Dr. John Crawford, Medical Director, Neurology, Co-Medical Director, CHOC Neuroscience Institute

Dr. John Crawford, Medical Director, Neurology, Co-Medical Director, CHOC Neuroscience Institute

  • John R. Crawford MD, MS
  • Appointments:
    888-770-2462
  • Office: 714-509-7601
  • Specialty: Neurology
  • Board Certified: Special Qualifications in Child Neurology and by the United Council for Neurology Subspecialties in Neuro-Oncology

Dr. John Crawford is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in neurology with special qualifications in child neurology and by the United Council for Neurology Subspecialties in neuro-oncology. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry and a master’s degree in biochemistry and molecular biology. Dr. Crawford attended medical school at the University of Massachusetts at Worcester. Following medical school, he completed his pediatrics training at Los Angeles County/University of California and child neurology and neuro-oncology training at Children’s National Medical Center. Prior to his arrival at CHOC, Dr. Crawford was professor of clinical neurosciences and pediatrics at University of California San Diego and director of neuro-oncology at Rady Children’s Hospital. As prior director of the Child Neurology Fellowship Program and Neuro-Oncology Fellowship Program at UCSD, Dr. Crawford has mentored dozens of neurology and oncology trainees throughout his career. Dr. Crawford’s research interests are in translational pediatric neuro-oncology including molecular-guided approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric central nervous system tumors.

John R. Crawford MD, MS is on staff at CHOC Hospital in Orange .

More About Dr. Crawford

  • Co-Medical Director, CHOC Neuroscience Institute
  • Medical Director, Neurology, CHOC Specialists
  • Medical School University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
  • Residency, Child Neurology LAC/USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
  • Fellowship Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC
  • 2022: Castle Connolly Top Doctors® Child Neurology
  • 2021: San Diego Magazine Top Doctors® Child Neurology
  • 2021: Castle Connolly Top Doctors® Child Neurology
  • 2020: San Diego Magazine Top Doctors® Child Neurology
  • 2020: Rady Children’s Hospital Physician and Scientist Award of Excellence: Clinical Research
  • 2020: Castle Connolly Top Doctors® Child Neurology
  • 2019: “Top Child Neurologist” San Diego Magazine (elected by peers)
  • 2019: Best Doctors in America® (elected by peers)
  • 2019: Member Academy of Clinical Scholars UC San Diego
  • 2018: Best Doctors in America® (elected by peers)
  • 2018: “Top Child Neurologist” San Diego Magazine (elected by peers)
  • 2016: Senior Faculty Teaching Award Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego
  • 2016: Mitchell Thorp Foundation Pillar of Hope Award
  • 2016: Best Doctors in America® (elected by peers)
  • 2016: “Top Child Neurologist” San Diego Magazine (elected by peers)
  • 2015: Senior Faculty Teaching Award Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego
  • 2015: Leonard Tow Humanism Award in Medicine Nominee
  • 2015: Best Doctors in America® (elected by peers)
  • 2015: “Top Child Neurologist” San Diego Magazine (elected by peers)
  • 2014: Junior Faculty Teaching Award Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego
  • 2013: Rady Children’s Hospital CARES Award for Clinical Care
  • 2013: Junior Faculty Teaching Award Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego
  • 2010: National Center for Leadership in Academic Medicine Recipient, University of California San Diego
  • 2007: Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation Young Investigator Scholarship Award Recipient
  • 2006: Neurological Sciences Academic Development Award (NSADA) K12 NIH Award Recipient
  • 2006: J. Kiffin Penry Epilepsy Scholar
  • 2004: Child Neurology TOP Scholar Epilepsy Award Recipient
  • 1994: Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Member
  • 1989: Eagle Scout Boy Scouts of America
2020-present: Dr. Crawford’s complete list of publications can be found here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1x3Y7o6wztU5yl/bibliography/public/

Waszak SM, Robinson GW, Gudenas BL, Smith KS, Forget A, Kojic M, Garcia-Lopez J, Hadley J, Hamilton KV, Indersie E, Buchhalter I, Kerssemakers J, Jäger N, Sharma T, Rausch T, Kool M, Sturm D, Jones DTW, Vasilyeva A, Tatevossian RG, Neale G, Lombard B, Loew D, Nakitandwe J, Rusch M, Bowers DC, Bendel A, Partap S, Chintagumpala M, Crawford J, Gottardo NG, Smith A, Dufour C, Rutkowski S, Eggen T, Wesenberg F, Kjaerheim K, Feychting M, Lannering B, Schüz J, Johansen C, Andersen TV, Röösli M, Kuehni CE, Grotzer M, Remke M, Puget S, Pajtler KW, Milde T, Witt O, Ryzhova M, Korshunov A, Orr BA, Ellison DW, Brugieres L, Lichter P, Nichols KE, Gajjar A, Wainwright BJ, Ayrault O, Korbel JO, Northcott PA, Pfister SM. Germline Elongator mutations in Sonic Hedgehog medulloblastoma. Nature. 2020 Apr;580(7803):396-401. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2164-5. Epub 2020 Apr 1. PMID: 32296180

Garancher A, Suzuki H, Haricharan S, Chau LQ, Masihi MB, Rusert JM, Norris PS, Carrette F, Romero MM, Morrissy SA, Skowron P, Cavalli FMG, Farooq H, Ramaswamy V, Jones SJM, Moore RA, Mungall AJ, Ma Y, Thiessen N, Li Y, Morcavallo A, Qi L, Kogiso M, Du Y, Baxter P, Henderson JJ, Crawford JR, Levy ML, Olson JM, Cho YJ, Deshpande AJ, Li XN, Chesler L, Marra MA, Wajant H, Becher OJ, Bradley LM, Ware CF, Taylor MD, Wechsler-Reya RJ. Nat Neurosci. 2020 May 18. doi: 10.1038/s41593-020-0628-4. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32424282

Pehlivan K, Malicki DM, Levy ML, Crawford JR TPM3-NTRK1 Fusion in a Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma Presenting with Haemorrhage in a Child. BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Mar 12;13(3). pii: e234347. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-234347. No abstract available.PMID: 3216999

112. Pehlivan K, Malicki DM, Levy ML, Crawford JR Rare Gain of Chromosome 5 in a Supratentorial Hemispheric Paediatric Pilomyxoid Astrocytoma BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Mar 17;13(3). pii: e234878. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-234878. No abstract available. PMID: 32188622

Sun S, Shayan K, Levy ML, Crawford JR Novel cavernous sinus TSC2/JAK3 mutant hemangioendothelioma in a teenager. BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Mar 18;13(3). pii: e234677. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-234677. No abstract available. PMID: 32193183

Paul M, Pehlivan K, Yeh-Nayre L, Milburn M, Elster JD, Crawford JR Trametinib based treatment of pediatric CNS tumors: A single institutional experience 2019 J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2020 May 8. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000001819. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 3239860

Nicolaides T, Nazemi KJ, Crawford J, Kilburn L, Minturn J, Gajjar A, Gauvain K, Leary S, Dhall G, Aboian M, Robinson G, Long-Boyle J, Wang H, Molinaro AM, Mueller S, Prados M. Phase I study of vemurafenib in children with recurrent or progressive BRAFV600E mutant brain tumors: Pacific Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Consortium study (PNOC-002). Oncotarget. 2020 May 26;11(21):1942-1952. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.27600. PMID: 32523649; PMCID: PMC7260122.

