Journal of Spine

Deborah A. Crane

Biography

 Dr. Crane is a rehabilitation medicine and spinal cord injury medicine physician. Her clinical expertise is in acute and chronic management of persons with spinal cord injury. She also has a focus in spasticity management including blocks (Botox™ and phenol) and intrathecal medication management. 

Dr. Crane is board certified both in physical medicine and rehabilitation and in spinal cord injury medicine. She enjoys working with patients along the spectrum of their disability including soon after injury on the inpatient rehabilitation unit and years later in the outpatient clinic. 

She joined the faculty of the UW Department of Rehabilitation Medicine in 2010. She completed a combined M.D./M.P.H. degree at Tulane University School of Medicine and School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. She completed her residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation and a subspecialty fellowship in spinal cord injury medicine at the University of Washington.

Research Interest

 Her clinical interest is in acute and chronic management of persons with spinal cord injury. She also has a focus in spasticity management including blocks (Botox™ and phenol) and intrathecal medication management.