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Dana E. Johnson, M.D., Ph.D., is a professor in the Division of Neonatology. He earned his M.D., and a Ph.D. in Anatomy, served his internship and residency, and completed his neonatology fellowship at the University of Minnesota. In addition to attending on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Dr. Johnson is director of the Division of Neonatology and director of the International Adoption Clinic at the University of Minnesota. His research interests include the effects of early institutionalization on growth and development and the outcomes of internationally adopted children. Dr. Johnson has published extensively, most recently in Early Human Development, Infants and Young Children and Journal of the American Medical Association, in addition to over one hundred abstracts. He is an invited speaker worldwide. Dr. Johnson founded the International Adoption Clinic, the first of its kind, in 1986. He and his staff received the “Friend of Children Award” from the North American Council on Adoptable Children in 2002.
CURRICULUM VITAE FOR DANA E. JOHNSON, M.D., PH.D.
EDUCATION
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Ph.D.; Anatomy
Thesis Topic: "The streptozotocin-nicotinamide induced rat islet adenoma: characterization of in vitro proinsulin and insulin synthesis in whole tumor tissue and tumor derived cell-free systems"
University of Minnesota; Minneapolis, Minnesota; M.D.
North Park College; Chicago, Illinois; B.A.; Biology
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Internship - Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota Residency - Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota Fellowship - Neonatology, University of Minnesota Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota
BOARD CERTIFICATION
National Board of Medical Examiners
Board Certified in Pediatrics
Board Certified in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
CURRENT ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
Director, International Adoption Clinic, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Director, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Co-Medical Director, Perinatal Integration, Fairview Health System, Minneapolis, Minnesota
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS
University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Children's Hospitals and Clinics-Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Children's Hospitals and Clinics-St. Paul, St. Paul, Minnesota
Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
St. John's Hospital, Maplewood, Minnesota
Fairview Southdale Hospital, Edina, Minnesota
Fairview Ridges Hospital, Burnsville, Minnesota
AWARDS
Beta Beta Beta (Honorary Biology Fraternity)
Kappa Mu Epsilon (Honorary Mathematics Fraternity)
North Park Honor Society
Alpha Omega Alpha
DeWitt Wallace International Fellowship at Karawa and Loko, Zaire Bacaner Research Award (Best Thesis in Anatomy, University of Minnesota)
Service Award, Joint Council for International Children’s Services
Friend of Children Award, North American Council on Adoptable Children
CURRENT MEMBERSHIPS AND COMMITTEES
DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS
Section Chiefs Organization
SOCIETIES
Alpha Omega Alpha
Sigma Xi
Society for Pediatric Research
American Academy of Pediatrics Fellow
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Medical Consultant on International Adoptions to multiple agencies across the country
Reviewer:
Adoption Quarterly
Adoptive Families Magazine
American Family Physician
American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology
American Review of Respiratory Diseases
Child Abuse and Neglect
Experimental Lung Research
Journal of Applied Physiology
Journal of Clinical Investigation
Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Life Sciences
New England Journal of Medicine
New York State Journal of Medicine
Pediatrics
Social Science and Medicine
Transfusion
Women & Politics
Editorial Board: Adoptive Families Magazine and Adoption Quarterly
CURRENT GRANTS
Adjustment of Internationally Adopted Children. MR Gunnar, DE Johnson, S Welles. National Institutes of Health.
SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS
ARTICLES
Halberg F, Wendt H, Cornelissen G, Hawkins D, Sothern R, Haus E, Alonso LG, Portcla A, Syutkina E, Breus TK, Vernova YS, Kleitman E, Kleitman N, Stebbings JH, Johnson D. Chronobiologic monitoring of health and environmental integrity. Human Physiol 24:728-733, 1998.
Kannan MS, Guiang S, Johnson DE. Nitric oxide: Biological role and clinical uses. Indian J Pediatr 65(3):333-45, 1998
Johnson DE, Dole K. International adoption: Implications for early intervention. Infants and Young Children 11(4) 34-45, 1999.
