Doctor Johnson

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For the past 30 years he has been a practicing Orthopedic surgeon in Ottawa, Canada.

His current appointments are:

Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Ottawa

Director of the Sports Medicine Clinic at Carleton University

Attending Staff Surgeon at the Ottawa Civic Hospital

In the past he has traveled extensively with athletic teams and has been a physician for two Olympic teams, as well as for professional football and hockey.

His main academic interests are:

arthroscopy,
sports medicine,
computers and
electronic communication.

This past year he has produced several interactive educational CD-ROM's on arthroscopy and sports medicine.

He beeb president of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and on the board of directors of the International Society of Arthrosocpy, Knee surgery, and Orthopedic Sports Medicine as well as actively serving on committees with the these associations. The main focus on both associations is teaching and communications. He has been a consultant for ConMed/Linvatec for the past 20 years.

He serves as a reviewer of papers related to arthroscopy and sports medicine for the Journal of Arthroscopy, The Bone and Joint Journal, and the journal of Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Arthroscopy

Outside of medicine he keeps physically active in biking, x-country skiing, and running. Recently, he has also taken up golf. What has he been doing for the past 25 years? check out some pictures at:

http://www.picasaweb.google.com/donhughjohnson

View some of my favourite photos of Florida at:

http://www.carletonsportsmed.com/Florida2003/default.htm

He has authored half a dozen book chapters, wrote numerous scientific papers, and lectured extensively. He is known as an international speaker and lecturer in arthroscopy and sports medicine. In 1997 he lectured in South Africa, Argentina, Australia, Mexico, United States and Canada. In many of those countries he also demonstrated surgical technique for reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee.