Steven A. Johnson, MD, FACS, serves as chair of the department surgery at both MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital and MedStar Union Memorial Hospital. He devotes time to strategic and operational initiatives to optimize general surgery and plan of care practices at both hospitals. From a clinical standpoint, Dr. Johnson performs open, laparoscopic, and robotic surgeries for patients who require general or acute care.
Prior to joining MedStar Health, Dr. Johnson served as chair of the department of surgery at Capital Health Medical Center, and in tandem, director of surgery and critical care at Capital Health’s Hopewell Campus. Additionally, he served as co-director of the organization’s Acute Care Surgery Fellowship Program. Earlier in his career, Dr. Johnson worked for Christiana Care Health Systems in Delaware, where he was appointed associate chief of the Trauma Program and was recognized as a leading trauma specialist and surgical critical care intensivist.
Dr. Johnson is certified by the American Board of Surgery in both general surgery and surgical critical care. Additionally, he earned a Da Vinci® Robotics Surgeon of Excellence certificate and is a graduate of the Harvard University School of Medicine’s Surgeon Leadership Certificate Program.