Emeritus Chairman and Emeritus Distinguished Service Professor
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Dr. Johnson has committed his life’s work to the treatment of patients with diseases of the head and neck in an environment of education and inquiry. His current appointment is as Emeritus Distinguished Service Professor and Emeritus Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. . Dr. Johnson has limited his clinical practice to the treatment of patients with tumors of the head and neck. Most recently his work has focused on survivorship care for head and neck cancer survivors and the avoidance of low value interventions. He served as Editor of The Laryngoscope 2003-2011. Dr. Johnson is a Past President of the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery (2003), the American Head and Neck Society (2004) and the Triologic Society (2014).