Dr. Lynda Crawford is horrible! PLEASE READ THE REVIEWS!
If you are looking for a doctor that will not listen and completely dismisses their patients concerns, does not take the time to ask or read their patients basic lifestyle history, lacks professionalism and empathy, does not complete a thorough assessment of their patient, blindly prescribes medications and rushes the patient out of the office, Dr. Lynda Crawford his the right fit for you.
I visited Dr. Lynda Crawford at the Advanced Dermatology center in Fort Washington, MD in June 2025. I arrived at my appointment at the scheduled time of 2pm and after waiting an hour and a half in the waiting room, I was finally called to the back at 3:30pm. Once in the exam room, the nurse never acknowledged or apologized for extremely long wait time nor thanked me for patience. The nurse just proceeded to ask me a series of questions regarding the reason for my visit. Completely vexed by my experience thus far and the lack of customer service and customer care, I answered the questions candidly to the best of my knowledge. After answering the questions, the nurse left the room, returning a short time later with Dr. Crawford. When Dr. Crawford entered the room, she again did not acknowledge, apologize or thank me for the extremely long wait. Instead, she walked in with a pen in one hand and two blank pieces for printer paper in the other hand asking me "What's going on"? Never introducing herself, verifying my name or DOB or even asking me a simple how was I doing...Dr. Crawford then proceeds to lecture me on why it is important to tell the nurse what is going on with me prior to her coming into the room and how the nurse was "just doing her job". At this point I am completely confused, blindsided and troubled by her unsettling "welcome" and lecture. I asked her to explain what she was talking about but she did not respond so I turned to address the nurse to confirm that I had answered all of her questions, when Dr. Crawford replies and says that I am acting like I don't want to be here. Despite my complete and utter disgust by Dr. Crawford's and the nurses' actions thus far, proceeded to explain my concerns to Dr. Crawford barely getting a complete sentence out before I was interrupted by her abruptly announcing a diagnosis. This was without completing a physical assessment and barley looking at the infected area, the paper and pen never left her hands. Dr. Crawford then writes the diagnosis on the paper and proceeds to list the medications Fluocinonide and Tacrolimus. The nurse then interjects by asking me to confirm if I was pregnant or planning to get pregnant after finally reading my intake paperwork. When I respond that I was planning, Dr. Crawford then says "Oh, I did know that, you cannot take Tacrolimus while pregnant". Confirming what I already knew, she never read my paperwork, nor asked me about my lifestyle history to make proper, more accurate diagnosis or treatment plan. I asked her were there any alternative medications in lieu of the Tacrolimus that are safe for pregnant or planning to be pregnant women and her flat response was no. So, she only wrote my prescription for Fluocinonide.
To add insult to injury, after getting home and doing my own research. There are several alternatives Tacrolimus - so Dr. Crawford lied and furthermore it is Fluocinonide (not Tacrolimus) that is not recommended for pregnant women. read more