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Doctor Karen Johnson is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, working as a faculty member in the Section of Neonatology serving hospitals throughout the Texas Medical Center. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree from Xavier University of Louisiana in 1978. She then attended Baylor College of Medicine earning a Doctor of Medicine in 1981. She continued her postdoctoral training at Baylor, completing her residency training in 1984 and fellowship training in 1986.

Currently, Dr. Johnson is a student at the University of Texas Health Science Center pursuing a Masters Degree in Public Health. She is Board certified in Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.

Dr. Johnson’s community involvement includes volunteering at the Houston’s Taping for the Blind, Sheltering Arms Senior Services, and the Gulf Coast March of Dimes. She is a past member of the Southwest YMCA Board of Directors. Dr. Johnson also is a familiar face on Houston’s KHOU Channel 11, where she is the Medicine Correspondent for the “Focus on Health” television program. 

Dr. Johnson is an outstanding clinician, educator and humanitarian who enjoys the challenges of academic medicine and any efforts to improve the health and well–being of children and of the community as a whole.