand issues. After his Orthopedic training in the Harvard Combined Program of Orthopedic Surgery, he did clinical fellowships in Orthopedic Hand Surgery, and Plastics and Microsurgery of the Hand.

Adult reconstructive surgery of hand and wrist including trauma, arthritis, nerve entrapment and microsurgery repairs; nerve entrapments and epicondylitis at the elbow.

Licensure and Certifications

1976 Massachusetts Certificate #39425

1984 Diplomate, American Board of Orthopedics

1994 Certificate of Added Qualification in Hand Surgery, re-certified in 2005

Academic Appointments

1982-1999 Instructor, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA

Professional Societies

1986 Fellow, American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery

1986 Inducted as Active Member, American Society for Surgery of the Hand

Hospital Affiliation

1988 – Current New England Baptist Hospital – Active Staff

1982 – 2013 Brigham and Women’s Hospital – Active Staff

Education

1970 Harvard College A.B Economics, cum laude

1974 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, M.D.

-Chosen as outstanding medical student in Surgery to represent the University of Minnesota at the American College of Surgeons Meeting in Chicago 1973.

Post Doctoral Training

July 1974 – July 1976

Peter Bent Brigham Hospital | Boston, MA General Surgery Residency

July 1977 – Dec 1980

Harvard Combined Orthopedic Program | Cambridge, MA

Orthopedic Surgery Residency

Jan 1981 – July 1981

Brigham and Women’s Hospital | Boston, MA Hand Surgery Fellow – Department of Orthopedics

July 1981 – July 1982

Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA

Hand Surgery and Microvascular Surgery Fellow

Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Awards

Joseph Dorsey Award for Clinical Excellence, Harvard Community Health Plan 1983

Research Fellowships:

July 1976- January 1977

Robert Breck Brigham Hospital

January 1977 – July 1977

Orthopedic Microvascular Fellow, Duke University Medical Center

July 1978- January 1979

Robert Breck Brigham Hospital

Publications

Chapters of Books:

Stirrat, C.R. and Seaber, A.V., The Microsurgery Laboratory. Chapter III, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Symposium in Microsurgery, pp. 12-39, C.V. Mosby Co., 1979.

Gallico, G.G. and Stirrat, C.R., Extremity Replantation in Surgery Annual : Nineteen Eighty-three, pp. 229-260, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1983.

May, J.W. and Stirrat, C.R., The Unfavorable Result in Elective Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery: A Method of Pre and Post-Operative Analysis, in The Unfavorable Result in Plastic Surgery, pp. 125-137, Little, Brown and Company, 1984

Simmons, B.P. and Stirrat, C.R., Treatment of Traumatic Arthritis in Children, in Hand Clinics, Degenerative Arthritis, W.B. Saunders Co., 3:611-625, Nov. 1987

Stirrat, C.R., Treatment of Tenosynovitis in Rheumatoid Arthritics, in Hand Clinics, Rheumatoid Arthritics, pp. 169-175, W.B. Saunders Co., May 1989

Stirrat, C.R., Metacarpophalangeal Joints in Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Hand in Hand Clinics, W.B. Saunders Co., to be published 1996

Articles Published in Professional Journals:

Stirrat, C.R., Seaber, A.V., Urbaniak, J.R. and Bright, D.S., Temperature Monitoring in Digital Replantation, Journal of Hand Surgery, 3: 342-347, 1978

Steinberg, J., Sledge, C.B., Nobel, J. and Stirrat, C.R., A Tissue Culture Model of Cartilage Breakdown in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Biochemical Journal , 180 : 403-412, 1979

May, J.W., Gallico, G.G., Stirrat, C.R., and Lukash, F.N., Removable Thermocouple Probe Microvascular Patency Monitor: An Experimental and Clinical Study, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 3 : 336, 1983

Katz, J.N. and Stirrat, C.R., A Self-Administered Hand Diagram for the Diagnosis of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Journal of Hand Surgery, 15A, No. 2, pp. 360-363, March 1990

Katz, J.N., Larson, M.G., Sabra, A., Krarup, C, Stirrat, C.R., etal, The Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Diagnostic Utility of the History and Physical Examination Findings, Annals of Internal Medicine, 112:321-327, 1989.

Papers Presented at Professional Meetings:

Nobel, J., Sledge C.B., Walker, P.S., Stirrat, C.R. and Seinscheimer, F., Experimental Limb Lengthening by Epiphyseal Distraction, Orthopaedic Research Society, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1977.

Steinberg, J., Sledge, C.B., Walker, P.S., Stirrat, C.R. and Tsukamoto, S., Cartilage Breakdown in Rheumatoid Arthritis-A Quantitative in vitro Model, Orthopaedic Research Society, Dallas, Texas, 1978.

Stirrat, C.R., Reilly, D.T., Sledge, C.B. and Gillies, J., Effect of Blood Supply on the Rate of Healing of Intercalated Segments of Rabbit Femurs, Orthopaedic Research Society, Atlanta, Georgia, 1980.

May, J.W., Gallico, G.C., Lukash, F.N. and Stirrat, C.R., Clinical Application of Thermocouple Monitoring and Free Tissue Transfers, Annual Meeting of Plastic Surgery Research Council, 1982.

Poster Exhibits – National Meetings:

Stirrat, C.R., Modification of the Steinman Pin Technique for Wrist Arthrodesis in RA Patients Utilizing an Intramedullary Third MC Placement Without Disrupting the Intact MCP Joint, exhibited at American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons meeting, San Francisco, California, January 1987.

Stirrat, C.R., and Katz, J., Patient’s Own Diagramatic Representation of Upper Extremity Nerve Entrapment Symptoms, accepted for exhibition at American Society for Surgery of the Hand meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, September, 1988.

Course Participation as Faculty:

Upper Extremity Problems in Children, American Society for Surgery of the Hand Course, Boston, MA, June 1987.

Management of the Rheumatoid Hand and Wrist, Surgery of the Hand Course, Boston, MA, June 1987.

American Society for Surgery of the Hand Regional Review Course, Boston, MA, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994.

Acute Injuries & Common Problems of the Hand and Wrist, New England Baptist Hospital and Tufts University School of Medicine Boston, MA, 1987 / Cambridge, MA, November, 1985.

Carpal Tunnel Symposium, Crawford Insurance Company, Portland, ME, November 1985.

Massachusetts Association of Physician Assistants, Hyannis, MA, October 1985.

Massachusetts Association of Physician Assistants, Hyannis, MA, October 1985.

Teaching Experience:

Multiple lectures and presentations including Orthopedics Grand Rounds, Harvard Combined Orthopedic Residency program, Orthopedic Resident Hand Teaching conferences, Core Curriculum Hand Teaching of Harvard Medical Students, hospital nursing staff and industrial accident nursing and insurance personnel

Brighton

Dr. Craig Stirrat is a board certified orthopedic surgeon who limits his practice to Surgery of the Hand. After his Orthopedic training in the Harvard Combined Program of Orthopedic Surgery, he did clinical fellowships in Orthopedic Hand Surgery, and Plastics and Microsurgery of the Hand. He has the Certificate of Added Qualification in Hand Surgery. He has been in practice in the Boston area for over thirty years. After 6 years as a member of the Orthopedic Department at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital he opened a private practice in Chestnut Hill called Longwood Hand. In October 2013 he closed his private practice and joined Pro Sports Orthopedics. He is recognized as an expert by worker’s compensation insurance carriers and attorneys in dealing with difficult injuries of the hand and wrist. Since 1998 Dr. Stirrat has been named annually as one of THE BEST DOCTORS in AMERICA.