Chau L, Malick DM, Levy ML, Crawford JR Unusual Extradural Chordoma in an Adolescent Presenting with Lumbar Radiculopathy. BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Apr 6;13(4). pii: e234942. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-234942. No abstract available. PMID: 32265215

Nguyen N, Crawford JR Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome mimicking tumor recurrence in a patient with multiply recurrent and refractory neuroblastoma Pediatr Neurol. 2020 Sep;110:92-94. doi:10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2020.04.015. Epub 2020 Apr 28.PMID: 32482523

Rennert R, Levy DM, Plonsker J, Steinberg JA, Friedman RA, Crawford JR, Levy ML Middle fossa approach for a pediatric facial nerve meningioma. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2020 Aug 28:1-5. doi: 10.3171/2020.5.PEDS2034. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32858509

Sun S, Malicki DM, Levy ML, Crawford JR Atypical Central Neurocytoma with Aggressive Features in a Child BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Jun 21;13(6):e236262. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-236262. PMID: 32565441

Gupta M, Chan TM, Santiago-Dieppa DR, Yekula A, Sanchez CE, Elster JD, Crawford JR, Levy ML, Gonda DD. Robot-assisted stereotactic biopsy of pediatric brainstem and thalamic lesions. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2020 Dec 25:1-8. doi: 10.3171/2020.7.PEDS20373. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33361479.

Lo YY, Malicki DM, Levy ML, Crawford JR Low Grade Glioneuronal Tumour with Novel Molecular Features Associated with Unusual Partial Epilepsy in a Child BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Sep 7;13(9):e237373. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-237373.

Mueller S, Taitt JM*,Villanueva-Meyer JE, Bonner ER, Nejo T, Lulla RR, Goldman S, Banerjee A, Chi SN, Whipple NS, Crawford JR, Gauvain, Nazemi KJ, Watchmaker PB, Almeida ND, Okada K, Salazar AM, Gilbert RD, Nazarian J, Molinaro AM, Butterfield LH, Prados MD, Okada H Mass cytometry detects H3.3K27M-specific vaccine responses in diffuse midline glioma J Clin Invest. 2020 Aug 20:140378. doi: 10.1172/JCI140378. Online ahead of print.PMID: 32817593

Parisian AD, Koga T, Miki S, Johann PD, Kool M, Crawford JR, Furnari FB SMARCB1 loss interacts with neuronal differentiation state to block maturation and impact cell stability Genes Dev. 2020 Sep 10. doi: 10.1101/gad.339978.120.

Guido-Estrada N, Crawford J. Embracing Telemedicine: The Silver Lining of a Pandemic. Pediatr Neurol. 2020 Dec;113:13-14. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2020.08.017. Epub 2020 Aug 26. PMID: 32979652; PMCID: PMC7448878.

Kumar R, Smith KS, Deng M, Terhune C, Robinson GW, Orr BA, Liu APY, Lin T, Billups CA, Chintagumpala M, Bowers DC, Hassall TE, Hansford JR, Khuong-Quang DA, Crawford JR, Bendel AE, Gururangan S, Schroeder K, Bouffet E, Bartels U, Fisher MJ, Cohn R, Partap S, Kellie SJ, McCowage G, Paulino AC, Rutkowski S, Fleischhack G, Dhall G, Klesse LJ, Leary S, Nazarian J, Kool M, Wesseling P, Ryzhova M, Zheludkova O, Golanov AV, McLendon RE, Packer RJ, Dunham C, Hukin J, Fouladi M, Faria CC, Pimentel J, Walter AW, Jabado N, Cho YJ, Perreault S, Croul SE, Zapotocky M, Hawkins C, Tabori U, Taylor MD, Pfister SM, Klimo P Jr, Boop FA, Ellison DW, Merchant TE, Onar-Thomas A, Korshunov A, Jones DTW, Gajjar A, Ramaswamy V, Northcott PA. Clinical Outcomes and Patient-Matched Molecular Composition of Relapsed Medulloblastoma. J Clin Oncol. 2021 Mar 1;39(7):807-821. doi: 10.1200/JCO.20.01359. Epub 2021 Jan 27. PubMed PMID: 33502920.