Cornelissen G, Halberg F, Syutkina EV, Watanabe Y, Otsuka K, Maggioni C, Mello G, Perfetto F, Tarquini R, Haen E, Johnson DE, Schwartzkopft O. From Theodore Hellbrygge to prehabilitation, chronopediatrics and chronomics. International Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Medicine 12(2):273-301, 2000.
Johnson DE. Long-term medical issues in international adoptees. Pediatr Ann 29(4):234-241, 2000.
Johnson DE. Elevated blood lead levels among internationally adopted children-United States 1999. MMW 49:49:97-100, 2000.
Johnson DE. Short- and long-term effects of deprivation in early life: Lessons from post-institutionalized Eastern European orphans. NAPSAW Forum 21(4):1-8, 2001.
Johnson DE. International adoption: New kids, new challenges. Pediatric Basics 94:16-28, 2001.
Cornelissen G, Engebretson M, Johnson D, Otsuka K, Burioka N, Posch J, Halberg F. ther week, inherited in neonatal human twins, found also in geomagnetic pulsations in isolated Antarctica. Biomed Pharmacother 55(Suppl 1):32s-50s, 2001.
Johnson DE. Adoption and the Effect on Children's Development. Early Hum Dev 68:39-44, 2002.
EDITORIALS
Johnson, DE. The family physician and international adoption. Am Fam Physician 58:1958-1963, 1998.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Johnson DE. "Pulmonary neuroendocrine cells." In: Airway Epithelium: Structure and Function in Health and Disease, edited by SF Farmer and D Hay, in Lung Biology in Health and Disease, Claude L’Enfant Executive Editor. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1991.
Johnson DE. "Medical and developmental sequelae of early childhood institutionalization in international adoptees from Romania and the Russian Federation." In: C Nelson (Ed.) The Effects of Early Adversity on Neurobehavioral Development. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. 113-162, 2000.
RECENT ABSTRACTS
Kannan MS, Prakash YS, Wong L, Singh AK, Johnson DE, Walseth TF, Sieck GC. Nitric oxide inhibits [Ca2+] response to acethylcholine by regulating second messenger production in airway smooth muscle. Pediatr Res 41:303A, 1997.
Gatto CW, Goertz RH, Johnson DE, Shew RL. Parathyroid hormone-relatedpeptide (PTHrP) increases cyclic AMP (CAMP) in rat uterine tissue. Pediatr Res 41:55A, 1997.
Hostetter MK, Johnson DE. Immunization status of adoptees from China, Russia and Eastern Europe. Pediatr Res 43:147A, 1998.
Aronson JE, Johnson DE. Catch-up brain growth in children adopted from Eastern Europe and Russia. Ambulatory Pediatrics journal number and date.
Aronson JE, Johnson DE, Hostetter MK, Traister M, Smith AM, Kothari V, Alonso M. Lead poisoning in children adopted from China. Pediatr Res journal number and date.
Johnson DE, Aronson JE, Federici R, Faber S, Tartaglia M, Daunauer L, Windsor M, Georgieff MK. Profound, global growth failure afflicts residents of pediatric neuropsychiatric institutes in Romania. Pediatr Res 45:126A, 1999.
Johnson DE, Aronson JE, Cozzens D, Federici J, Federici R, Pearl P, Sbordone R, Storer D, Zeanah P, Zeanah C. Growth parameters help predict neurologic competence in profoundly deprived institutionalized children in Romania. Pediatr Res 45:126A, 1999.
Johnson DE, Traister M. Micronutrient deficiencies, growth failure and developmental delays are more prevalent than infectious diseases in US adopted Chinese orphans Pediatr Res 45:126A, 1999.
Mason P, Stallings J, Worthman C, Johnson DE, Federici R, Albers L, Mandalakis A, Bledsoe J, Ling W, Storer D, Parks J. The effect of institutionalization on growth and the stress response. Pediatr Res 47:134A, 2000.
Kroupina MG, Iverson SL, Gunnar MR, Johnson DE. Social and communication skills of post-instutionalized children. Pediatr Res 51:20A, 2002.
