Dr. J. Craig Egan is a native of Redlands, California. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1991 and Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine in 1995 where he was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society. He completed his general surgery residency training at David Grant USAF Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base, in 2001. After general surgery practice for the U.S. Air Force, he received additional training in Pediatric Surgical Critical Care at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin prior to his Pediatric Surgery Fellowship which he completed in 2008.

Dr. Egan is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is board certified in Pediatric Surgery, General Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care by the American Board of Surgery. He is the Division Chief of Pediatric General Surgery at Phoenix Children's. He enjoys training surgeons from Mayo Clinic - Arizona, Honor Health residency, and Creighton Residency. He and the other surgeons teach medical students from surrounding medical schools.

His special interests include pediatric surgical critical care, minimally invasive surgical techniques, and chest wall disorders. Dr. Egan also leads the surgical group's pediatric melanoma surgery (as a member of the Pigmented Lesions Clinic), and has extensive experience with pediatric thyroid and parathyroid surgery.

Dr. Egan enjoys spending time with his family and attending his children's extracurricular activities.