Mark P. Johnson

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Emeritus Professor CE of Surgery
Attending Physician, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Attending Physician, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Director of Obstetrical Services, The Center for Fetal Diagnosis & Treatment, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Consulting Physician, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Surgery

Contact information
Department of Surgery
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard
5th Floor, Wood Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-2747
Education:
B.A. (Biology, Chemistry)
Concordia College, Moorhead, MN , 1976.
M.S. (Medical Genetics, Pathology)
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1980.
M.D.
University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN , 1984.
Post-Graduate Training
Graduate Research Fellow, Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, 1979-1980.
Obstetrics & Gynecology Resident, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, 1984-1988.
Fellow in Medical Genetics, Hutzel Hospital and Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1988-1990.
Participant, Short Course in Medical and Experimental Mammalian Genetics, The Jackson Laboratory and The Johns Hopkins University, Bar Harbor, ME, 1989-1989.
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Description of Itmat Expertise

Prenatal diagnosis
Fetal surgery
Prenatal stem cell and gene therapy

Selected Publications

Victoria Teresa, Bebbington Michael W, Danzer Enrico, Flake Alan W, Johnson Mark P, Dinan David, Adzick N Scott, Hedrick Holly L: Use of magnetic resonance imaging in prenatal prognosis of the fetus with isolated left congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Prenatal Diagnosis 32(8): 715-23, Aug 2012.

Laje Pablo, Johnson Mark P, Howell Lori J, Bebbington Michael W, Hedrick Holly L, Flake Alan W, Adzick N Scott: Ex utero intrapartum treatment in the management of giant cervical teratomas. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 47(6): 1208-16, Jun 2012.

Bebbington Michael W, Danzer Enrico, Moldenhauer Julie, Khalek Nahla, Johnson Mark P: Radio Frequency Ablation vs. Bipolar Umbilical Cord Coagulation in the Management of Complex Monochorionic Pregnancies. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology Feb 2012.

Danzer Enrico, Johnson Mark P, Adzick N Scott: Fetal surgery for myelomeningocele: progress and perspectives. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology 54(1): 8-14, Jan 2012.

Danzer Enrico, Victoria Teresa, Bebbington Michael W, Siegle Jennifer, Rintoul Natalie E, Johnson Mark P, Flake Alan W, Adzick N Scott, Hedrick Holly L: Fetal MRI-calculated total lung volumes in the prediction of short-term outcome in giant omphalocele: preliminary findings. Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy 31(4): 248-53, 2012.

Danzer Enrico, Gerdes Marsha, Bebbington Michael W, Koh Jamie, Adzick Scott N, Johnson Mark P: Fetal myelomeningocele surgery: preschool functional status using the Functional Independence Measure for children (WeeFIM). Child's Nervous System 27(7): 1083-8, Jul 2011.

Bebbington Michael W, Danzer Enrico, Johnson Mark P, Adzick N Scott: Open Fetal Surgery for Myelomeningocele. Prenatal Diagnosis 31(7): 689-94, Jul 2011.

Roybal Jessica L, Moldenhauer Julie S, Khalek Nahla, Bebbington Michael W, Johnson Mark P, Hedrick Holly L, Adzick N Scott, Flake Alan W: Early delivery as an alternative management strategy for selected high-risk fetal sacrococcygeal teratomas. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 46(7): 1325-32, Jul 2011.

Danzer E, Ernst LM, Rintoul NE, Johnson MP, Adzick NS, Flake AW: In utero meconium passage in fetuses and newborns with myelomeningocele. Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics 3(2): 141-6, Feb 2009.

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