Johnson DE, Federici RS, Tabaxaru C, Health Care Volunteers. Incidence of Hepatitis B and C and HIV in older children and adolescents institutionalized since birth. Pediatr Res 51:152A, 2002.
Johnson DE, Mason P, Federici RS, Tabacaru C, Health Care Bolunteers. Pre- and post- pubertal growth in profoundly deprived, institutionalized children. Pediatr Res 51:192A, 2002.
Iverson SL, Dole KN, Schell-Frank D, McDaid M, Johnson DE. Use of a group home for deinstitutionalized older Romanian children after a lifetime of institutional care. Pediatr Res 51:195A, 2002.
RECENT PRESENTATIONS
"Short- and Long-Term Effects of Childhood Institutionalization." MacArthur Foundation Planning Initiative on Plasticity. Berkeley, California. 1998.
"Medical Issues in Chinese Adoption." Briefing for Guo Sijin, Director General of the China Center of Adoption Affairs and Staff. Washington, DC. 1998.
"Medical and Developmental Issues in Children from Institutions." Parent Network for Post-Institutionalized Children. Miami, Florida. "Medical and Developmental Issues in Children from Institutions." Children’s Bridge Families-in-Waiting Group. Toronto, Ontario. 1998.
"Lessons from the Study of Internationally Adopted Children" in a symposium entitled "Relationship of Early Brain Development and Later Development: What We Know and What We Still Need to Know." Head Start’s Fourth National Research Conference. Washington, DC. 1998.
"Effects of Early Childhood Institutionalization: Medical Evaluation of the Adoptee." The Post-Institutionalized Child: Medical, Psychological and Legal Issues Related to International Adoption for the Healthcare Community. Hughs Spaulding Children’s Hospital. Atlanta, Georgia. 1998.
"Introduction to Neonatology"; "Care of the High-Risk Infant"; "Congenital Problems in Infants Needing Rehabilitation"; and "Ethical Issues in High-Risk Nurseries." Wheat Ridge Ministries-Second People’s Hospital of Qingdao Introduction to Rehabilitation Course. The Workers Hospital of Yunnan Province. Kunming, China. 1998.
"Dual Perspectives: How Adoption Agencies and Specially Trained Medical Personnel Can Assist Families Adopting Internationally." Our Family, 24th Annual Conference on Adoptable Children, North American Council on Adoptable Children. Cincinnati, Ohio. 1998.
"Short- and Long-Term Effects of Childhood Institutionalization: Risk, Recognition and Remediation Efforts with Post-Institutionalized, Traumatized and Deprived Children." Brain Function and the Developing Child, Parent Network for the Post-Institutionalized Child. Bellingham, Washington. 1998.
"Psychosocial and Pediatric Sequelae in Institutionalized Adoptees." The Effects of Early Adversity on Neurobehavioral Development, 31st Minnesota Symposium on Child Psychology, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1998.
"Effects of Early Childhood Institutionalization: Medical Evaluation of the Adoptee: What Has Life in the Orphanages Taught Us?" and "Specific Medical Issues." Post-Institutionalization: The Internationally Adopted Child. Children’s National Medical Center. Washington, DC. 1998.
"Adopting the Older Child: Parenting or Management." Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption and Families with Children from China. San Francisco, California. 1998.
"Adoption Today: International and Domestic Issues for the Practicing Pediatrician." American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Meeting. San Francisco, California. 1998.
"Health of Chinese Adoptees." Briefing for the China Committee on Adoption Affairs. Beijing, China. 1998.
"Health of Chinese Adoptees." Briefing for the staff of the U.S. Consulate. Guangzhou, China. 1998.
"Health Status of Children in Romanian Neuropsychiatric Institutes." Briefing for Romanian Secretary of State, Department of Child Protection, Dr. Christian Tabacaru. Bucharest, Romania. 1998.
"Medical Issues in International Adoption, 1999." Pediatric Grand Rounds, Schneider Children’s Hospital, Long Island Jewish Hospital. New Hyde Park, New York. 1999.
