Christopher Johnson

Pediatric critical care practitioner, intensive care unit administrator, author of medical books for general readers, and medical blogger. Author of:

Your Critically Ill Child (New Horizon Books, 2007)
How To Talk To Your Child's Doctor (Prometheus Books, 2008)
How Your Child Heals (Rowman and Littlefield, 2010)

Former Professor of Pediatrics and biomedical researcher at Mayo Clinic/Foundation, author of over 50 scientific papers and textbook chapters, and recipient of major grant funding from the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association, and the March of Dimes Foundation.

1. Pediatrics
2. Medical Writing
3. Critical Care
4. ICU
5. History

Websites:

• Personal Website
• Blog

Interests:

Pediatric critical care practice, social media in medical practice, healthcare policy, biomedical ethics, history of American medical practice

Groups and Associations:

Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics Society of Critical Care Medicine American Association for the History of Medicine Society for Pediatric Sedation

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  KevinMD.com
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  Society of Critical Care Medicine

Honors and Awards:

Basil O'Conner Scholar, March of Dimes Foundation

His book, Your Critically Ill Child, was named by Library Journal to its list of Best Consumer Health Books for 2007