Thomas F. Crais, MD, F.A.C.S.

 

Plastic Surgery Solo Practice

Hailey, ID

Board Certification: 

• American Board of Plastic Surgery

Education: 

• Texas A&M University

              1961-1963                 

• Louisiana State University, New Orleans

              1963-1964

• Louisiana State University, New Orleans

              1964-1968                                            

              Doctor of Medicine

              William Beaumont General Hospital, El Paso, Texas

              Internship

              1968-1969

• Boston University

              Residency, General Surgery

              1973-1977

• Boston University

              Residency, Plastic Surgery

              1979

• Naval Aerospace Medical Institute, Pensacola, FL

              Aerospace Medicine

              1969

• New York University

              Microsurgery

              1979

Military Services: 

• Walter Read Army Hospital, Washington DC

              Clinical Externship

              1967

• US Army Hospital, Berlin

              Chief, Outpatient Clinics

• Berlin Area Flight Surgeon

              1970-1973

Academic Positions

and Appointments: 

• Clinical Instructor in Surgery (Plastic Surgery)

              Louisiana State University Medical Center

• Medical Director, Microsurgical Research and Training Laboratory

              Southern Baptist Hospital, New Orleans, LA

• Course Director, Multidisciplinary Microsurgery at the Mardi Gras                                        

              New Orleans, LA 1981-1987

• Secretary/Treasurer, Louisiana Society for Plastic and

              Reconstructive Surgeons 1986-1987

• President-Elect, Louisiana Society for Plastic and

              Reconstructive Surgeons, 1988

• President, Louisiana Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, 1989
• Editorial Board, Member, Wounds Journal
• Public Relations Committee, Orleans Parish Medical Society, 1989-1990
• Local Host, Southern Regional Lipoplasty Symposium, Sponsored by

              the Lipoplasty Society of North America, Inc., New Orleans, LA  April 1989

• Alternate Delegate, Louisiana State Medical Society, 1986-1988
• Delegate, Louisiana State Medical Society, 1989
• Local Host, Southern Regional Lipoplasty Society of North America’s          

              11th  Annual Scientific Program, New Orleans, LA, September 1983

• Visiting Professor, Jalisco Plastic Surgery Society, Guadalajara, Mexico June 2000
• Chairman, Anti-Aging Panel, ISAPS, Istanbul, Turkey, May 2002

 

 

 

Operation Smile International:

• Founder Louisiana Chapter Operation Smile

• Mission Operation Smile:
• Team Member  Manizales, Columbia   August 1989
• Team Member   Hanoi, Vietnam   February 1990
• Team Member   Manizales, Columbia  November 1991
• Site Evaluator     Duitama, Columbia  November 1991
• Team Member    Haiphong, Vietnam  November 1992
• Team Leader      Bucharest, Romania  September 1994
• Team Leader      Duitama, Columbia  August 1995
• Team Member    Duitama, Columbia  September 1996
• Team Member    Nicaragua, Central America  January 1998

 

Memberships: 

• The American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
• Louisiana Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• Southern Society for Reconstructive Surgery
• The American Society for reconstructive Microsurgery
• The international Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery
• Orleans Parish Medical Society
• Southern Medical Association
• Surgical Association of Louisiana

Committees and Boards:

• Holy Cross School Board of Directors, 1983-1989
• Academic/Student Life Committee, Member, 1983-1984 Chairmen, 1984-1985
• Holy Cross School Public Relations Committee, 1986-1987
• Chamber of Commerce, New Orleans and the River Region

              Metro Education Committee, 1986                                           

• Southern Baptist Hospital

              SICU/PAR/OR/7 West Nursing Committee 1985 - 1985

              Quality Assurance, 1985-1987                

              Skilled Nursing Committee, 1986-1988

              Continuing Education Committee, 1986-1987

              Ambulatory Surgery Committee, 1988

              Strategic Planning Committee, 1989

• Orleans Parish Medical Society, Public Relations Committee, 1989 
• Holy Cross School Headmaster’s Council, 1989-1990
• Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater New Orleans, Board of Directors, 1988-1991
• Lipoplasty Society of North America, Inc., Public Education Community, 1989-1990
• Healthcare new Orleans Editorial Advisory Board, 1993-1994
• Chamber of Commerce, St. Tammany Parish West, Member 1994

Avocations: 

• Equestrian, Swimming, Racquet Sports, Jogging, and Private Pilot

Foreign Languages:

• German (fluent), Spanish (basic), Chinese (introductory)