Christopher L. Johnson, MD, MSc, DABPS
Board Certified Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon



PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Place of Birth: Oklahoma City, OK USA




Medical Licenses                                       

California:  G77562 Current

New York:  229970 Current

Bermuda: Current

British Virgin Islands: 186 Current



EDUCATION:

            1974 – 1978                                     Classen High School

                                                                        Oklahoma City, OK

 

            1979 – 1982                                     Grinnell College

                                                                        Grinnell, Iowa

 

            1982 – 1985                                     Merton College

                                                                        Oxford University

                                                                        Oxford, United Kingdom

 

            1985 – 1989                                     Harvard Medical School

                                                                        Boston, MA


DEGREES:

            BA     Russian (Honors)                  Grinnell College

            BA     Chemistry (Honors)              Grinnell College

            MSc   Biochemistry                          Oxford University

            MD     Medicine                                Harvard Medical School


LANGUAGES:

            French

            Russian

            Spanish

            Swahili


RESIDENCY TRAINING:

 

            1989 – 1991                                     Internship and PGY 2

                                                                        General Surgery

                                                                        UCSF Medical Center

                                                                        San Francisco, CA

 

            1991- 1993                                       PGY 3 and PGY 4 (research)

                                                                        General Surgery

                                                                        St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital Center

                                                                        New York City, NY

 

            1994- 1996                                       PGY 5 and PGY 6

                                                                        General Surgery

                                                                        Martin Luther King, JR/      

                                                                        Charles Drew University Medical School

                                                                        Los Angeles, CA


FELLOWSHIP TRAINING:

 

            1993 – 1994                                     Surgical Critical Care/Trauma

                                                                        Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

                                                                        Los Angeles, CA

           

            1996- 1998                                       Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

                                                                        University of Massachusetts Medical Center

                                                                        Worcester, MA


RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

 

MSc Thesis:                                      Nuclear magnetic resonance studies

                                                            of oligosaccharides isolated from

                                                            fetal meconium and bovine colostrum.

 

PGY 4 Research:                             Cellular studies of the etiology of

                                                            abdominal aortic aneurysms.

 

Critical Care Research:                  Clinical Studies involving trauma and

                                                            the elderly.

 

Plastic Surgery Research:             Studies on the role of IL-10 and

                                                            GM-CSF in wound healing.

                                                            Animal model for the study of keloids


BOARD CERTIFICATION:

Certified American Board of Plastic Surgery                  Passed: 9/00

 

American Board of Surgery:                                              Eligible

 

Fellow, American College of Surgeons                          2007


ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

            Instructor,                                                      1998 - present

            Director of Research

            Loma Linda University

            Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

 

            Chief,

            Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

            Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veteran’s Hospital

            Loma Linda, CA

 

            Assistant Professor                                     2000 - 2002

            Department of Surgery

            King/Drew Medical Center

            Los Angeles, CA


SOCIETIES & ORGANIZATIONS:

            American Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons

            The Wound Healing Society

            California Society of Plastic Surgeons

            American Medical Association

            Bermuda Medical Association

            Bermuda Medical Society

            American Society of Non-Surgical Aesthetics

            Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine

            Los Angeles Surgical Society

            Drew Medical Society

            Society of Black Academics Surgeons

            Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgery


PUBLICATION / ABSTRACTS:

Inflammatory Cytokines Which Activate Proteolysis Are Increased in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms.  Christopher L. Johnson, Karen M, Newman, Jessie Jean-Claude, William G. Ramey

And M. David Tilson.  Columbia University, New York, NY.  Abstract presented at the 66th Scientific Session of the American Heart Association, August 1993.

Cytokines Which Activate Proteolysis Are Increased in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. Karen M. Newman, Christopher L. Johnson, Jessie Jen –Claude, William G. Ramey and M. David Tilson.  In Press: Circulation

 Trauma in the Elderly: An Analysis of Outcome Based on Age.  Christopher L. Johnson, Daniel R. Margulies, Jonathan R. Hiatt, M Michael Shabot.  Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.  Abstract presented to the American College of Surgeons (Southern California Chapter), January 1994

 Trauma in the Elderly: An Analysis of Outcome Based on Age.  Christopher L. Johnson, Daniel R. Margulies, Jonathan R. Hiatt, M Michael Shabot.  Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. American Surgeon, 60 (11): 899-902, November 1994.

  Outcome from Critical Care in the “Oldest Old” Trauma Patients.  M. Michael Shabot, Christopher L. Johnson.  The Cedars-Sinai Research Institute, Department of Surgery; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.  Abstract submitted to the American Association for the surgery of Trauma.

 Outcome from Critical Care in the “Oldest Old” Trauma Patients.  M. Michael Shabot, Christopher L. Johnson.  The Cedars-Sinai Research Institute, Department of Surgery; Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.  Journal of Trauma, 39 (2): 254-9, August 1995.

