Douglas W. Johnson

Douglas W. Johnson, M.D.
Born at the Unites States Military Academy at West Point, Doug traveled the world as an “Air Force Brat” during his youth and developed lifelong passions for aviation, medicine, cultural explorations, and art.After receiving his B.S from Virginia Tech and M.D. from the Medical College of Virginia, he studied Internal Medicine in San Antonio and Radiation Oncology at Stanford. As an active-duty and reserve U.S. Air Force Colonel, Doug served a 24-year military career as a cancer specialist, flight surgeon, nuclear safety consultant, and hospital administrator. In the civilian world, Dr. Johnson helped develop and lead a renowned cancer treatment program and highly respected cancer research effort, and held faculty positions at Stanford University Medical Center and the Mayo Clinic Medical School.
Doug has authored several national cancer research clinical trials, edited a radiation oncology resident handbook and a new cancer patient guide, and published over 60 academic articles in the medical literature nationally and internationally. Privately, he has honed his narrative writing skills over the years through essays and even crafting a science-fiction short story.In addition to his time in a military cockpit, Doug is a rated skydiver and commercial pilot with over 3000 hours of flight time piloting 70 aircraft types and has built his own award-winning aircraft. Having drawn and painted for over 50 years, he also is an award-winning artist whose work is represented in private collections in all corners of the USA and parts of Europe.
Since retiring from medicine in 2019, Doug and his wife divide time between their home and studio in Northeast Florida and his cockpit, winging their way around our beautiful country on the hunt for new adventures.

