JamesMichaelJohnstonJr.MD

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

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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

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 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

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