  4-year Review of Penetrating Colon Injuries at a Level 1 Urban Trauma Center. Christopher L. Johnson, et al.  King/Drew Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.  Abstract presented To the American College of Surgeons (Southern California Chapter), January 1996.

Detection of IL-10 and GM-CSF in Wound Healing Using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) TechniqueChristopher L. Johnson, James W. Doyle, W. Thomas Lawrence.  University of Massachusetts Medical Center,

Worcester, MA.  Abstract presented at the Senior Resident’s Conference, June 1998, Birmingham, Alabama.

Role of Cytokines in Implant Capsular FormationJohnson,CL ,Hardesty, R. Cohen, A. Kaidi, A. Heinrich, C.  California Society of Plastic Surgeons, San Francisco, CA, May 1999.

Simultaneous Arterial & Microvascular Reconstruction of the Lower Extremity:  A Case Report,Literature, Review and Systematic Treatment Algorithm.  Johnson CL, Hardesty, R., Afifi, G., Anders, M. California Society of Plastic Surgeons, San Francisco, CA, May 1999.

Surreptitious Injections of Mineral Oil:  A Case Presentation of Sclerosing Lipogranulomatosis. Johnson, CL, Kaidi, A., Childers, B., Ciletti, S., Hardesty, R, Rogers, F., Hazani, R.  California Society of Plastic Surgeons, San Francisco, CA, May 1999

Development of an Animal Model for the Study of Keloid ScarsJohnson, C., Hardesty, R.  American Association of Plastic Surgeons, Colorado Springs, CO, May 1999.

Development of an Animal Model for the Study of Keloid Scars.  Johnson, C., Hardesty, R.  Plastic Surgery Research Council, Pittsburgh, PA, May 1999.


BOOK CHAPTER:

Vascular Access for Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Critical Care.  Christopher L. Johnson, Jonathan R. Hiatt, Chapter 7 in 3rd edition of Vascular Access Surgery.  Publisher: Mosby Year Book, 1994.

Presentations (Recent):

Reduction Mammaplasty in Obese Black Females:  Is Denial of Patients with  BMI >  25 Justified?  British Virgin Islands Plastic Surgery Conference, January 24, 2007, Road Town, Tortola, BVI.

The Art and Science of Beauty.  Altrusa Nursing Sorority,  November 2005, Paget, Bermuda

Breast Reconstruction:  The State of the Art, “Just Between Us” Breast Cancer Survivors Group, September 2006, Paget, Bermuda.

Reconstructive Surgery in Rural Ecuador:  Project Change, Bermuda.  “Just Between Us” Breast Cancer Survivor’s Group, April 2007, Paget Bermuda.

Secret Weapons of Beauty:  Non-Surgical Approaches for Looking Your Best,  Bermuda Nurses Association, September 2005, Paget, Bermuda.

Stay Forever Young.   Age Management:   Biodentical Hormones, Nutritional Supplements, and Cosmetic Surgery.  Bermuda Nurses Association,  July 25, 2007, Paget, Bermuda.


Television:

Extreme Makeover, TLC (The Learning Channel),  Buttock Augmentation in a 35-year-old  Female, January 2004.

Entertainment Tonight, The Hand Lift, September 9, 2001.


HONORS:

1976 Eagle Scout Award
1977  Valedictorian, Classen High School
1981 Phi Beta Kappa
1982

Alumni Outstanding Student Award, Grinnell College

1982  Mortar Board Honor Society President
1983 Marshall Scholarship (3 years of study at Oxford University)

MISSION TRIPS:

Katchungu, Zaire Berean Mission Hospital 3/89 – 6/89
Latacunga, Ecuador Project Change   1/98
Latacunga, Ecuador Project Change  4/99   
Latacunga, Ecuador Project Change  2/00
Latacunga, Ecuador Project Change  2/01
Ambato, Ecuador INFA / Flying Samaritans    5/01
Latacunga, Ecuador Project Change  2/02   
Latacunga, Ecuador Project Change  2/03
Quito, Ecuador  INFA / Flying Samaritans 4/03
Latacunga, Ecuador Project Change  2/2004
Quito, Ecuador  INFA 5/2004
Salcedo, Ecuador   Project Change  2/2005
Manta, Ecuador  INFA 5/2005
Salcedo, Ecuador   Project Change  2/2006
Latacunga, Ecuador INFA 5/2006
El Puyo, Ecuador INFA 5/2007
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania  Project Change:Bermuda 11/07


Community Posts:

Chair, Bermuda Road Safety Council                 1/2005 – Present

Chair, Project Change:  Bermuda                         2/2004 - Present


References:

Council Miller, MD

King Edward VII Memorial Hospital

Paget

Bermuda

(441) 236-2345

(441) 295-4329

 

Stanley James, MD

King Edward VII Memorial Hospital

Paget

Bermuda

(441) 236-2345

(441) 504-1474

 

Ray Dunn, MD

Chair, Division of Plastic Surgery

University of Massachusetts Medical Center

55 Lake Avenue North

Worcester, MA

(508) 334-1000