Shaneeta Johnson, MD, MBA, FACS, FICS, FASMBS, DABOM

Shaneeta Johnson, MD, MBA, FACS, FICS, FASMBS, DABOM 

Professor of Surgery

Department of Surgery

Director

Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery
Location: Grady - 80 Jesse Hill Drive Atlanta Georgia 30303
Phone: (404)789-3900
E-mail: surgerydept@msm.edu

Education

POSTGRADUATE:
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Fellowship: Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric

Howard University Hospital, Washington, D.C.
Residency: General Surgery

MEDICAL SCHOOL:
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Degree: Doctor of Medicine

UNDERGRADUATE:
Johns Hopkins University
Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Neuroscience (with honors)

Research Interests

  • General Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Surgery

Board Certification

  • General Surgery, American Board of Surgery
  • Obesity Medicine, American Board of Obesity Medicine

Honors and Awards

  • Atlanta’s 40 under 40 award, Atlanta Business Chronicle, November 2018                             
  • Outstanding Women Leaders in Healthcare, BizWomen, Feb 2019                   
  • Outstanding Atlanta Award – Award for outstanding civic service and leadership to the City of Atlanta, Sept 2019
  • Top Women in Medicine Award – National Award, March 2020  
  • National Medical Association Emerging Leader Trailblazer Award, August 2020                                                                        
  • Women who Mean Business Award, Atlanta Business Chronicle, Sept 2020   
  • Claude Organ Jr. Traveling Fellowship, American College of Surgeons, Sept 2020
  • Social Justice and Health Equity Award, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, August, 2021
  • Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Visiting Professorship Award - Massachusetts General Hospital and Lahey Clinic, September 2021, Visiting Professorship, February 2022
  • Academy of Master Surgeon Educators, Associate Membership, American College of Surgeons, October 2021
  • Satcher Health Leadership Institute Excellence Award, December 2021   
  • Medical Consortium of Climate Change and Health Champion of the Month, January 2022
  • Georgia Trend Top Doc 2022, May 2022
  • Excellence in Service Award, Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, June 2022
  • Southern Surgical Society Leadership and Professional Development Program, June 2022
  • Social Justice Award, National Medical Association Surgical Section, August 2022
  • Georgia Chapter Presidency Award, Georgia Chapter American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons, August 2022