Aristizabal P, Burns LP, Kumar NV, Perdomo BP, Rivera-Gomez R, Ornelas MA, Gonda D, Malicki D, Thornburg CD, Roberts W, Levy ML, Crawford JR. Improving Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Survival Disparities in the United States-Mexico Border Region: A Cross-Border Initiative Between San Diego, California, and Tijuana, Mexico. JCO Glob Oncol. 2020 Nov;6:1791-1802. doi: 10.1200/GO.20.00377. PMID: 33216645.

Rusert JM, Juarez EF, Brabetz S, Jensen J, Garancher A, Chau LQ, Tacheva-Grigorova SK, Wahab S, Udaka YT, Finlay D, Seker-Cin H, Reardon B, Gröbner S, Serrano J, Ecker J, Qi L, Kogiso M, Du Y, Baxter PA, Henderson JJ, Berens ME, Vuori K, Milde T, Cho YJ, Li XN, Olson JM, Reyes I, Snuderl M, Wong TC, Dimmock DP, Nahas SA, Malicki D, Crawford JR, Levy ML, Van Allen EM, Pfister SM, Tamayo P, Kool M, Mesirov JP, Wechsler-Reya RJ. Functional precision medicine identifies new therapeutic candidates for medulloblastoma. Cancer Res. 2020 Oct 12:canres.1655.2020. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-20-1655. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33046443.

Crawford J, Saria MG, Dhall G, Margol A, Kesari S. Feasibility of Treating High Grade Gliomas in Children with Tumor-Treating Fields: A Case Series. Cureus. 2020 Oct 5;12(10):e10804. doi: 10.7759/cureus.10804. PMID: 33163308; PMCID: PMC7641478.

Yang JH, Villegas R, Khanna S, Kaswick J, Coufal NG, Crawford J*, Harvey H. The Utility of Infectious and Neurodiagnostic Testing in Children With Complex Febrile Seizures Requiring Mechanical Ventilation. J Child Neurol. 2021 Mar 23:8830738211000507. doi: 10.1177/08830738211000507. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33754870. *Co-Senior Author

Yang JH, Malicki DM, Levy ML, Crawford JR. Unusual case of occipital lobe dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour with GNAi1-BRAF fusion. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Jan 27;14(1):e241440. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-241440. PMID: 33504544; PMCID: PMC7843307.

Wulfovich S, Tucker S, Levy M, Crawford JR. Incidental cerebellar dermoid cyst mimicking low grade glioma in a teenager. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Feb 22;14(2):e241227. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-241227. PMID: 33619147.

Yang J, Newbury R, Malicki D, Crawford JR. Rare case of extranodal Rosai-Dorfman disease presenting as a middle cranial fossa tumour. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Mar 2;14(3):e241537. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-241537. PMID: 33653869; PMCID: PMC7929844.

Upadhyaya SA, Robinson GW, Onar-Thomas A, Orr BA, Johann P, Wu G, Billups CA, Tatevossian RG, Dhanda SK, Srinivasan A, Broniscer A, Qaddoumi I, Vinitsky A, Armstrong GT, Bendel AE, Hassall T, Partap S, Fisher PG, Crawford JR, Chintagumpala M, Bouffet E, Gururangan S, Mostafavi R, Sanders RP, Klimo P Jr, Patay Z, Indelicato DJ, Nichols KE, Boop FA, Merchant TE, Kool M, Ellison DW, Gajjar A. Relevance of Molecular Groups in Children with Newly Diagnosed Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor: Results from Prospective St. Jude Multi-institutional Trials. Clin Cancer Res. 2021 May 15;27(10):2879-2889. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-20-4731. Epub 2021 Mar 18. PMID: 33737307; PMCID: PMC8127412.