"Current Issues in Russian and Chinese Adoption" and "Adoption of the Older Institutionalized Child." Holt International Family Services. Eugene, Oregon. 1999.
"Why Are Orphanages Bad For Children" and "Immunizations Before and After Arrival." International Adoption Medical Institute, Joint Council for International Children’s Services. Washington, DC. 1999.
"Perspectives on Institutional Care and Consequences for Children." Children and Residential Care: Alternative Strategies. Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. 1999.
"Conditions and Diseases of Internationally Born Children: Their diagnosis and treatment." Medical Education Foundation of Santa Barbara and California Adoption Services International, Inc. Ventura, California. 1999.
"The short- and long-term effect of early childhood institutionalization." Parent Network for the Post-Institutionalized Child. Maynooth College, County Kildare, Ireland. 1999.
"Post-arrival evaluation of International Adoptees." 6th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine. Montreal, Quebec. 1999.
"Medical issues in international adoption." Pediatric Grand Rounds, University of South Dakota Medical School, Sioux Valley Hospital, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. 1999.
"Medical evaluations: A guide for parents" and "Impact of deprivation." 1999 National Reunion of Adopted Romanian Children, Portland, Oregon. 1999.
"Catch-up growth following adoption." 24th Annual Conference on Adoptable Children, North American Council on Adoptable Children, Pasadena, California. 1999.
"Care of the high-risk infant"; "Congenital problems in infants needing rehabilitation"; "Public health issues for children"; "Ethical issues in high-risk nurseries." Introduction to Rehabilitation Course, Wheat Ridge Ministries, Ulanhoate, Inner Mongolia, China. 1999.
"Adopting the older institutionalized child." Grand Rounds, Children’s Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1999.
"Adopting the older institutionalized child." Grand Rounds, Children’s Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota. 1999.
"Introduction to the internationally adopted child" and "Preadoption medical assessment." The Deprived Child: Challenges and Opportunities, International Adoption and Evaluation Center, Hughs Spaulding Children’s Hospital and The Parent Network for the Post-Institutionalized Child, Atlanta, Georgia. 1999.
"Medical and developmental issues in international adoption." Born in Romania, The Parent Network for Post-Institutionalized Children UK, Coventry, England. 1999.
"The short- and long-term effects of early childhood institutionalization." UNICEF, Tbilisi, Georgia. 1999.
"Medical issues in international adoption." Building Bridges for Adoptive Families, Families for Russian and Ukraine Adoption, Houston, Texas. 1999.
"Development issues in institutionalized children" and "Medical issues in international adoption." The Adoptive Family Continuum, Adoptive Families Today, Schaumberg, Illinois. 1999.
"Effects of deprivation in early childhood." Birth and Consciousness in the New Millennium, Association for Pre- and Perinatal Psychology, San Francisco, California. 1999.
"Head circumference in international adoptees: Does size matter or is bigger better?" Adoption Medical Institute, Joint Council for International Children’s Services, Washington, DC. 2000.
"Early Childhood Deprivation: Lessons from Institutionalized Eastern European Adoptees." Mobilizing Perinatal Social Work in the New Millennium, The National Association of Perinatal Social Workers, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2000.
"Medical Issues in International Adoption"; "Early Childhood Insitutionalization–Why Is It so Devastating?" "Post-Arrival Evaluation and Long-Term Medical and Developmental Issues for International Adoptees"; "Research on Internationally Adopted Children"; and "Management of the Transition between the Orphanage and the Adoptive Home." ICANZ Adoption Conference (Intercountry Adoption New Zealand), Auckland, New Zealand. 2000.
"Medical and Developmental Issues in International Adoption." Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption, Bloomington, Minnesota. 2000.
"Medical and Developmental Issues in International Adoption." Families of Adopted Bulgarian Children, St. Louis Park, Minnesota. 2000.
"Medical and Developmental Issues in International Adoption." Families of Adopted Romanian Children, Onamia, Minnesota. 2000.
