Johnson Elected President of American College of Gastroenterologists

November 8, 2006

David Johnson, M.D.

NORFOLK—David Johnson, M.D., professor of internal medicine, became president of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) at the organization's annual scientific meeting in Las Vegas in October.

"I am very honored and humbled as well as excited and enthusiastically looking forward to a unique opportunity to serve," Johnson said after the meeting.

The ACG is a national specialty association representing more than 9,500 clinical gastroenterologists and other specialists in digestive diseases.

Johnson, who received his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia, completed his residency in internal medicine at the Naval Regional Medical Center in Portsmouth and his fellowship in gastroenterology at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. He joined the EVMS faculty in 1989 and practices with Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Specialists of Tidewater, PLLC. He previously held academic appointments at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and at Georgetown University School of Medicine.

Johnson is editor of Reviews in Gastroenterological Disorders and section editor of the Journal Watch Gastroenterology, MedScape and Revolution Health. He has been an active member of ACG and has served as committee member or chairman on numerous committees. He has published more than 300 articles, book chapters and abstracts about gastrointestinal disease-related topics and serves as a reviewer on 11 editorial boards.

As president of ACG, Johnson hopes to use the national position to help assist the governors and other concerned gastroenterologists in other states with efforts to effect colorectal cancer screening legislation with colonoscopy as a preferred strategy, similar to laws he helped spearhead in Virginia with the help of late Virginia Senator Emily Couric.

Johnson, a Norfolk resident, would also like to work within ACG to help prepare specialists in his field for quality benchmarks that are increasingly being used to evaluate physicians and well as tackle diversity issues as they relate to patient outcomes. Johnson's term as president of ACG will last one year.

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