Donald R. Johnson II, M.D.

Appointments: Chairman Board of Trustees Medical University of S.C. Elected August 2002 Board of Trustees Medical University of S. C. Elected July 1, 1994 (four year term) Reelected 1998, 2002 Clinical Instructor Department of Orthopedic Surgery Resident Training in Spine Surgery Medical University of S.C. 1998 - Present

Dr. Don Johnson guest lectures around the country and is considered a foremost expert in the field of spine surgery and spine health.

• Clinical Instructor

  Department of Orthopedic
  Surgery Resident Training in Spine Surgery
  University of South Carolina At Columbia
  1999 - 2002

• President Elect

  South Carolina Orthopedic Association
  2002 - 2003

• President

  South Carolina Orthopedic
  Political Action Committee
  1998 - Present

• President

  South Carolina Spine Society
  1996 - 1998

• South Carolina State Councilor

  Southern Medical Association
  1995 - 2002

• Editorial Board

  Spine Section Journal of Southern Orthopedic Association
  2001 - Present

• Editorial Board

  Journal of Surgical Orthopaedic Advances
  2006

• Former Medical Director

  Department of Rehabilitative Services, Bon-Secours-St. Francis Xavier Hospital,
  January 1991 - January 1996

• President

  South Carolina Orthopedic Association
  2004

• Clinical Instructor to Clinical Associate Professor Orthopaedic Surgery

  Effective July 1, 2004

Board Certification:

• Certified by American Board of Orthopedic Surgery,
  July 9, 1993
• Certified by American Board of Spine Surgery,
  2004

Education:

Undergraduate:

• College of Charleston, Charleston, SC - B.S. Chemistry
  May 1980

  Honors: Music Scholarship, Phi Kappa Phi, (National Academic Honor Society, President Senior Year), Sigma Alpha Phi ( College of Charleston Scholastic Honor Society), Omicron Delta Kappa ( National Leadership Honor Society)

Medical School

• Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC, M.D. received May 1984

  Honors: Health Sciences Foundation Scholarship 1982- 1983, Rich Scholarship 1983-1984.

Research:

• 1981 - Research Assistant in Immunology and Microbiology to Dr. Edwin Ades ( Current Director of Human Immunology at Eli Lily Inc.)
• 1982 - Research Assistant to Dr. Forde McIver in Pathology
• Current - Immunology of Degenerative Disc Disease of the Spine with Janardin Pandey, Ph D., Professor, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Medical University of South Carolina

Internship:

• Spartanburg General Hospital,
  Spartanburg, SC, Categorical Surgical
  July 1984 - June 1985
• Program Director - John Bottsford, M.D.

Residency:

Orthopedic Surgery - Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
July 1985 - June 1989 Chief Resident,
July 1988 - June 1989
Program Director: John B. McGinty, M.D.

Academic Awards:

William K. Nelson Academic Excellence Award
Outstanding Resident of the Year
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Medical University of South Carolina
Received in 1987 & 1988

Fellowships:

• Adult Spine Surgery
  South Texas Spinal Clinic, San Antonio, TX
  July 1989 - December 1989
  Director: Gilbert R. Meadows, M.D.
• Adult Spine Surgery
  St. Marys Spine Center, San Francisco, CA
  January 1990 - June 1990
  Director: James Zuckerman, M.D.
• Spine Surgery
  University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
  July 1990 - December 1990
  Director: John Leung, M.D.

Academic Appointments:

• Associated Clinical Instructor In Spine Surgery
  University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, UK
  July 1990 - October 1990
• Clinical Instructor, Department of Orthopedic
  Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina,
  Charleston, SC
  1992 - 1998

FDA Studies:

• Principal Investigator, Advance Spinal Instrumentation
  Pedicle Fixation
  1993 - 1994
• Principal Investigator, Gliatech-Ad
  Con L Study
  2/96 - 11/97
• Principal Investigator, St Francis Medical Technologies
  Extension Stop Device
  6/99 - Ongoing

Course Faculty Appointments:

• Current Concepts of the Spine in the 1990's
  American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery
  Charleston, SC 1990
• American Back Society, Fall Symposium, San
  Francis, CA 1990 & 1991
• Neurosurgery Society of Spain
  Techniques of Vertebral Fusion Course
  Valencia, Spain, 1992
• Southern Medical Association - Anesthesia Section,
  San Antonio, TX 1992
• Chairman Orthopaedic Section - Southern Medical
  Association, Annual Meeting
  11/15/1995 - 11/19/1995, Kansas City, Missouri
  11/24/1996, Baltimore, Maryland
• Chairman Spine Section Board, Review Course, Southern
  Orthopaedic Association Semi Annual Meeting
  11/5/1997 - 11/9/1997, Charlotte, North Carolina
  11/18/1998 - 11/22/1998, New Orleans, Louisiana
  11/10/1999 - 11/14/1999, Dallas, Texas
  11/1/2000 - 11/5/2000, Orlando, Florida
  11/8/2001 - 11/12/2001, Nashville, Tennessee
  
• Southern Medical Association - Orthopedic
  Section, New Orleans, LA 1993

Organizational Appointments:

• Southern Medical Association
  Birmingham, AL, Associate Councilor
  November 1993 - 1995
• Commercial Casualty Insurance Company
  Charlotte, NC, Board of Directors
  January 1993 - 2002
• National Association of Spine Centers
  Board of Directors
  January 1993-2000
• South Carolina Orthopedic Society
  Treasurer - 2000-2001
  Secretary - 2001-2002
• Charleston County Medical Society
  Medical-Legal Liaison Committee
  1992 - 2002

Presentations:

