Crystal E. Fancher, MD
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Margie Petersen Breast Center
2121 Santa Monica Boulevard, Garden Level, Santa Monica, CA 90404
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About Crystal E. Fancher
Crystal Fancher, MD is a surgical breast oncologist who has expertise in treating patients with breast cancer and benign breast diseases. She specializes in novel treatments such as oncoplastic breast-conserving surgery and intraoperative radiation therapy.
Dr. Fancher was born in Santa Monica, CA and knew at an early age that she wanted to be a physician. She did her surgical internship at Loma Linda where her passion for breast cancer and women’s health was ignited. She continued her general surgery training at Mercer in Macon, GA where she fostered her special interest in the treatment of breast cancer and breast health. She then pursued advanced training at the University of Southern California where she completed her fellowship in Breast Surgical Oncology. She was awarded the 2020 Muzzy Family Fellowship in Oncoplastic Breast Surgery. She is excited to be back in Santa Monica and providing care to breast cancer patients in the community she grew up in.
When not at work, Dr. Fancher enjoys a good beach day or lounging by the pool and taking advantage of the great weather in Southern California. She can also be found at a Dodger’s game, as she has been a fan since her early days playing softball. She also loves her Jeep Wrangler and likes to take it off-roading when she gets the chance.
Medical University of South Carolina
2014
- American Board of Surgery, Surgery
Providence Specialty Medical Group
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Dr. Fancher was the surgeon who operated and removed my breast cancer doing a lumpectomy. She supervised the team of oncologists who took wonderful care of me leading up to and including the surgery. Their follow-up care has been terrific.
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Always friendly, always efficient, and always calm
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All good
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Dr. Fancher is absolutely outstanding!
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Good check up and mammogram.
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Excellent doctor! Spent so much time with me listening and explaining everything to me!
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She is MY FAVORITEVERY NICE. She LISTENS & is VERY COMPASSIONATE. Kindness & listening so important.
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Dr. Fancher is the best oncologist! I love her.
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She's great!
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Very,very satisfied with doctors and staff
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Excellent doctor
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Dr Fancher is an excellent surgeon and leads an outstanding team. I am so fortunate to be under her care. She is knowledgeable about her specialty and about my medical condition. She is accessible, professional and caring. Dr Fancher, her team, and St Joseph's meet the highest standards in medical and hospital care.
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Always have excellent experiences with my care provider! Very kind and caring all with each visits
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Overall, I love this team and feel grateful they are taking good care of me! Thank you!
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I feel very taken care of!
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Great doctor. Front desk/ Staff exceptionally nice!
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My issue was a breast cancer diagnosis. Dr. Fancher and the entire team were truly amazing throughout the entire process! Thank you!
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Love Dr Fancher. She's always so kind.
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Dr. Fancher is really empathetic and has gone out of her way to help me. She's called me herself, even after hours, and even rearranged her personal time off, to see her mom, no less, to accommodate me!
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Dr. Fancher and the staff are always so supportive
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For over the past year Dr Chrystal Fancher has been following me since my surgery, always taking the time to explain each and every procedures, follow up visits in details, guiding me and always offering options.I am so grateful for her, I was able to navigate the complexity of cancer, bringing a sense of peace and understood.
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Dr. Fancher is a wonderful and caring doctor. This visit was for a 6 month follow up for my cancer surgery. She is very knowledgable and makes me feel heard. She took her time with me, she really listens and I did not feel rushed at all. She explains things very well and in a caring way. When I was first diagnosed 6 months ago she made time and got me in to see her right away and I had never seen her before. This was a terrifying time and the fact they called me back to get me in and to all my pre surgery appointments and surgery fast as well made me so very grateful.
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As this physician is a very specific provider, I was referred & went from there. Have since been introduced to other specialists
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Very professional and considerate of my feelings
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The doctor was very thorough, helpful and supportive.
