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Dr. Sherry Johnson is joining Dr. Madhu Prasad at Far North General Surgery & Surgical Oncology specializing in General Surgery and Breast Surgery Oncology. She is returning to her hometown, Anchorage, to provide state-of-the-art healthcare to the community that raised her.
Dr. Johnson received her Bachelor of Science in Biology at Pfeiffer University in North Carolina in 2007. She received her Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences in Washington in 2013.
Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Breast Surgery Oncology Fellow
August 1, 2018-July 31, 2019
Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital (HFWH), General Surgery Resident and Chief Resident PGY5
June 24, 2013-June 30, 2018
(ATOM), 11/2017
(ASSET), 2/2017
annual from 2013-2017
American College of Surgeons, 11/2013- present
Johnson, S. Ochoa, D. Klimberg, V.S. Kupsik, M. Preston, M. Henry-Tillman, R. “Slow Uptake of Surgeons Using Intraoperative Radioisotope Injection for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy.” Presented at American Society of Breast Surgeons. May 2018. Dallas, TX. Manuscript in process.
Dughayli, M. Shimunov, S. Johnson, S. Baidoun, F. “Single-site Robotic Cholecystectomy: Comparison of Clinical Outcome and the Learning Curves in Relation to Surgeon Experience in a Community Teaching Hospital.” BMC Surgery. 2018 June 11; 18 (1):39
PMID: 29890959
Johnson, S. McCracken, J. Baidoun, F. “Tension Pneumoperitoneum after Bystander Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.” Int J Surg Case Rep. 2017 Dec 12;42:227-232.
PMID: 29291538
Presented at Michigan Osteopathic Association Science Convention. May 2017, Detroit, MI.
Johnson, S. McCracken, J. 2017-2018 Henry Ford Wyandotte Surgical Residency Guidebook.
Steinbeisser, M. Dowling, S. Johnson, S. “Extremely Rare Malignant Adenomyoepithelial Tumor of the Breast: A Case Study in Diagnosis and Management.” Presented at Annual Clinical Assembly of Osteopathic Surgeons. November 2015, Chicago IL.
Johnson, S. “John Collins Warren, MD.” Manuscript and Quality Initiative Improvement Project: Therapeutic Relationships. HFWH 2014. Wyandotte, MI.
Bachelors of Science in Biology
Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine
Society of Surgical Oncology accredited Breast Surgery Oncology Fellowship
General Surgery Residency
Dr. Johnson is board certified in General Surgery and completed a Society of Surgical Oncology accredited Breast Surgery Oncology Fellowship at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in 2019. This fellowship trained her in a multidisciplinary model that closely worked with all aspects of breast health and cancer including benign breast care, high risk assessment, medical oncology, radiation oncology, genetics, pathology, breast imaging, oncoplastic and reconstructive surgery.
She is a member of numerous professional organizations including American Society of Breast Surgeons and Society of Surgical Oncology.
Dr. Johnson strives to deliver comprehensive and compassionate care to her general surgery and breast cancer patients. She is excited about her return back to Anchorage to family, friends and her favorite hobby, hiking!
