Stuart J. Johnson, M.D., DTM&H
Staff Physician, Medicine Service VA Chicago Health Care System, Lakeside Division Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University
Medical Service, VACHC Lakeside Division 333 E. Huron Chicago, IL 60611 Phone: 312/469-2193 Fax: 312/469-2313 Email: sjohnson@lumc.edu
Dr. Johnson is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine and the Chair of the Infection Control Committee at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois and a Staff Physician at the Hines VA Hospital.
He is a council member of the Anaerobe Society of the Americas and the current president of the Chicago Area Infectious Disease Society. Dr. Johnson received his MD degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School and completed his internal medicine residency and infectious disease fellowship training at the University of Minnesota Hospital and the Minneapolis VA Medical Center. He received a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene at Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand and a Career Development Ward from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
His main research interest and focus has involved the epidemiology and pathogenesis of Clostridium difficile infections. He also has been involved in clinical research on the parasite, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, responsible for most cases of eosinophilic meningitis, world-wide. He is the author on over 60 peer-reviewed journal articles, reviews and book chapters. |