Pehlivan KC, Khanna PC, Elster JD, Paul MR, Levy ML, Crawford JR*, Gonda DD. Clinical and Neuroimaging Features of Magnetic Resonance-Guided Stereotactic Laser Ablation for Newly Diagnosed and Recurrent Pediatric Brain Tumors: A Single Institutional Series. World Neurosurg. 2021 Jun;150:e378-e387. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.03.027. Epub 2021 Mar 17. PMID: 33722713. * Co Senior Author

Yang JH, Tucker SM, Levy ML, Crawford JR. Rare case of BRAF V600E mutant anaplastic pleomorphic xanthroastrocytoma in a 5-year survivor of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Feb 26;14(2):e241815. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-241815. PMID: 33637515.

Yang J, Newbury R, Levy M, Crawford JR. Rare presentation of juvenile xanthogranuloma in the posterior fossa of a toddler. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Mar 26;14(3):e241411. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-241411. PMID: 33771776; PMCID: PMC8006846.

Rennert RC, Brandel MG, Srinivas S, Prajapati D, Al Jammal OM, Brown NJ, Diaz-Aguilar LD, Elster J, Gonda DD, Crawford JR, Levy ML. Palliative endoscopic third ventriculostomy for pediatric primary brain tumors: a single-institution case series. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2021 Aug 6:1-8. doi: 10.3171/2021.3.PEDS20952. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34359046.

Rennert RC, Malicki DM, Levy ML, Gonda DD, Crawford JR Orbitofrontal Craniotomy and Anterior Clinoidectomy for Treatment of a Recurrent Suprasellar Rathke’s Cleft Cyst After Spontaneous Involution Interdiscip. Neurosurg.2021 Volume 25 (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751921001651)

Wulfovich S, Tucker S, Levy M, Crawford JR. Novel KRAS mutation in an unusual tectal low-grade glioma. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Apr 1;14(4):e242306. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-242306. PMID: 33795262; PMCID: PMC8021738.

Jell C, Malicki D, Levy M, Crawford JR. Recurrence of unusual dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour with novel molecular features presenting 10 years after gross total resection. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Jul 8;14(7):e244166. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-244166. PMID: 34244202.

Chuang EG, Malicki D, Levy M, Crawford JR. Atypical presentation of large intracranial epidermoid tumour in a child. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Aug 3;14(8):e244311. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-244311. PMID: 34344657.

Adams JW, Malicki D, Levy M, Crawford JR. Rare intracranial EWSR1-rearranged myxoid mesenchymal tumour in a teenager. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Aug 10;14(8):e245282. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-245282. PMID: 34376425.

Kim Y, Malicki D, Levy M, Crawford JR. Rare orbital apex spindle cell proliferation presenting with subacute blindness in a child. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Aug 3;14(8):e245118. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-245118. PMID: 34344661.

Adams JW, Malicki D, Levy M, Crawford JR. Low-grade glioma with novel mutations in KRAS and PMS2 in an adolescent with Down syndrome. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Aug 10;14(8):e245456. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-245456. PMID: 34376426.

Sun S, Malicki D, Levy M, Crawford JR. Psychiatric presentation of a secondary high-grade glioma in a teenager with high-risk pre-B-cell acute lymphoid leukaemia in remission. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Sep 3;14(9):e246249. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-246249. PMID: 34479910.

Crawford J, Gold J, Haas R. Safety of Early Discontinuation of Antiseizure Medication After Acute Symptomatic Neonatal Seizures. JAMA Neurol. 2021 Nov 15. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.4109. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34779830.

Adams JW, Malicki D, Levy M, Crawford JR. Long-term survival of a child with a high-grade glioma with novel molecular features. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Oct 19;14(10):e246423. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-246423. PMID: 34667055; PMCID: PMC8527114.

Chou B, Hopper A, Elster J, Crawford JR, McConnell K, Chang A, Mundt AJ, MacEwan I. Volumetric de-escalation and improved acute toxicity with proton craniospinal irradiation using a vertebral body-sparing technique. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Dec 5:e29489. doi: 10.1002/pbc.29489. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34866330.

Lo YY, Malicki D, Levy M, Crawford JR. Unusual low-grade neuroepithelial tumour with novel PDGFRA mutation. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Nov 11;14(11):e247411. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-247411. PMID: 34764135.

