Megan Johnson, M.D.

Associate Professor

Schools: Medical School
Departments: Orthopaedic Surgery

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Education

Medical School: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (2009)
Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center (2014), Orthopaedics
Fellowship: Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (2015), Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery

Publications

Enabling Technologies for Pedicle Screw Placement in Pediatric Spine Surgery: Author Collaboration PS, Nicholson KS, Christianson EA, Catanzano AA, Tuason DA, Bauer D, Montgomery B, Catanzano A, Clement C, Ouellet J, Weinstein S, Louer C, Segar A, Shah S, Morash K, Shaw A, Karlen J, Hughes M, Shirley O, Jea A, Wilson N, Baldwin M, Kruyt M, Cotton K, Orland K, Torrey L, Holmes J, Roberto RF, Braga B, Rushton P, Huang E, Hryniuk SS, Lebel D, Plachta S, Baldwin K, Bezuidenhout L, Kulubya E, Simmonds A, Oh T, St. Remy C, Meyer L, Henstenburg J, Mathew S, Keil L, Rathjen K, Sucato D, Johnston C, McIntosh A, Ramo B, Johnson M, Brooks J Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America 2026 Feb 14
Are We on the Same Page? Defining Consensus for Pediatric Open Fracture Management Among Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Centers: Livingston KS, Schwab E, DeSilva S, Morris M, Williams DN, Shore BJ, Arkader A, Baldwin KD, Beebe AC, Blumberg TJ, Copley LA, De SD, Denning JR, Goldstein RY, Heyworth BE, Hill JF, Johnson M, Kadado AA, Laine JC, Larson JE, Lempert NL, Li Y, May CJ, Mcgraw-Heinrich JA, McLaughlin D, Meyer ZI, Miller ML, Moore-Lotridge SN, Murphy JS, Owen JK, Ramalingam WG, Ramo BA, Riccio AI, Rosenfeld SB, Sanders J, Schoenecker JG, Sheffer BW, Sigrist EJ, Souder CD, Spence DD, Stepanovich MT, Swarup I, Truong WH, Upasani V Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2026
Surgery partially mitigates a 2-decade decline in health-related quality of life for adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis undergoing spinal fusion at 2 years: Jamnik AA, Datcu AM, Lachmann E, Rathjen K, Johnson M, Thornberg D, Jo CH, Ramo B Spine deformity 2025 Nov 13 1861-1869
Hold that K Wire! Fixing Nondisplaced Distal Forearm Fractures in Pediatric Floating Elbow Injuries is Unnecessary: Author Collaboration CO, Regan MD, Syed A, Baldwin KD, Arkader A, Beebe AC, Blumberg TJ, Denning JR, Goldstein RY, Johnson ME, Larson JE, Li Y, Riccio AI, Rosenfeld SB, Sanders J, Schoenecker JG, Shore B, Spence DD, Upasani V Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America 2025 Nov 13
What is the impact of DEI on spine care? Does it matter if my doctor looks like me?: Zabat MA, Johnson ME, Hammouri Q, Fischer CR Spine Journal 2025 Oct 25 2145-2149
High Preoperative Body Mass Index Is Associated With Implant Breakage in Patients Treated With Magnetically Controlled Growing Rods for Early-onset Scoliosis: Author Collaboration PS, Saarinen AJ, Andras L, Boachie-Adjei O, Cahill P, Guillaume T, Snyder B, Sponseller P, Sturm P, Vitale M, Helenius I, Anderson J, Bauer D, Cheung K, Clement C, Crawford H, Groves M, Hwang S, Kadado A, Karlen J, Kwan K, Lark R, Louer C, Mitchell S, Morash K, Ouellet J, Segar A, Shah S, Shirley O, Stone J, Weinstein S, Wilson N, Lebel D, Balsara K, Borden T, Braga B, Buckland A, Burke R, Drake L, Fehnel K, Roberto RF, Ghazi J, Haber L, Hughes M, Iqbal O, Jea A, Johnston C, Brooks J, Johnson M, Mcintosh A, Ramo B Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2025 Sep 45 492-498
