fjohnson@wmcarey.edu (601) 318-6073
Hungarian born, Dr. F. Johnson received her MD from Semmelweis University (Budapest, Hungary) in 1999. Her research interests started during medical school and she participated in a two year Research Externship at New York Medical College's Department of Pharmacology. Following the completion of her MD, Dr. F. Johnson joined Tulane’s Department of Physiology as a Postdoctoral Fellow and rose through the ranks to Assistant Professor. She has been active in research regarding microvascular endothelial dysfunction in hypertension and diabetes funded by the American Heart Association (AHA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as well as in teaching medical physiology. In June of 2006, Dr. Johnson was recruited to the Trauma and Emergency Medicine Division of the Department of Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. There she spent 5 years working on basic science and clinical research in trauma/resuscitation and transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI) funded by the American Heart Association and the San Antonio Area Foundation. In 2011, Dr. F. Johnson joined the Department of Physiology & Pharmacology at Lincoln Memorial University, DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine (DCOM). She spent 5 years teaching medical physiology and pathophysiology to physician assistant and osteopathic medical students. Dr. F. Johnson was recruited by William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine (WCUCOM) in March of 2016. She serves as a Professor of Preclinical Sciences teaching medical physiology and board preparation to the osteopathic medical students, as well as physiology in the Master of Biomedical Sciences (MBS) and Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) programs. Her current research interests focus on the role of red blood cell lysis in vascular endothelial dysfunction in Sickle Cell Disease (SCD).
