Your health,
on your time
Dr. Johnson has a commitment to treating the whole patient. This is shown through excellent communication and a caring bedside manner, combined with a multi-disciplinary approach and excellent surgical skills leading to optimal outcomes, and minimizing risk of complications.
He feels the patient is the main partner in the health care team and strives for patients to receive the highest quality of care, especially in the vulnerable and stressful time when a patient requires surgery.
Dr. Johnson also proctors, or teaches other attending surgeons across the Midwest when doing their first independent cases, and in the last year began proctoring advanced robotic surgeries to experienced robotic surgeons learning advanced robotic surgery.
Patient outcomes speak for themselves. With a commitment to tracking patient outcomes from the beginning of his career, Dr. Johnson’s outcomes have proven to be superior to the national standard. During consultation, Dr. Johnson can discuss your personal outcome prediction versus the national standard.
The latest in surgical techniques are utilized to hide or avoid even these small incisions. Cholecystectomy with no visible scars, utilizing small incisions in the true bikini line, or colon resections with no extraction incision. Eliminating incisions leads to less pain, which has patients walking more, using less narcotics and getting back to their normal lives faster. It also decreases risk of complications such as infection and future hernias.
Rest assured, Dr. Johnson performs all robotic surgeries himself. No residents or fellows control the robotic instruments at his Northshore home.