{"id":62923,"date":"2018-09-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/09\/20\/new-faculty-spotlight-craig-johnson-m-d\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T15:53:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T20:53:43","slug":"new-faculty-spotlight-craig-johnson-m-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/09\/20\/new-faculty-spotlight-craig-johnson-m-d\/","title":{"rendered":"New faculty spotlight: Craig Johnson, M.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Craig Johnson, M.D., is a new faculty member at UNMC.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Name:<\/b> Craig Johnson, M.D.\n<li><b>Hometown:<\/b> Omaha\n<li><b>Title and department at UNMC:<\/b> Assistant professor, UNMC Department of Radiology<\/ul>\n<p><b>Research\/professional interests:<\/b> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET\/CT) and molecular imaging\n<li>Therapeutic nuclear radiology\n<li>Neuroradiology\n<li>Informatics\n<li>Medical education<\/ul>\n<p><b>How I fell in love with radiology:<\/b><br \/> <br \/>\nI was drawn to the field&#8217;s use of innovative technology to solve complex medical diagnoses. The broad spectrum of anatomic and physiologic processes that can be visualized in radiology and how this contributes to patient management in nearly every other specialty of medicine is fascinating.<\/p>\n<p><b>Degrees\/training:<\/b> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>B.S., biological sciences and psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln\n<li>M.D., UNMC\n<li>Transitional year, Tucson Hospitals Medical Education Program, Tucson, Ariz.\n<li>Residency, diagnostic radiology, St. Joseph&#8217;s Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix\n<li>Fellowship, neuroradiology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City\n<li>Fellowship, nuclear radiology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City<\/ul>\n<p><b>Memberships:<\/b> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>American College of Radiology\n<li>Radiological Society of North America\n<li>Society of Nuclear Medicine &amp; Molecular Imaging<\/ul>\n<p><b>Three things people may not know about me:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I hiked the Grand Canyon from rim to rim.\n<li>I was a web developer prior 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