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Dr Julia Crawford

MBBS FRACS · Director, Sydney ENT Clinic South

General and paediatric ENT, head and neck surgery, snoring and sleep apnoea, robotic surgery.

02 8319 9434 reception@drjuliacrawford.com.au

Consults at Kogarah and at Darlinghurst.

About Dr Crawford

Dr Julia Crawford is an Australian-trained ear, nose and throat surgeon and the director of Sydney ENT Clinic South. She graduated from the University of New South Wales in 2004 and was awarded her Fellowship in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2012.

She is trained in all aspects of ear, nose and throat surgery and has undertaken further subspecialty training in head and neck cancer surgery, benign disorders of the head and neck, robotic surgery and the surgical management of snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea. She treats children and adults for general ENT conditions, and adults with head and neck, thyroid and sleep-related disorders.

Dr Crawford is a conjoint lecturer at the University of New South Wales and is involved in the training of ENT registrars. She also consults at the clinic’s Darlinghurst rooms and at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse. Dr Crawford does not see adult patients for ear conditions and does not perform cosmetic nasal surgery.

Areas of practice

Children’s ENT — tonsils, adenoids, glue ear
Head and neck lumps and cancer
Snoring and sleep apnoea surgery
Thyroid and salivary gland surgery
Transoral robotic and laser surgery
Voice and swallowing disorders

Selected publications

Jeong YJ, Charters E, Lai M, Palme CE, Elliott M, Shannon K, et al. Vascularized motor nerve to vastus lateralis grafts for restoration of eye closure function in radical parotidectomy: Enhanced reliability in irradiated beds. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2026;120:280-289. doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2026.07.019

Chin VT, Muskovic W, McCloy RA, Neavin DR, Alquicira-Hernandez J, Arora H, et al. Protein translation dysregulation and immune cell evasion mediated by IFN and immunoproteasome downregulation define metastatic clones in HPV-related cancer of the oropharynx. BMC Med. 2025;23(1):559. doi:10.1186/s12916-025-04392-5

Kornfeld B, Kyang L, Taha A, McCloy R, Chin V, Leavers B, et al. Incidence and distribution of contralateral lymph node metastasis associated with human papillomavirus-related oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. J Laryngol Otol. 2024;138(9):965-972. doi:10.1017/S0022215124000719

Kornfeld B, Taha A, Kyang L, Sim HW, Dewhurst S, McCloy R, et al. Oncological outcomes post transoral robotic surgery (TORS) for HPV-associated oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, a single-centre retrospective Australian study. J Robot Surg. 2024;18(1):226. doi:10.1007/s11701-024-01910-0

Floros P, Rao A, McCloy RA, Sim HW, Chin VT, Leavers BC, et al. Altered presentation of oropharyngeal cancer, a 6-year review. ANZ J Surg. 2021;91(6):1240-1245. doi:10.1111/ans.16537

Sideris A, Rao A, Maher N, Parker A, Crawford J, Smee R, et al. Acinic cell carcinoma of the salivary gland in the adult and paediatric population: a survival analysis. ANZ J Surg. 2021;91(6):1233-1239. doi:10.1111/ans.16421

Huntley C, Boon M, Ishman S, Capasso R, Crawford J, D’Agostino MA, et al. Virtual otolaryngologic management of sleep apnea patients: Lessons learned from COVID-19 pandemic. Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol. 2021;6(3):564-569. doi:10.1002/lio2.562

Singh R, Karantanis W, Fadhil M, Kumar SA, Crawford J, Jacobson I Systematic review of laryngocele and pyolaryngocele management in the age of robotic surgery. J Int Med Res. 2020;48(10):300060520940441. doi:10.1177/0300060520940441

Crawford JA, Bahgat AY, White HN, Magnuson JS Hemostatic Options for Transoral Robotic Surgery of the Pharynx and Base of Tongue. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2016;49(3):715-25. doi:10.1016/j.otc.2016.03.002

Crawford JA, Montevecchi F, Vicini C, Magnuson JS Transoral robotic sleep surgery: the obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2014;47(3):397-406. doi:10.1016/j.otc.2014.03.004

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