Dr. Craig Johnson, has specialized in colorectal surgery since 1992 and has been in the practice of colorectal surgery at Surgical Associates since 1996. He is active in bringing advanced treatment options to patients who need colon and rectal surgery.
A native Oklahoman, Dr. Johnson graduated from the University of Oklahoma in Norman, and earned his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. He completed his general surgery residency on the Health Science Center’s Tulsa campus.
Dr. Johnson also completed a fellowship in colorectal surgery at Louisiana State University in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Dr. Johnson is especially interested in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, and in the care of patients with rectal cancer. His use of the J-pouch or ileoanal procedure, a recent advancement in the treatment of ulcerative colitis, has improved the quality of life for many patients after surgery. …
Similarly, Dr. Johnson performs operations that permit some patients to maintain a normal bowel function after surgery for rectal cancer. Through his leadership, a major local hospital acquired endorectal ultrasound technology, a new imaging technique used to help stage rectal cancer before surgery. Dr. Johnson is a member of the Cancer Committee and the Patient Care Committee at a major local hospital, and serves on the Colorectal Cancer Committee of the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project.
Dr. Johnson is the Crohn’s Colitis Foundation Association Chapter Medical Advisory committee chairperson. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and is a member of the American Medical Association, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Oklahoma State Medical Association, Tulsa County Medical Society, Tulsa Surgical Society, and the NSABP Colorectal Disease Committee.


Dr. Craig Stephen Johnson, MD
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Doctor Organizations
- Oklahoma Surgical Hospital
Doctor Education
Medical School
1986
University Of Oklahoma College Of Medicine
Work Place
Surgical Associates Inc
2448 E 81st St Ste 1100
Tulsa
OK
74137
USA
+19185053400
Specialties
Procedures performed
- Appendectomy
- Small Bowel Resection
- Pilonidal Cyst Surgery
- Small Bowel Resection
- Hemorrhoid Procedures
Insurance Plans
- Accepts Medicare
- Accepts Medicaid
- Aetna Managed Choice POS Open Access
- UHC Options PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrators PPO
- CIGNA Open Access Plus
- Aetna HMO
- UHC Choice Plus POS
- CIGNA PPO
- First Health PPO
- UHC Compass HMO
- BCBS Blue Card PPO
- Aetna Choice POS II
- PHCS PPO
- CommunityCare PPO Standard Network
- Humana Choice POS
- UHC Navigate POS
- BCBS OK BlueChoice
- Multiplan PPO
- UHC Navigate HMO
- Humana ChoiceCare Network PPO
- CIGNA HMO
- Community Care PCC
- Humana National POS
- Aexcel PPO
- BCBS OK Blue Advantage PPO
- BCBS OK Blue Preferred PPO
- BCBS OK BlueLincs HMO
- BCBS OK BlueOptions PPO
- Blue Advantage PPO
- CommunityCare HMO Select Network
- CommunityCare HMO Standard Network
- MEDICA CHOICE WITH UNITEDHEALTHC
- UHC NAVIGATE PLUS POS
- UHC Nexus Open Access
- Aetna Elect Choice EPO Open Access
- Aetna Innovation Health Aetna Premier Care Network Plus
- Aetna Open Choice PPO
- BCBSA Blue Card High Performance Network
- CommunityCare POS Select Plus Network
- Humana / ChoiceCare Network PPO
- Humana/ChoiceCare+ Network PPO
- Medica Choice With UHC
- Medica Quest
- HCH Plus
Conditions
- Rectal
- Abdomen
- Small Intestines
- or Colon Cancer
- Anal Fissure
- Malignant Neoplasm of Colon
- Benign Polyps of the Colon
- Anal or Rectal Abscess
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