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.