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Southeastern Spine Institute

Dr. John F. Johnson


Our Physicians:

D. R. Johnson II, MD
S. C. Poletti, MD
L. E. Forrest, MD
J. F. Johnson, MD
M. D. Netherton, MD
G.R. Richardson III, MD
T. F. Roush, MD

John F. Johnson, M.D.

Education:

  • Summervile High School - Graduated 5/79
  • College of Charleston, Charleston South Carolina
    Major: Bachelor of Science in Biology - Graduated with honors 5/83

Board Certification:

  • American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2000

Honors:

  • Young American For Freedom (Political Science Group) - President
  • Kappa Sigma National Scholarship Leadership Award - Recipient - Junior and senior year
  • College of Charleston Alumni Association - Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement
  • Kappa Sigma Fraternity - President Senior Year
  • Phi Kappa Phi - National Honors Academic Society - President Senior Year
  • Sigma Alpha Phi - College of Charleston Honor Scholastic Society
  • Omicron Delta Kappa - National Honor Leadership Society
  • Interfraternity Council - Vice President Junior Year
  • College of Charleston - Foundation Scholar

Medical School:

  • Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
    Charleston, South Carolina 5/83 - 6/85 - Year 1 & 2
  • London University Hospital Systems;
    London, England (under auspices of AUC) 6/87 - 7/88 - Year 3
  • Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
    Charleston, South Carolina 8/88 - 2/90 - Year 4

Post Graduate Study:

  • Surgical Study in Hong Kong, U.K. with Donald R. Johnson, M.D. 7/90 -10/90

Internship:

  • Greenville Hospital System, Greenville, South Carolina 7/91 - 6/92

Residency:

  • Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
    Type: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 7/92 - 6/96

Subspecialty Fellowship:

  • Southeastern Spine Institute, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina 6/96 - 1/97

Publications:

  • "Resection of Spinal Lipomas in Infants," Rehab in Review, 4/96
  • "The Centralization Phenomenon," Rehab in Review, 4/96
  • "Methylmalonic Acidemia in an Eighteen Month Old: A Case Report," Abstract in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 4/96
  • "Neurologic Manifestations of Pediatric Systemic Lupus Erthematosus," Rehab in Review, 9/95
  • "Bracing In Scoliosis," Rehab in Review, 3/95
  • "Spondyloisthesi in the Young Athlete," Rehab in Review, 2/95
  • "Epilepsy Surgery: Effect on Sensorimotor Function in Children," Rehab in Review, 1/95

Presentations:

  • Current - Assistant Professor MUSC, Division of  Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - Training Instructor for MUSC Residents
  • Current - Research Project with Lubar Epidural Steroid Injections
  • 10/99 - Speaker at South Carolina Spine Society - "Use of Fluroscopy with Lumbar Epidural; Injection for Radioculopathy"
  • 10/98 - Radio Talk Show (WCIV) - Discussion on Low Back Pain
  • 10/97 - Radio Talk Show (WCIV) - Discussion on Low Back Pain
  • 10/97 - Joyner Sports Medicine National Conference Speaker - "Management of Chronic Back Pain"
  • 10/96 - MUSC College of Physical Therapy Presentation - "Sexual Dysfunction in Spinal Cord Injured Patients"
  • 10/95 - MUSC College of Physical Therapy Presentation - "Sexual Dysfunction in Spinal Cord Injured Patients"
  • 9/95 - MUSC Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Grand Rounds Speaker: "Autonomic Dysreflexia"
  • 4/94 - MUSC Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Grand Rounds Speaker: "Sexual Dysfunction in Spinal Cord Injury"
  • 11/93 - Greenville Hospital Dept. of Internal Medicine - Grand Rounds Speaker: "Syphilis - An Age Old Problem"

Professional Societies:

  • American Back Society
  • American Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
  • Association of American Physiatrists
  • Charleston County Medical Society
  • International Spinal Injection Society
  • North American Spine Society
  • South Carolina Spine Society, President 2004-2005
  • South Carolina Spine Society, Vice President 2003-2004
  • South Carolina Spine Society, Treasurer/Secretary 2002-2003
  • Southern Medical Association
  • South Carolina Medical Association
  • South Carolina Workers' Compensation Education Association
  • American Society for Pain Management
  • Association of Academic Physiatry

Hospital Affiliations:

  • East Cooper Regional Medical Center - Department of Internal Medicine
  • Medical University of South Carolina - Department of Neurosurgery- Assistant Professor
  • St. Francis-Roper Hospital System - Chief of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1997-2000

 

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