Richard Crandall, MD, is a board-certified hand/upper extremity specialist for Aesthetic & Reconstructive Surgery Associates. He is an active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and belongs to the American Medical Association, the St. Louis Area Society of Plastic Surgeons, the Missouri State Medical Association, the Missouri Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons and the American Association for Hand Surgery. 

Dr. Crandall received his medical degree from George Washington University in 1982. He received his post-doctoral training in general surgery from 1983 to 1985 and in plastic surgery from 1985 to 1987 at Washington University School of Medicine. In 1988, he received additional training in cosmetic surgery at Newton Wellesley Hospital, Newton Lower Falls.