Dr. Johnson is a former enlisted Marine who served in Afghanistan in 2011 and 2012. After his service, he completed bachelors degrees in health science and in biopsychology from Philadelphia University/Thomas Jefferson University. After that, he completed his medical degree (DO) at Rowan University. He went on from there to complete his MBA at the University of Massachusetts while in residency, where he was the Chief Resident in psychiatry at Yale University. Dr. Johnson is now a Medical Director at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital system, affiliated with Rutgers and also owns a private consulting practice, Encompass Psychiatry, LLC. He is currently working on a Masters degree in Healthcare Law and Strategy at NYU which will be complete in summer 2025.

Dr. Johnson has published research in medical journals on the topics of veteran health, PTSD, cannabis use, delta-8, cardiac tamponade from metastatic cancer, and cardiac comorbidities to schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. He has presented his published research as well as additional works at a variety of national conferences and meetings. His current works are that of a textbook chapter on integrative medicine for psychiatry, alcohol withdrawal management protocols and standard operating procedures for its management, and on addiction with misuse of tianeptine.

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