"Medical and Developmental Issues in International Adoption." Crossroads Adoption Agency, Edina, Minnesota. 2000.
"Medical and Developmental Issues in International Adoption." Families of Adopted Haitian Children, Alexandria, Minnesota. 2000.
"Care of the high-risk infant"; "Congenital problems in infants needing rehabilitation"; "Public health issues for children"; "Rehabilitation in infants with congenital heart disease," "Prevention of disability in infants." Introduction to Rehabilitation Course, Wheat Ridge Ministries, People’s Hospital No. 2, Quingdao, China. 2000.
"Medical Issues in International Adoption"; "Short-Term Effects of Institutional Care in Early Life"; and "Long-Term Effects of Institutional Care in Early Life." Conference on Comprehensive Assessment and Innovative Treatment for the Post-Institutionalized Child. Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, Texas. 2000.
"Medical and Developmental Issues in International Adoption." Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption, Bloomington, Minnesota. 2000.
"International Adoption." Chicago Pediatric Society, Chicago, Illinois. 2000.
"International Adoptees: Infectious Disease Issues." Practical Pediatrics for the Primary Care Physician. Children’s Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota. 2000.
"Early Childhood Institutionalization: Why is it so devastating to health, development and attachment?" in "Navigating the Attachment Journey." Twelfth Annual International Conference on Attachment and Bonding, St. Louis Park, Minnesota. 2000.
"Medical and Developmental Issues in International Adoption." Children’s Home Society of Minnesota and Lutheran Social Services, Edina, Minnesota. 2000.
"Intervention Programs in Childhood Institutions: What Can be Done?" Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2001.
"Early Childhood Institutionalization." West Suburban Early Intervention, Hopkins, Minnesota. 2001.
"If We've Come So Far How Come We Don't Know Where We're Going?" and "Long-Term Follow-Up of Development in Post-Institutionalized Children." Adoption Medical Institue, Joint Council for International Children's Services, Washington DC. 2001.
"Evaluating International Adoptees: What You Should be Concerned About." Topics and Advances in Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Department of Pediatrics, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2001.
"Common Issues Amoung Post-Institutionalized Children." 2001 National Reunion of Adopted Romanian Children, Colorado Springs, Colorado. 2001.
"School Issues, Learning Disabilities, Attentional Difficulties and Mental Health Issues for International Adoptees." Thai Family Reunion, Bloomington, Minnesota. 2001.
"It's about Nature and Nurture-Early Brain Development." 27th Annual Conference on Adoptable Children, North American Council on Adoptable Children, Charlotte, North Carolina. 2001.
"Health and Developmental Issues in International Adoptees." Vietnam Culture Camp, Children's Home Society of Minnesota and Catalyst Foundation, Maple Lake, MN. 2001.
"Medical Issues of the Internationally Adopted Child." Embracing the Challenges of International Adoption. Families for Russian and Ukraine Adoption, Houston, TX. 2001.
"Crisis in Birth." Birth, the Genesis of Health, The Association for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Health 10th International Congress, San Francisco, CA. 2001.
"Short- and Long- Term Developmental Issues in Post-Institutionalized Children." Minneapolis Public School Occupational Therapy CEU, Minneapolis, MN. 2002.
"Pre- and Post- Arrival Assessment of Interantional Adoptees." Adoption Support and Preservation-A Conference For and By Parents, Minnesota Adoption Support and Preservation-North American Council on Adoptable Children, St. Paul, MN. 2002.
"Minnesota Adoption Project: How are the Children Doing?" Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD. 2002.
"Characteristics of Post-Institutionalized Children" and " Nutrition and Development." Early Experience and Brain Development Workshop, MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Early Experience and Brain Development, National Science Foundation, USA, Johnson & Johnson Pediatric Institute, Harris Foundation, Bucharest, Romania. 2002.
"Dismantling Ceausescu's Orphanages: Current Status of Institutionalized Children in Romania." Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. 2002.
"International Adoption Project-How are the Children Doing?" Winds of Change: New Directions for Families and Children, North American Council on Adoptable Children, Chicago, IL. 2002.