Megan Johnson, M.D.

Associate Professor

School: Medical School
Department: 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

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
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 C, 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
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
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 AL, Johnson M, Brooks JT Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America 2025 Aug 12
Characteristics of Septic Arthritis of the Foot and Ankle in Children - Review of a Retrospective Multicenter Database: Author Collaboration C, Stepanovich M, Shore BJ, Sanborn RM, Cook DL, Schoenecker JG, Li Y, Baldwin KD, Beebe AC, Blumberg TJ, Copley LA, Denning JR, Goldstein RY, Heyworth BE, Hill JF, Johnson ME, Laine JC, Lindberg AW, May CJ, Miller ML, Moore-Lotridge SN, Murphy JS, Ramo BA, Riccio AI, Rosenfeld SB, Sanders J, Spence DD, Truong WH, Upasani V Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2025 Jun 33 e625-e632
Outcomes of Growth-Friendly Surgical Treatment of Early Onset Scoliosis in Children With Prune Belly Syndrome: A Preliminary Report: Author Collaboration PS, Ashebo L, Sponseller P, Hedequist D, Ramirez N, Oetgen M, Li Y, Accousti W, Ahn E, Akbarnia B, Akoto H, Albanese S, Anari J, Anderson R, Anderson J, 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, Carry P, Catanzano A, Chemaly O, Cheung K, Cheung J, Cho R, Christman T, Clement C, Couture D, Johnson M, McIntosh A, Ramo B Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2025 Apr 45 212-219
What imaging does my AIS patient need? A multi-group survey of provider preferences: Zheng JL, Li Y, Hogue G, Johnson M, Anari JB, Regan MD, Baldwin KD Spine deformity 2025 Mar 13 351-359
The Identification and Work-Up of Nonaccidental Trauma: Practice Variation Across US Children's Hospitals: Bali M, Rosenfeld SB, Miller P, Shore BJ, Arkader A, Baldwin KD, Beebe AC, De S, Denning JR, Goldstein RY, Heyworth B, Johnson ME, Laine JC, Li Y, May C, Meyer Z, Miller ML, Murphy JS, Ramalingam W, Riccio AI, Sanders J, Sheffer B, Spence DD, Stepanovich MT, Swarup I, Truong WH, Upasani V Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2025
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