Randall R. Johnson, MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon

“I want to help patients obtain relief from pain and suffering in the most compassionate and least invasive fashion possible.” 

Clinical Expertise and Special Interests
Dr. Johnson is a neurosurgeon who focuses on the treatment of illnesses involving the brain, spine and peripheral nerves.  He has extensive surgical and non-surgical training and experience involving a wide range of neurosurgical problems such as brain and spinal cord tumors, brain aneurysms and vascular malformations, brain and spinal trauma, surgical prevention of and treatment for stroke and degenerative spine conditions.  

Dr. Johnson has a special interest in developing neurosurgical services which can be performed less invasively, minimizing pain and maximizing recovery.  He is accomplished in endoscopic approaches for the treatment of brain tumors, hydrocephalus, and other neurosurgical treatable disorders. He is also skilled in minimally invasive spine surgery.

Educational Foundation

Resident
Neurosurgery, Yale - New Haven Hospital, 
New Haven, Connecticut

Internship
General Surgery, Yale - New Haven Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut

Neurophysiology
James S. McDonnell Postdoctoral Fellow
Washington University
Saint Louis, Missouri 

Doctor of Medicine
Washington University
Saint Louis, Missouri

Bachelor of Arts
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois

Achievements
Neuroendoscopic Course 
Barrow Neurological Institute
Phoenix, Arizona

Skull Base Course
Memphis, Tennessee

Global Spine Course
Chicago, Illinois

Krieg Cortical Kudos
Cortical Scholar ("Cajal") Prize

Keck Fellow
Washington University - School of Medicine
Saint Louis, Missouri

Spencer T. Olin Fellow
Washington University
Saint Louis, Missouri

Department of Honors - Neurobiology & Physiology
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois


Affiliations
American Academy of Neurological Surgeons Associate Member
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Tumor Section, Resident Member
Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Associate Member
Society for Neuroscience
Christian Medical Society
American Medical Association