JamesMichaelJohnstonJr.MD

Neurosurgery • Birmingham, AL

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Associate Professor, Pediatric Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Children’s of Alabama

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Office
1600 7th Ave S
Lowder 400
Birmingham, AL 35233
Phone+1 205-638-9653

Fax+1 205-638-9972

Education & Training

Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumFellowship, Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2009 - 2010
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2003 - 2009
Washington University in St. Louis School of MedicineClass of 2002, MD, AOA
Washington and Lee UniversityBA, French, Summa cum laude, 1991 - 1995

Certifications & Licensure

AL State Medical License 2010 - 2025
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
American Board of Pediatric Neurological SurgeryPediatric Neurological Surgery

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Neurosurgical management of Myelomeningocele in premature infants: a case series.
Addison Stewart, Andrew T Hale, Benjamin W Saccomano, Ariana S Barkley, Betsy D Hopson
Child's Nervous System. 2024-11-01
Global Partnerships in Neurosurgery: Mapping the Need.
Saksham Gupta, Martina Gonzalez Gomez, James M Johnston, Kee B Park
Neurosurgery Clinics of North America. 2024-10-01
Combination Immunotherapy with Vaccine and Oncolytic HSV Virotherapy Is Time Dependent.
Stacie K Totsch, Andrew S Ishizuka, Kyung-Don Kang, Sam E Gary, Abbey Rocco
Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 2024-09-04

Journal Articles

Original Article Stereotactic Placement of Intratumoral Catheters for Continuous Infusion Delivery of HSV-1 G207 in Pediatric Malignant Supratentorial Brain Tumors
Asim K Bag, G Yancey Gillespie, Gregory K Friedman, Zachary Wright, James M Markert, James M Johnston, ScienceDirect
Myxoid Glioneuronal Tumor of the Septum Pellucidum and Lateral Ventricle Is Defined by a Recurrent PDGFRA p.K385 Mutation and DNT-like Methylation Profile
Melike Pekmezci, Andrew W Bollen, David A Solomon, Xuemo Fan, Serguei Bannykh, James Johnston, Elaine Cham, James P Grenert, Boris C Bastian, Arie Perry, Moise Danielp..., Acta Neuropathologica

Press Mentions

Building a Better Helmet and More: UAB Researchers Tackle ConcussionsJanuary 11th, 2016
Development of a Modular Toolkit for Effective, Ethical, and Equitable Global Neurosurgical Education and Collaboration With James JohnstonFebruary 23rd, 2024

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

French

External Links

InterSurgeon Partnerships in Global SurgeryHttp://www.intersurgeon.org