• North Carolina - South Carolina Combined
  Orthopaedic Meeting 1984, Charlotte, NC " Rush
  Rod Fixation of Distal Radius Fractures"
• South Carolina Orthopaedic Society 1985
  Charleston, SC " Bilateral Posterior Shoulder Dislocations"
• North Carolina - South Carolina Combined Orthopaedic Meeting 1986, Asheville, NC " Use of Allograft in Pediatric Spinal Fusions"
• South Carolina Orthopaedic Society 1987 Columbia, SC " Arthroscopy of Total Knee Replacement"
• American Orthopaedic Association of Residents Meeting, 1987, Vail CO " Use of Allograft in Pediatric Spinal Fusions"
• American Orthopaedic Association Residents Meeting 1988, Boston, MA, " Arthroscopy of Total Knee Replacement"
• Current Concepts of the Spine in the 1990's, Charleston, SC, 1990, " Posterior Surgical Approaches to the Cervical Spine", "Functional Assessment of the Lumbar Spine"
• American Back Society Fall Symposium, Surgical Approach Case Conference, San Francisco, CA 1990
• Bon Secours - St. Frances Xavier Hospital, Charleston, SC, 1991, "Spinal Medicine in the 1990's", " Invasive Procedures of the Spine", and "Introduction to Conservative Care
• South Carolina Chapter of American Physical Therapy and Bon Secours - St. Francis Xavier Hospital Meeting, Hilton Head, SC "Building the Backbone of Spine Care" - Course Moderator 1991
• South Carolina Orthopaedic Association, Kiawah Island, SC, 1991, "Spinal Surgery, The Hong Kong Perspective"
• South Carolina Society of Radiologic Technologists, Myrtle Beach, S.C., 1991 "Diagnostic Blocks and Discography"
• Carolina Occupational Medicine Society, Duke University, Durham, N.C. , 1991, " Total Care of the Lumbar Spine"
• American Back Society, Fall Symposium, San Francisco, CA 1991, " Primary Use of Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusions and the Varaible Plating System"
• American Back Society, Fall Symposium, Surgical Approach Case Conference, 1991
• Neurosurgery Society of Spain, Madrid, Spain, 1992, "Fusion Techniques in Lumbar and Cervial Spine Surgery"
• Neurosurgery Society of Spain, Valencia, Spain, 1992, Techniques of Vertebral Fusion Course, "Use of Pedicle Fixation"
• North Carolina - South Carolina Orthopaedic Meeting, Charleston, S.C. 1992, "Monostotic Paget's Disease of the Spain"
• Southern Medical Association, San Antonio, TX, 1992, Multi-disciplinary Section on Back Pain, "Conservative Care of Low back Pain"
• Southern Medical Association, New Orleans, LA, 1993, Multi-disciplinary Section on Back Pain, "Anatomy of Low Back Problems"
• South Carolina Orthopaedic Meeting, Charlston, S.C. 1993, " Cervical Spine Surgery"
• Southern Medical Association, Orlando, Florida, 1994, Section of Orthopaedic Surgery "Techniques of Lumbar Spinal Fusion"
• Southern South Carolina Orthopaedic Association, 1995, Hilton Head Island, "Microlumbar Discectomy"
• Southern Medical Association Orthopaedic Section, 1995, Kansas City, Missouri, " Anterior Cervical Fusion"
• South Carolina Orthopaedic Association, 1996, Kiawah Island, "Back Surgery and How To Avoid It"
• Southern Medical Association Orthopaedic Section 1996, Baltimore, Maryland, "Multilevel Cervical Fusion for Cervical Myelopathy"
• 1997 Charleston Place, Charleston, South Carolina "Physical Therapy for Low Back Pain"
• Southern Orthopaedic Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1998, Board Review Course, "Spine Section Fusion Techniques for Cervical and Lumbar Spine"
• Southern Orthopaedic Association, 1999 Kiawah Island, "Cervical Fusion using Allograft and Anterior Plating"
• Southern Orthopaedic Association 1999, Dallas Texas, "Cervical Myelopathy"
• South Carolina Orthopaedic Association, Grove Park Inn, Asheville, North Carolina, 2000, "Lumbar Interbody Fusion"
• Southern Orthopaedic Association, Orlando, Florida 2000 "Cervical Radiculopathy and Use of Cervical Epidural Steroids"
• South Carolina Orthopaedic Association, 2001, Kiawah Island Resort, " South Carolina Political Action Committee"
• Southern Orthopaedic Association, Nashville Tennessee, 2001, "Lumbar and Cervical Epidural Injections"
• Kiawah Island Resort, 2002 "Moderator Section on "Trauma and Spinal Surgery"
• NASS Annual Meeting Abstracts, 2002, "Treatment Of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis With An Interspinous Spacer"
• Journal of Neurosurgery - Spine, March 2006, "The Quality of Life of Lumbar Stenosis Patients Treated with The X STOP Interspinous Implant"

Visiting Professorships:

• Department of Neurosurgery - University of Madrid Madrid, Spain 1992
• Department of Neurosurgery - University Hospital of Valencia, Valencia, Spain 1992
• Department of Neurosurgery - University of Lyon, Lyon, France 1995
• Department of Neurosurgery - University of Paris, Paris, France 1995
• London Spine Clinic, London England July 1998 - August 2002

International Visitors:

• Ahmad Shaaban, M.D. - Director of Spine Surgery
  Kuwait City, Kuwait 1992
• Neurosurgery - Orthopaedic Physicians Spain,
  May and November 1992
• John Sutcliffe, M.D. - Neurosurgeon
  London, England - April 1992
• John Sutcliffe, M.D. - Neurosurgeon
  London, England - July 1996
• John Sutcliffe, M.D. - Neurosurgeon
  London, England - December 2002