He subsequently completed both USAF Air Command & Staff and Air War College post-graduate degrees, and retired as a Colonel in the USAF reserves in 1999, having served as a Radiation Oncology Consultant, Flight Surgeon, and Commander of David Grant USAF Medical Center. From 1983-87, he served as the Chairman of Radiation Oncology at the David Grant USAF Medical Center in California. His post-doctoral studies included Internal Medicine internship at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, followed by Radiation Oncology residency at Stanford University Medical Center. Johnson obtained his MD degree from the Medical College of Virginia. Doug Johnson recently joined the Vanderbilt faculty in the Division of Hematology/Oncology with a focus on melanoma and a broader interest in molecular profiling, targeted therapy, and immune therapy across cancer. Assistant Professor of Medicine of Hematology/Oncology.

He serves on national research strategy committees and has authored numerous protocols, as well as over 60 scientific publications. His clinical interests include stereotactic radiosurgery, prostate brachytherapy, breast, and pediatric cancers, as well as early lung cancer detection via breath analysis. Johnson has a major interest in clinical cancer research, having been a Principal Investigator for the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group and ChildrenвЂ™s Oncology Groups, and for 28 years headed up the FROG and Oncure research programs. Medicine and Health Sciences. Affiliate my profile with this Institution.

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