The classics in quality and safety: a review of the top cited pediatric spine quality articles in the last 20 years: Tuason DA, Jabbouri SS, Bouton DJ, Johnson M, Floccari L, Kaufman BE, Glotzbecker MP Spine deformity 2025 Sep 13 1345-1357
The Effect of Night-time Versus Full-time Bracing on the Sagittal Profile in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: A Propensity Score-matched Study: Heegaard M, Ragborg L, Mcintosh AL, Johnson ME, Gehrchen M, Sucato DJ, Dahl B, Ohrt-Nissen S Spine 2025 Aug 50 1035-1041
How Does the Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib Lengthening Intervals Affect the Clinical Outcome in Early Onset Scoliosis Patients? A Five-Year Follow-Up Study: Ramirez N, Acosta Julbe JI, Smith J, Emans J, Samdani A, Erickson M, Flynn J, Torres Lugo NJ, Claudio-Marcano AM, Olivella G, Accousti W, Ahn E, Akbarnia B, Akoto H, Albanese S, Anari J, Anderson J, Anderson R, Andras L, Aubin CE, Balsara K, Bauer D, Bauer J, Beauchamp E, Bellaire L, Bennett J, Betz R, Birch C, Blakemore L, Boachie-Adjei O, Bonfield C, Borden T, Bouton D, Braga B, Brassard F, Brockmeyer D, Brooks J, Buckland A, Bumpass D, Burke R, Cahill P, Camp M, Campbell J, Carry P, Castelein R, Catanzano A, Chemaly O, Cheung K, Cheung J, Cho R, Christman T, Clement C, Couture D, Crawford H, Crawford A, Dahl J, Dahl B, Demirkiran G, Devito D, Diab M, Drake L, Drake D, El-Bromboly Y, El-Hawary R, Fehnel K, Field A, Roberto RF, Fitzgerald R, Floccari L, Flynn J, Gabos P, Garcia AP, Gardner A, Garg S, George S, Gerow F, Ghazi J, Glotzbecker M, Gomez J, Gonda D, Groves M, Guillaume T, Gupta P, Haber L, Hammerberg K, Hardesty C, Hedequist D, Heffernan M, Helenius I, Herrera J, Hogue G, Holt J, Howard J, Hresko T, Hughes M, Hwang S, Ihnow S, Illingworth K, Iqbal O, Iyer R, Jain V, Jea A, Johnson M, Johnston CE, Jones M, Kadado A, Karkenny A, Karlen J, Karlin L, Kawakami N, Kelly B, Kelly D, Kelly M, Klatt J, Koljonen P, Kruijt M, Kwan K, Labelle H, Landrum M, Lark R, Larson N, Lavelle W, Le H, Lebel D, Lenke L, Lew S, Li Y, Louer C, Luhmann S, Lullo B, Mac Thiong JM, Mackenzie S, Mackintosh E, Mangano F, Marks D, Marquez-Lara AJ, Martin J, Martus J, Mathew S, Matsumoto H, Mayer O, McCarthy R, McIntosh A, McQuerry J, Mehta J, Menapace B, Metz L, Miller K, Miller D, Miller N, Mitchell S, Miyanji F, Montgomery B, Morash K, Mundis G, Murphy J, Murphy R, Nelson S, Newton P, Ede MN, Nguyen C, Niazi T, Pereira SN, Oetgen M, Oh T, Orland K, Ouellet J, Pahys J, Parent S, Pellise F, Perez-Grueso F, Perra J, Pizones J, Plachta S, Poon S, Price N, Puryear A, Ramchandran S, Ramo B, Redding G, Ritzman T, Rodriguez L, Rodriguez-Olaverri J, Roye D, Roye B, Rushton P, Sanchez Marquez JM, Sanders J, Sawyer J, Sayama C, Schmitz M, Schulz J, Schwend R, Segar A, Shah S, Shannon B, Shaw A, Shea G, Shirley O, Shufflebarger H, Simmonds A, Skaggs D, Skalak T, Smit K, Snyder B, Speirs J, Sponseller P, Remy CS, Stone J, Sturm P, Sukkarieh H, Swarup I, Szczodry M, Tanaka T, Tetreault T, Thometz J, Thompson G, Tice A, Truong W, Tuason D, Turtle J, Upasani V, Van Nortwick S, Vialle R, Vitale M, Vorhies J, Wang S, Warner B, Weinstein S, Welborn M, White K, Wilson N, Wrubel D, Wu N, Yang S, Yankey K, Yaszay B, Yazici M, Zhang TJ Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2025 Aug 45 370-375
Fake News? Quantifying the Prevalence of Misinformation Related to Scoliosis on the TikTok Social Media Platform: Glover B, Datcu AM, Meyer M, Lachmann E, McIntosh A, Johnson M, Brooks JT Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America 2025 Aug 12