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Approachable, easy to talk with, always makes sure that my questions are answered, appreciate her ability to thoroughly discuss risks and benefits of potential interventions.
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She explained all procedures comprehensively, was kind and sensitive, and answered all questions.
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Dr. Fancher is an amazing doctor and I'm grateful for her care.
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I had a wonderful experience during my visit with Dr. Fancher, and I had an excellent surgical outcome. She has a warm and delightful personality which makes me feel welcome and at ease. She feels very authentic in her concern and respect for me. She is very knowledgeable and provided information on options for future developments and follow-up. I am very pleased with the over-all care received from her, and highly recommend Dr. Fancher!
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Dr Fancher is truly lovely with a caring and professional demeanor. She made me feel very comfortable while I am going through this process of cancer surgery. I feel that I can trust her to take care of me in this very difficult time.
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Dr. Fancher is the best!
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Very good doctor
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Excellent care treated you with respect
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Dr Fancher is THE BEST!
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This was a pleasant experience from beginning to end with everyone I interacted with. My medical issue was satisfactorily addressed.
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Supportive and caring.
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The office staff and medical staff treated me like an old friend that they were happy to see once again. I felt like family. It was wonderful to be treated like that.
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Nothing but good things to say about Dr. Fancher and her staff. I tell everyone.
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Dr. Fancher is very kind and is attentive to my needs as a patient. She explains thoroughly and Is easy to understand when it comes to my health. I would definitely recommend her to anyone who needs her expertise.
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Dr. Fancher is a wonderful doctor. She listens, explains, and cares in a kind and thoughtful manner.
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Very supportive, patient and knowledgeable. Couldn't be better. I am very happy to see this provider.
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Dr Fancher and all staff members are the most professional and caring team I have encountered. So helpful.
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This was my first visit with this provider. She took her time and answered my questions. She also apologized for the long wait.
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Excellent experience. Treated with great respect. Would definitely recommend.
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Dr. Fancher is an awesome doctor!!!!!
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Always a good experience from reception to doctor's visit
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Dr. Fancher was excellent at explaining what was going to happen, my options, her recommendations and answered all my questions. She was able to move up a biopsy appt and called to help get my genetic testing done easily. I was very impressed with the appointment which is how I chose her.
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I'm really excited to have Dr. Crystal Fancher as part of my medical care team. Being diagnosed with cancer is scary but having doctors that instill confidence and warmth and leave you feeling good about the journey ahead is incredible. Super grateful to have been refereed to her via both my PCP and from my Hysterectomy surgeon/gyno.
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Dr Fancher was very knowledgeable and I felt she had my best interests at heart.
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Fancher is very professional, warm, and knowledgeable.
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Dr Fancher is THE BEST!!
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Doctor Cystal was very kind and listened to me carefuly. She checked everything and exlaplained about my questions. She is very friendly and spent enough time for me.
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I had an excellent experience with Dr. Fancher. She was warm, friendly and welcoming from the very beginning. She listened attentively and responded with empathy and respect. She discussed the likely diagnoses and the plan in detail. I felt well cared for and very comfortable during my visit. I recommend Dr. Fancher very highly.
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Dr. Fancher explained the surgery I will have very clearly and gave me options with pros and cons of each. I left feeling very confident about proceeding with the surgery.
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Dr. Fancher is very kind and explains clearly. She is an asset for the community with an excellent knowledge and skills. Great doctor in saving lives.
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Very happy with my experience with Dr. Fancher and Providence so far
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Dr. Fancher is not just a great doctor and talented surgeon, she is a great person who really engages with her patients and make me feel very secure and cared for in a personal level. Her staff is always friendly and helpful.
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Dr Fancher is always caring and spends the time to educate me about my issues. Thank you.
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Shes great
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Dr. Crystal Fulcher was interested, helpful, and supportive. She followed up and personally reached out to me to see how I was doing.
