Meet Dr. Johnson
Dr. Brandon Johnson is a board certified ophthalmologist, member of the American Society of Retina Specialists, and member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
He graduated from Haverford College Magna Cum Laude, where he double majored in Biology and Music. He then received his Doctor of Medicine from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, a top three medical school, where he was awarded for outstanding research.
After a one-year internship in general surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Johnson completed an ophthalmology residency at the Wills Eye Institute in Philadelphia, which has been ranked the best ophthalmology residency program in the United States. He then completed a fellowship in vitroretinal surgery at the prestigious Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dr. Johnson’s outside passions include music. He is a classically trained pianist and a member of the New York Choral Society.
Education
- Undergraduate Education: Haverford College
- Medical School: Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
- Residency: Wills Eye Hospital
- Fellowship: Emory Eye Center
Publications
Peer-reviewed articles
- Tahsin Khundkar, Syed R. Hasan, Mark P. Breazzano, Constance Mei, Brandon B. Johnson Choroidal Vascular Changes in Acute Idiopathic Maculopathy as Demonstrated by Multimodal Imaging including Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography, Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine, vol. 2021, Article ID 6680020, 5 pages, 2021.
- Wilkins, CS, Goduni L, Deadania VS, Modi, YS, Johnson B. et al. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges. Retina. 2020 Apr; doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000002820
- Khundakar T, Johnson BB, Mehta S. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges. Retina. 2020 Feb;40(2):387-390. doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000002353
- Sherwood P, Goduni L, Khundkar T, Johnson B, Erickson B, Modi Y. Multimodal Imaging of Isolated Choroidal Infarction Following Injection of Facial Filler. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2019 May 23. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2019.1422
- White CA, Suelves AM, Johnson BB, Moorthy RS. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges. Retina. 2018 Feb 27. doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000002135
- Mehta AA, Berdia J, Wagner LH, Choi I, Johnson BB. Traumatic Submacular Hemorrhage with Macular Hole Repaired by Pneumatic Displacement and Intravitreal t-PA Injection. Case Rep Ophthalmol Med. 2017;2017:9821416. doi: 10.1155/2017/9821416
- Mehta AA, Johnson BB. The Utility of Scleral Buckling in Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Repair and its Role in the Surgical Training of Vitreoretinal Fellows. Eur. J Ophthal. 2017. Mar; 27 (2).
- Berdia J, Johnson BB, Hubbard GB 3rd. Retinal Hemangioblastoma and Syrinx in von Hippel-Lindau Disease. Retina. 2017 Mar;37(3):e29-e30. doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000001405
- Johnson BB; Hubbard, GB; Mendoza, PR; Grossniklaus, HE. Distinctive White Fundus Lesions in Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy: A Newly Characterized Clinical Feature. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2016 Sep 19.
- Jing GW, Johnson BB, Sobrin L. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges. Retina. 2016 Apr 4. Epub DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000001032
- Wager LH, Reich SS, Johnson BB. Frontal Sinus Mucocele Diagnosed by Fundus Examination and B-Mode Ultrasonography. JAMA Ophthal. 2015 Aug; 133(8)
- Bhargava S, Johnson BB, et al. Heat-resistant agglutinin 1 is an accessory enteroaggregative Escherichia coli colonization factor. J Bacteriol. Aug;191(15): 4934-42. 2009.
Book chapters
- Johnson BB. Nelson LB. “Amblyopia and Strabismus”. American Academy of Pediatrics Textbook of Pediatric Care. McInerny et al., 2nd Edition. American Academy of Pediatrics 2016
- Johnson BB ed, Shienbaum G ed. “Retina”. The Wills Eye Manual: Office and Emergency Room Diagnosis and Treatment of Eye Disease. by Gerstenblith et al. Sixth Edition, Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia 2012
- Johnson, BB. “Weill-Marchesani.” Wills Eye Institute 5-Minute Ophthalmology Consult by Joseph I. Maguire, et al. Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Other articles
- Johnson BB. Vitreous Hemorrhage. EyeWiki. 2011.
- Johnson, BB. “Wills Eye Resident Case Series: MALT lymphoma.” Review of Ophthalmology. May 2010
Other Media
- Dr. Brandon Johnson was a guest on The Body Talk Podcast with Viveca. Available via Speaker, YouTube, and Spotify. 2021.
- Dr. Brandon Johnson featured on the IRIDEXOphthalmology YouTube channel discussing his experience with MicroPulse® Laser Technology. 2017.
Specialized professional care for diseases of the retina and vitreous.
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