Charles Johnston, M.D.
Professor

Dr. Charles Johnston is assistant chief of staff and medical director of research at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. He is a graduate of Yale University and received his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Johnston completed his surgery internship at The University of Texas Health Science Center Bexar County Hospital and his orthopaedic surery residency at the University of Virginia Medical Center. Dr. Johnston also completed the Harrington Fellowship of Pediatric Orthopaedics and Scoliosis at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in 1982. Dr. Johnston is a Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. He is also an active staff member at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas and an orthopaedic consultant for the Texas Department of Mental Health and Retardation at the Abilene State School and the Denton State School. He is a member of the editorial board for Orthopaedics, a consultant reviewer for Spine and The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, and a fellow in the American Academy of Orthpaedic Surgeons. Dr. Johnston is also a member of the Dallas County Medical Society; the Texas Orthopaedic Association, the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America; the Scoliosis Research Society; Sociedad Argentina de Patalogia de la Columna Vertebral; and the American Orthopaedic Association.

Medical School

Columbia University School of Medicine (1976)

Internship

University Health System (1977), Surgery

Residency

University of Virginia Health System (1981), Orthopedic Surgery

Fellowship

Texas Scottish Rite Hospital (1982), Pediatric Orthopedics & Scoliosis

• Creation of animal models of spinal deformity
• Etiology and treatment of congenital limb deficiencies
• Etiology and treatment of overgrowth syndromes with/without vascular malformations
• Evaluation and treatment of early onset scoliosis

Featured Publications

Simultaneous open reduction of ipsilateral CDH and CDK assisted by femoral diaphyseal shortening

Johnston, C.E. J Pediatr Orthop 2011 in press

Pulmonary function following early thoracic fusion in non-neuromuscular scoliosis

Karol LA, Johnston C, Mladenov K, Schochet P, et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am June 2008 90(6) 1272-1281

A Tale of Two Tibias: a review of treatment options for congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia

Johnston, CE J Child Orthop March 2008

New rod-plate anterior instrumentation for thoracolumbar/lumbar scoliosis: biomechanical evaluation compared with dual-rod and single-rod with structural interbody support

? Zhang H, Johnston CE, Pierce WA, Ashman RB, Bronson DG, Haideri NF Spine 2006 31 E934-E940

Medial epiphysiolysis in severe infantile tibia vara

Andrade N, Johnston CE II J Pediatr Orthop 2006 26 652

Correlation of Preoperative Deformity Magnitude and Pulmonary Function Tests in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis

Johnston, C.E. Spine 2011 in press

Simultaneous open reduction of ipsilateral CDH and CDK assisted by femoral diaphyseal shortening

Johnston, C.E. J Pediatr Orthop 2011 in press

Right thoracic curves in presumed adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: which clinical and radiographic findings correlate with a preoperative abnormal magnetic resonance image

Richards, B. S.; Sucato, D. J.; Johnston, C. E.; Diab, M.; Sarwark, J. F.; Lenke, L. G.; and Parent, S. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2010 35(20) 1855-60

Preoperative medical and surgical planning for early onset scoliosis

Johnston, C. E. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2010 35(25) 2239-44

Functional results after surgical treatment for congenital knee dislocation

Oetgen MO, Walick KS, Tulchin K, Karol LA, Johnston CE J Pediatr Orthop 2010 30(3) 216-23

• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• Dallas County Medical Society
• Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
• Scoliosis Research Society
• Texas Orthopaedic Association