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Dr Fancher is AMAZING!! She is brilliant in her field and kind and empathetic!! Would highly recommend her!!
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Dr. Fancher is an excellent physician, extremely competent and courageous clinician, available and responsive to my concerns and a principled person and ethical professional physician. I feel grateful that I'm in her care, and congratulate the hospital for employing her. She embodies the best in her profession.
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Fabulous reassuring doctor! The whole experience with staff; doctors and front office - great!!!!
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Wonderful doctor
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Dr. Fancher is caring and compassionate; she is unhurried, takes the time to listen and engage. As a mBC patient and a senior, I have too often feel "objectified" and shut down or dismissed when I talk to doctors. Oncologists seem over-scheduled, protective of their time; no doubt they hear the same patient anxieties expressed again and again. Defensively perhaps, they brush these off with assurances that everything is "normal." Of course, nothing is normal about medicine side effects or cancer symptoms to one who is experiencing them. Dr. Fancher was my breast surgeon. When I first met her, she took the time to open up my imaging files with me to explain how she was looking at them and what was concerning to her. She said, decisions about the parameters of surgery, were mine to make. She answered all my questions, which supported me in doing that. Each time I have seen her since for followup, I have left her office uplifted. I can have an engaged conversation with her, ask her anything. I have confidence in her opinion, and I wish I had more doctors like her.
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Dr Fancher was recommended to me and it was the best recommendation I never had. She is a good listener, takes time to review and explain all options, extremely knowledgeable, she has established a trust, the surgery she performs was a success and I know that at any time if I have questions, I can call her or email her and I will have an answer. The best experience I had during the past year.
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Everything about 'Dr. Fancher and her staff is professional, efficient, kind, clean, and above expectations.
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She is wonderful - fabulous doctor
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I was very pleased with this provider. She took time to answer all of my questions and explained everything very clearly.
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I was just recently diagnosed with breast cancer and met with Dr. Fancher for surgery. She was very thorough, friendly, and made me feel confident that I am and will be in good hands with her as my surgeon. I'm very happy to have met Dr. Fancher and would recommend her to everyone.
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Dr Fancher is compassionate, kind, and truly listens to your questions. Her answers are always very thorough and presented in a way I can understand.
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Dr. Fancher and the entire team at the Margie Peterson Breast center are extraordinary in every way. I am so grateful to be in their care for breast cancer.
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Dr. Fancher is available and extremely present to me as a patient. She listens carefully and responds with knowledge and warnth.
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Great provider - kind & compassionate.
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The Breast Care Center provides the best medical care I have ever received. Fine professionals and support staff. Thank you.
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Dr. Fancher is my Angel Doctor. She is truly Amazing, Knowledgeable,Shows the greatest concern and empathy. I am so blessed to have her and the Entire Margie Peterson staff working with me. Absolutely The Very Best.
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Dr Fancher is excellent.
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Excellent care fromAll staff. Dr Fancher is an incredible specialist!!
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At every step, from scheduling the appointment through the end of visit, Dr Fancher and her team were friendly, efficient, and knowledgeable. I felt very well taken care of and extremely confident about the tests run, and the results conveyed.
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I appreciate all the people involved in my healthcare. I feel fortunate.
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Dr. Francher and her staff always are caring, empathetic, and kind!
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Very supportive and friendly team.
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Dr. Fancher is highly skilled and thoroughly delightful.
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My experiences are always very good.From the time I get there to the time I leave and everyone always remember me, a warm And fuzzy feeling!!
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I am very fortunate to have Dr. Fancher as my surgical oncologist. She is exceptional and truly cares for her patients.
