
James Michael Johnston Jr. MD
Pediatric Neurosurgery
Associate Professor, Pediatric Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Children’s of Alabama
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1600 7th Ave SLowder 400Birmingham, AL 35233
Phone+1 205-638-9653
Fax+1 205-638-9972
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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
- MO State Medical License 2006 - 2011
- American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
- American Board of Pediatric Neurological SurgeryPediatric Neurological Surgery
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Treatment of sleep-disordered breathing among children with myelomeningocele.Addison Stewart, Stephanie Rau, Renée A Shellhaas, Jason Woodward, Betsy Hopson
Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics. 2025-02-01 - 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 - Endoluminal Biopsy for Vein of Galen Malformation.Andrew T Hale, Shanrun Liu, Fengyuan Huang, Yuwei Song, Michael R Crowley
Neurosurgery. 2024-11-01
Journal Articles
- Original Article Stereotactic Placement of Intratumoral Catheters for Continuous Infusion Delivery of HSV-1 G207 in Pediatric Malignant Supratentorial Brain TumorsAsim 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 ProfileMelike 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
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Other Languages
- French
External Links
- InterSurgeon Partnerships in Global SurgeryHttp://www.intersurgeon.org
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