Sun S, Mo JQ, Levy ML, Crawford J. Atypical Giant Suprasellar Prolactinoma Presenting With Visual Field Changes in the Absence of Symptoms of Hyperprolactinemia. Cureus. 2021 Nov 16;13(11):e19632. doi: 10.7759/cureus.19632. PMID: 34926083; PMCID: PMC8673687.

Garancher A, Suzuki H, Haricharan S, Chau LQ, Masihi MB, Rusert JM, Norris PS, Carrette F, Romero MM, Morrissy SA, Skowron P, Cavalli FMG, Farooq H, Ramaswamy V, Jones SJM, Moore RA, Mungall AJ, Ma Y, Thiessen N, Li Y, Morcavallo A, Qi L, Kogiso M, Du Y, Baxter P, Henderson JJ, Crawford JR, Levy ML, Olson JM, Cho YJ, Deshpande AJ, Li XN, Chesler L, Marra MA, Wajant H, Becher OJ, Bradley LM, Ware CF, Taylor MD, Wechsler-Reya RJ. Retraction Note: Tumor necrosis factor overcomes immune evasion in p53-mutant medulloblastoma. Nat Neurosci. 2021 Dec 14. doi: 10.1038/s41593-021-00994-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34907396.

Sun S, Levy DM, Levy M, Crawford JR. Burkitt lymphoma of the cavernous sinus presenting with acute onset third nerve palsy. BMJ Case Rep. 2022 Jan 17;15(1):e248086. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-248086. PMID: 35039382.

Lo YY, Malicki D, Levy M, Crawford JR. Intramedullary spinal cord and intraventricular astrocytoma of varied pathology and molecular features in a teenager. BMJ Case Rep. 2022 Jan 17;15(1):e248249. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-248249. PMID: 35039384.

Kim Y, Malicki D, Levy ML, Crawford JR. A Rare Simultaneous Occurrence of a Ganglioglioma and Diffuse Astrocytoma with Distinct Molecular Features in a Teenager with Neurofibromatosis Type 1. BMJ Case Rep 2022 (accepted)

Adams JW, Malicki D, Levy M, Crawford JR. Ganglioglioma with Novel Molecular Features Presenting in a Child with Allan-Herndon-Dudley Syndrome. BMJ Case Rep. 2022 (accepted)

Adams JW, Malicki DW, Levy ML. Crawford JR Coincident Pineocytoma and Probable Brainstem Glioma in a Child with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome BMJ Case Rep 2022 (accepted).

