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Pamela T Johnson, M.D.

Pamela T Johnson, M.D.

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  • Vice President of Care Transformation, Johns Hopkins Health System
  • Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science
Female

Expertise

Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests

Multidetector row CT; Protocol design and interpretation ...read more

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Locations

The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance)

Appointment Phone: 443-997-7237
1800 Orleans St.
Baltimore, MD 21287 map
Phone: 410-955-4100

Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center

Appointment Phone: 443-997-7237
601 N. Caroline St.
Baltimore, MD 21287 map
Phone: 410-955-4100

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Appointment Phone: 443-997-7237
4940 Eastern Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21224 map
Phone: 443-997-1811

Johns Hopkins Medicine - White Marsh

Appointment Phone: 443-997-7237
4924 Campbell Boulevard
Suite 105
White Marsh, MD 21236 map
Phone: 443-442-2401 | Fax: 443-451-6986

Johns Hopkins Medical Imaging - Columbia

Appointment Phone: 443-997-7237
11055 Little Patuxent Parkway
Columbia Medical Center, Suite L9
Columbia, MD 21044 map
Phone: 443-574-5800 | Fax: 443-451-6986

Johns Hopkins Medicine - Green Spring Station

Appointment Phone: 443-997-7237
10803 Falls Road
Pavilion III, Suite 1100
Lutherville, MD 21093 map
Phone: 410-583-2700 | Fax: 443-451-6986

Background

Dr. Pamela T. Johnson is a Professor in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Radiology, where she is Vice Chair of Quality and Safety, and holds joint appointments in Oncology and Urology. Her area of expertise is Body CT and her research interests include protocol design to optimize multidetector row CT image quality and interpretative performance improvement for vascular and oncologic diagnostic imaging.

Dr. Johnson is the vice president of care transformation for the Johns Hopkins Health System. In this role, she builds on build on the success of our existing provider-led initiatives to improve the efficacy, consistency and efficiency of care delivery. The health system care transformation mission is aligned with multiple arms of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Innovation 2023 strategic plan: Aim for Precision in Everything We do, Improve the Quality and Affordability of Health Care, Make Hopkins Easy and Work Like One Organization. 

Dr. Johnson has been a passionate advocate of patient-centered, quality-driven health care refinement for our health system. With faculty from departments of medicine and pathology, she co-directs the JHHS high value care committee, which has safely reduced unnecessary labs, imaging tests, and medications to avoid nearly $10 million in charges to payers and patients since FY2017. Their work was recognized by the Johns Hopkins Hospital 2017 Innovations in Clinical Care award and the Society of Hospital Medicine 2018 Excellence in Quality Improvement Teamwork award. Pamela and Rebecca Stone, M.D. are directing the Providers Aligned in Care Transformation (PACT) initiative, which systemically engages care delivery teams to design and implement strategies that improve consistency, patient outcomes and clinician satisfaction.

In 2019, Pamela established the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine as one of 22 provider-led entities in the US approved by CMS to write appropriate use criteria (AUC) for the Protecting Access to Medicare Act advanced imaging regulation. Pamela leads a large team of clinicians who design evidence-based guidelines in the electronic medical record to optimize patient outcomes and resource utilization, while fulfilling CMS’ requirements for advanced imaging clinical decision support.

Nationally, she is the founder and co-director of the High Value Practice Academic Alliance (www.hvpaa.org), a consortium of >100 academic medical centers collaborating on high value care quality improvement, research and education. Dr. Johnson also chairs the American College of Radiology Choosing Wisely® Committee.

Dr. Johnson graduated Cum Laude from Harvard University in 1987 and earned her medical degree as a member of AOA from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA in 1991. She completed her residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she was elected Chief Resident and performed a fellowship in ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), and magnetic image resonance imaging (MRI) at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. 

In 2019, the Center for Innovative Medicine selected her as the Stanley Levenson Scholar and effective July 2020, Pamela is the inaugural recipient of the Sheldon B. Bearman, M.D. Endowed Professorship in Radiology.

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Titles

  • Vice President of Care Transformation, Johns Hopkins Health System
  • Vice Chair of Quality and Safety, Department of Radiology
  • Sheldon B. Bearman, MD, Professorship in Radiology
  • Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science
  • Joint Appointment in Urology
  • Professor of Oncology

Departments / Divisions

Education

Degrees

  • MD; Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University (1991)

Residencies

  • Radiology; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1996)

Fellowships

  • Ultrasound; Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (1997)

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Radiology (Diagnostic Radiology) (1996)

Research & Publications

Selected Publications

View all on PubMed

Johnson PT, Fishman EK. Enhancing Image Quality in the Era of Radiation Dose Reduction: Postprocessing Techniques for Body CT. J Am Coll Radiol. 2018 Mar;15(3Pt A):486-488. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2017.11.001. Epub 2018 Jan 2. PubMed PMID:29305078

Johnson PT, Alvin MD, Ziegelstein RC. Transitioning to a High Value Health Care Model: Academic Accountability. Acad Med. 2017 Nov 1. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000002045. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29095705.

