James M. Crawford

Dr. James Crawford is Chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Senior Vice President for Laboratory Services, in the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System. He also is founding Chair of the Department of Pathology for the new Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine at Hofstra University. Jim received his bachelors degree from Dartmouth College (1976) and his MD and PhD degrees from Duke University (1982). After interning in Pathology at Duke University Medical Center (1982-1983), he trained as an Anatomic Pathology resident at Brigham and Women's Hospital 1983-1987, including a fellowship in Gastrointestinal Pathology and a stint in 1989 at the Royal Free Hospital in London as a Liver Pathology Research Fellow. From 1988 – 1996 he was faculty member in the Department of Pathology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, rising to the rank of Associate Professor.

From 1987-1999 he held the position of Associate Professor and Director of the Program in Gastrointestinal Pathology at Yale University School of Medicine. He then moved to the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, FL, where for 9 years he served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine. He also served 8 years as President of the Faculty Practice association and as Chair of the college's Executive Fiscal Advisory Committee.