  1. JR Crawford, TJ. MacDonald, and RJ Packer Medulloblastoma of Childhood: New Biologic Advances. Lancet Neurology 2007; 6:1073-1085
  2. Crawford JR Advances in pediatric neurovirology. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2010 Mar;10(2):147-54.
  3. Saddawi-Konefka R, Crawford JR. Chronic Viral Infection and Primary Central Nervous System Malignancy. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol. 2010;5:387-403.
  4. Yao K, Crawford JR, Komaroff AL, Ablashi DV, Jacobson S Review part 2: Human herpesvirus-6 in central nervous system disease. J Med Virol 2010;10:1669-1678
  5. JR Crawford Childhood Brain Tumors Pediatr Rev. 2013 Feb;34(2):63-78.
  6. Chen DY, Chen CC, Crawford JR, Wang SG Tumor-related epilepsy: epidemiology, pathogenesis and management. J Neurooncol. 2018 Aug;139(1):13-21. doi: 10.1007/s11060-018-2862-0. Epub 2018 May 24. Review. PMID: 29797181
  7. Eliassen E, Lum E, Pritchett J, Ongradi J, Krueger G, Crawford JR, Phan TL, Ablashi D, Hudnall SD. Human Herpesvirus 6 and Malignancy: A Review. Front Oncol. 2018 Nov 13;8:512. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2018.00512. eCollection 2018. Review.PMID: 30542640
  8. Crawford JR, Isaacs H Jr. Perinatal (fetal and neonatal) choroid plexus tumors: a review. Childs Nerv Syst. 2019 Apr 5. doi: 10.1007/s00381-019-04135-x. [Epub ahead of print] Review. PMID: 30953158
  9. Pehlivan KC, Paul MR, Crawford JR. Central Nervous System Tumors in Children. Pediatr Rev. 2022 Jan 1;43(1):3-15. doi: 10.1542/pir.2020-004499. PMID: 34970690.
  • JR Crawford Chapter 30: Acute Disseminated Myelitis/Transverse Myelitis Pediatric Neurology for the Oral Boards: A Case-Based Review, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2006
  • JR Crawford Chapter 27 Piloctyic Astrocytoma Pediatric Neurology for the Oral Boards: A Case-Based Review, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2006
  • JR Crawford and Bhajwan Moorjani Pediatric Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus (PANDAS) Medlink Neurology 2006
  • JR Crawford and B Moorjani Shaken Baby Syndrome Medlink Neurology 2006
  • JR Crawford Chapter: 10 Brain Stem Glioma Pediatric Neurology for the Oral Boards: A Case-Based Review, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2006
  • JR and B Moorjani An Update on Pediatric Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus (PANDAS) Medlink Neurology 2007
  • A Boes and JRCrawford Rady Children’s Hospital/University of California Pediatric Residency Survival Guide: Chapter Child Neurology 2010
  • C Amene, ML Levy, JR Crawford Pediatric Spinal Cord Tumors: Diagnosis and Treatment, Pediatric Cancer,2012 edited by M.A. Hayat, Springer Publishing (in press)
  • C Lyle and JR Crawford Neurodiagnostic Principles, Tumors of the Central Nervous System edited by Robert F Keating, James Tait Goodrich, Roger J. Packer, 2012 2nd Edition, Thieme New York (in press)
  • JR Crawford HHV-6 and Cancer, HUMAN HERPESVIRUS-6A & 6B, A clinical Diagnostic Handbook, 2014 Third Edition, Louis Flammand Ed. Academic Press/Elsevier.
  • Levy ML, Crawford JR, Reeves A, Abbasifard S, Altimimi M Pediatric Neurosurgery: Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy
  • 100 Case Reviews in Neurosurgery Raul Jandial Ed. Elsevier 2015
  • Levy ML, Crawford JR, Hong D, Reeves A Pediatric Neurosurgery: Slit Ventricle Syndrome 100 Case Reviews in Neurosurgery Raul Jandial Ed. Elsevier 2015
  • Levy ML, Crawford JR, Reeves A Pediatric Neurosurgery: Endoscopic Cerebellar Medulloblastoma 100 Case Reviews in Neurosurgery Raul Jandial Ed. Elsevier 2015
  • Levy ML, Crawford JR, Reeves A, Abbasifard S, Pediatric Neurosurgery: Brainstem Glioma 100 Case Reviews in Neurosurgery Raul Jandial Ed. Elsevier 2015
  • Levy ML, Crawford JR, Reeves A, Abbasifard S, Pediatric Neurosurgery: Hypothalamic Hamartoma 100 Case Reviews in Neurosurgery Raul Jandial Ed. Elsevier 2015
  • Levy ML, Crawford JR, Reeves A, Altimimi M Pediatric Neurosurgery: Pilocytic Astrocytoma 100 Case Reviews in Neurosurgery Raul Jandial Ed. Elsevier 2015
  • Levy ML, Crawford JR, Altimimi M Pediatric Neurosurgery: Spasticity 100 Case Reviews in Neurosurgery Raul Jandial Ed. Elsevier 2015
  • Levy ML, Crawford J The Potential of Magnetic Resonant Therapy in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Austin Journal of Autism and Related Disabilities, Austin Publishing Group 2016
Abstracts and Conference Proceedings (complete list may be found on:
https://publons.com/researcher/4882797/john-crawford/

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