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Dr. Crystal Fencher is a wonderful caring doctor
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Comfortable happy to see you they really care
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Dr Francher is the best
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Conditions and Procedures
- Abnormal Mammogram
- Acquired Absence Of Breast
- Acquired Deformity Of Reconstructed Breast
- Adolescent Breast Disorders
- Amastia
- Amazia
- Areola Sparing Mastectomy
- Aspiration Breast Cyst
- Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia
- Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia
- Axillary Lymphadenectomy
- Axillary Mass
- Axillary Reverse Mapping
- Axillary Web Syndrome
- Benign Breast Lump
- Bloodless Breast Surgery
- Breast Abscess
- Breast Atrophy
- Breast Augmentation
- Breast Biopsy
- Breast Calcification
- Breast Cancer
- Breast Cancer Risk Factors
- Breast Cancer Screening
- Breast Cancer Surgery
- Breast Cancer Symptoms
- Breast Conservation
- Breast Cyst
- Breast Deformities
- Breast Diseases
- Breast Examination
- Breast Fine Needle Aspiration
- Breast Hyperplasia
- Breast Implant Illness
- Breast Implant Replacement
- Breast Implant Rupture
- Breast Lump
- Breast Prosthesis
- Breast Reconstruction
- Breast Reconstruction With Flap Surgery
- Breast Reduction
- Breast Reinnervation
- Breast Surgery
- Breast Surgery Revision
- Cancer Risk Reduction Surgery
- Carcinoma In Situ Of Breast
- Congenital Breast Deformities
- Congenital Hypoplasia Of Breast
- Contusion Of Breast
- Deformity Of Reconstructed Breast
- Direct To Implant Reconstruction
- Disproportion Of Reconstructed Breast
- Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (Dcis)
- Dysplasia Of Breast
- Early Breast Cancer Signs
- Endoscopic Breast Augmentation
- Er Positive Breast Cancer
- Excision Of Breast Lesion
- Family History Of Breast Cancer
- Fibroadenoma
- Fibrocystic Breast Changes
- Galactocele
- Galactorrhea
- Gender Affirming Mastectomy
- Goldilocks Mastectomy
- Her2 Positive Breast Cancer
- Hereditary Breast And Ovarian Cancer
- Hidden Scar Breast Cancer Surgery
- History Of Breast Cancer
- History Of Fibrocystic Disease
- Hormone Receptor Positive Breast Cancer
- Hybrid Breast Reconstruction
- Hypertrophy Of Breast
- Hypopigmented Nipple Lesions
- Hypoplasia Of Breast
- Juvenile Breast Hypertrophy
- Juvenile Fibroadenoma Of The Breast
- Lobular Carcinoma In Situ (Lcis)
- Lobular Neoplasia
- Lumpectomy
- Lumpectomy Revision
- Lympha Surgery
- Lymphedema
- Male Breast Cancer
- Male Breast Reduction
- Mammary Duct Ectasia
- Mammary Dysplasia
- Mammogram
- Mastectomy
- Mastitis
- Mastodynia
- Mastoplasty
- Mastotomy
- Metastatic Breast Cancer
- Microcalcifications
- Micromastia
- Mondor's Disease
- Nipple Discharge
- Nipple Diseases
- Nipple Fissure
- Nipple Lesions
- Nipple Reinnervation
- Nipple Repair
- Nipple Sparing Mastectomy
- Oncoplastic Breast Surgery
- Polymastia
- Postmastectomy Lymphedema Syndrome
- Postpartum Mastitis
- Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction
- Ptosis Of Breasts
- Radiation Induced Breast Deformity
- Radiation Therapy Simulation
- Reconstructive Surgery Of The Nipple
- Removal Of Dog Ears Associated With Breast Incisions
- Resensation Technique
- Robotic Breast Surgery
- Ruptured Implant
- Savi Scout Procedure
- Scar Hypertrophy
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
- Sentinel Node Biopsy
- Skin Sparing Mastectomy
- Subpectoral Placement
- Supernumerary Nipple
- Symmastia
- Targeted Axillary Dissection
- Thoracodorsal Artery Perforator Flap
She's very kind, caring And really seems to be interested in you not just a patient but also as a person
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