Jensen J, Lin T, Fishman EK, Johnson PT. Pulmonary CTA in sickle cell patients: quantitative assessment of enhancement quality. Emerg Radiol. 2017 Dec;24(6):667-674. doi: 10.1007/s10140-017-1541-3. Epub 2017 Aug 11. PubMed PMID:28801805.

Expert Panels on Vascular Imaging and Gastrointestinal Imaging:, Singh-Bhinder N, Kim DH, Holly BP, Johnson PT, Hanley M, Carucci LR, Cash BD, Chandra A, Gage KL, Lambert DL, Levy AD, Oliva IB, Peterson CM, Strax R, Rybicki FJ, Dill KE. ACR Appropriateness Criteria(®) Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding. J Am Coll Radiol. 2017 May;14(5S):S177-S188. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2017.02.038. PubMed PMID: 28473074.

Alvin MD, Horton KM, Johnson PT. Training Radiology Residents to be Stewards in Healthcare Value. Acad Radiol. 2017 Jun;24(6):755-756. doi:10.1016/j.acra.2016.10.016. Epub 2017 Feb 24. PubMed PMID: 28238603.

Rowe SP, Rowe KH, Hill P, Johnson PT. Challenges in Quality Improvement: Appropriate Utilization of Computed Tomography Angiograms for Evaluation of Pulmonary Embolism. Am J Med. 2017 Jun;130(6):652-656. doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.01.019. Epub 2017 Feb 10. PubMed PMID: 28192088.

Johnson PT, Pahwa AK, Feldman LS, Ziegelstein RC, Hellmann DB. Advancing High-Value Health Care: A New AJM Column Dedicated to Cost-Conscious Care Quality Improvement. Am J Med. 2017 Jun;130(6):619-621. doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.12.018. Epub 2017 Jan 14. PubMed PMID: 28093189.

Johnson PT, Badger D, Horton KM, Fishman EK. Mitigating Misdiagnosis in Radiology: Educational CT CME Case Conference for Peer Review and Interpretative Improvement. J Am Coll Radiol. 2016 Oct;13(10):1244-1246. doi:10.1016/j.jacr.2016.05.015. Epub 2016 Jul 27. PubMed PMID: 27474418.

Trakhtenbroit M, Abdollahian D, Horton KM, Johnson PT. Choosing Wisely and Imaging 3.0 Professional Development: Radiology Resident Consultant Service. J Am Coll Radiol. 2016 Jun;13(6):730-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2016.02.016. Epub 2016 Apr 19. PubMed PMID: 27106487.

Johnson PT, Mahesh M, Fishman EK. Image Wisely and Choosing Wisely: Importance of Adult Body CT Protocol Design for Patient Safety, Exam Quality, and Diagnostic Efficacy. J Am Coll Radiol. 2015 Nov;12(11):1185-90. doi:10.1016/j.jacr.2015.02.021. Epub 2015 Apr 16. Review. PubMed PMID: 25892227.

Activities & Honors

Honors

  • AOA, Elected in Junior Year, Jefferson Medical College, 1990
  • Outstanding Intern Award, Presbyterian Medical Center, Internal Medicine Internship, 1992
  • Chief Resident, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Radiology Residency, 1995 - 1996
  • Homar Branch Award for outstanding fellow, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Ultrasound/CT/MRI Fellowship, 1997
  • Radiology Editors Award for Distinction in reviewing, 1997
  • Radiology Editors Award for Distinction in reviewing, 1998
  • Radiology Editors Award for Distinction in reviewing, 1999
  • Radiology Editors Award for Distinction in reviewing, 2002
  • Radiology Editors Award for Distinction in reviewing, 2007
  • Most Effective Radiology Educator Award, Aunt Minnie, 2016
  • Best Radiologist Training Program, Aunt Minnie, 2015
  • Innovations in Clinical Care Award for High Value Care Committee, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 2017
  • Excellence in Teamwork in Quality Improvement, Society of Hospital Medicine, 2018

Memberships

  • American College of Radiology, 1997
  • American Roentgen Ray Society, 1992
  • Association of University Radiologists, 2014
  • Radiologic Society of North America, 1992

Professional Activities

  • Physician Lead, Johns Hopkins Health System High Value Care Committee

Videos & Media

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2017 Innovations in Clinical Care Award–Pamela Johnson, M.D., Lenny Feldman, M.D., & Amit Pahwa, M.D

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

Unnecessary Medicine. US News and World Report. November 17, 2017

Low Value Care Persists 5 years into Choosing Wisely Campaign. Modern Healthcare. October 24, 2017.

Group Hosts High Value Healthcare Conference. Aunt Minnie. October 23, 2017.

Johns Hopkins Tackles Problem of Unnecessary Scans. Aunt Minnie. June 29, 2017. 

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