WilliamHollandJohnsonJr.MDFACS

General Surgery • Suwanee, GA

Bariatric Surgery, Endocrine, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Johns Creek Surgery / Atlanta Bariatrics

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Office
6920 McGinnis Ferry Rd
Suite 340
Suwanee, GA 30024
Phone+1 770-232-2911

Fax+1 770-232-2996
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Summary

Dr. William Johnson is a general surgeon in Suwanee, GA and is affiliated with Northside Hospital-Forsyth. He received his medical degree from Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine and has been in practice 17 years. He specializes in bariatric surgery, endocrine, and minimally invasive surgery and is experienced in varicose veins, laparoscopy, minimally invasive surgery, endocrine surgery, and bariatric surgery.

Education & Training

Duke University HospitalFellowship, Advanced GI Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2005 - 2006
University of FloridaResidency, Surgery, 2000 - 2005
University of FloridaInternship, Surgery, 2000 - 2001
Medical University of South CarolinaClass of 2000
Clemson UniversityBS, Biochemistry, 1992 - 1996

Certifications & Licensure

GA State Medical License 2006 - 2025
AL State Medical License 2020 - 2020
FL State Medical License 2002 - 2015
NC State Medical License 2005 - 2006
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Chief of Surgery Emory Johns Creek
Medical Director Bariatric Surgery Northside Forsyth Hospital
Surgeon Center of Excellence Distinction ASMBS, 2009-present
Atlanta Bariatrics (practice) – Center of Excellence Distinction – ASMBS 2009-present, 2013
Consumer Research Counsel – named one of America’s Top Surgeons 2010-present, 2013
Honors in Medical School Rotations (Surgery, Medicine, Pediatric Nursery, Psychiatry) 1999, 2000, 2000
Freshman Advisor Medical University of South Carolina, 1997-1998, 1998
South Carolina Early Acceptance Program 1997 -Accepted to Medical School during freshman year of college 1997
Dean’s List 1992-1996, 1996
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Center of Excellence Surgeon ASMBS
Vice - Chairman - Department of Surgery Emory Johns Creek Hospital
Chairman - General Surgery Emory Johns Creek Hospital
Medical Director - Bariatric Surgery Northside Hospital - Forsyth
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Laccase removal of 2-chlorophenol and sulfamethoxazole in municipal wastewater.
Haugland, J. O.,Kinney, K. A.,Johnson, W. H.,Camino, MMA.,Whitman, C. P.,Lawler, D. F.> ;Water Environ. Res.. 1900 Jan 01
Inactivation of 4-Oxalocrotonate Tautomerase by 5-Halo-2-hydroxy-2,4-pentadienoates.
Stack, TMM.,Li, W.,Johnson, W. H.,Zhang, Y. J.,Whitman, C. P.> ;Biochemistry. 2018 Jan 06
Quantification of a Pharmacodynamic ERK End Point in Melanoma Cell Lysates: Toward Personalized Precision Medicine.
Warthaka, M.,Adelmann, C. H.,Kaoud, T. S.,Edupuganti, R.,Yan, C.,Johnson, W. H.,Ferguson, S.,Tavares, C. D.,Pence, L. J.,Anslyn, E. V.,Ren, P.,Tsai, K. Y.,Dalby, K. N.> ;ACS Med Chem Lett. 2015 Jan 16
High-Throughput Screens for eEF-2 Kinase.
Devkota, A. K.,Warthaka, M.,Edupuganti, R.,Tavares, C. D.,Johnson, W. H.,Ozpolat, B.,Cho, E. J.,Dalby, K. N.> ;J Biomol Screen. 2013 Sep 27
Kinetic, Mutational, and Structural Analysis of Malonate Semialdehyde Decarboxylase from Coryneform Bacterium Strain FG41: Mechanistic Implications for the Decarboxyla...
Guo, Y.,Serrano, H.,Poelarends, G. J.,Johnson, W. H.,Hackert, M. L.,Whitman, C. P.> ;Biochemistry. 2013 Jul 2
A mutational analysis of active site residues in trans-3-chloroacrylic acid dehalogenase.
Poelarends, G. J.,Serrano, H.,Huddleston, J. P.,Johnson, W. H.,Whitman, C. P.> ;FEBS Lett.. 2013 Sep 2
Reaction of cis-3-chloroacrylic acid dehalogenase with an allene substrate, 2,3-butadienoate: hydration via an enamine.
Schroeder GK Johnson WH Jr Huddleston JP Serrano H Johnson KA Whitman CP > ;J Am Chem Soc . 2012 Jan 11
Kinetic, crystallographic, and mechanistic characterization of TomN: elucidation of a function for a 4-oxalocrotonate tautomerase homologue in the tomaymycin biosynth...
Burks EA Yan W Johnson WH Jr Li W Schroeder GK Min C Gerratana B Zhang Y Whitman CP > ;Biochemistry . 2011 Sep 6
Crystal structures of native and inactivated cis-3-chloroacrylic acid dehalogenase: Implications for the catalytic and inactivation mechanisms.
Guo Y Serrano H Johnson WH Jr Ernst S Hackert ML Whitman CP > ;Bioorg Chem . 2011 Feb
The structure of the proline utilization a proline dehydrogenase domain inactivated by N-propargylglycine provides insight into conformational changes induced by subst...
Srivastava D Zhu W Johnson WH Jr Whitman CP Becker DF Tanner JJ > ;Biochemistry . 2010 Jan 26
Characterization of Cg10062 from Corynebacterium glutamicum: implications for the evolution of cis-3-chloroacrylic acid dehalogenase activity in the tautomerase superf...
Poelarends GJ Serrano H Person MD Johnson WH Jr Whitman CP > ;Biochemistry . 2008 Aug 5
Structural basis for the inactivation of Thermus thermophilus proline dehydrogenase by N-propargylglycine.
White TA Johnson WH Jr Whitman CP Tanner JJ > ;Biochemistry . 2008 May 20
Kinetic and stereochemical analysis of YwhB, a 4-oxalocrotonate tautomerase homologue in Bacillus subtilis: mechanistic implications for the YwhB- and 4-oxalocrotonate...
Wang SC Johnson WH Jr Czerwinski RM Stamps SL Whitman CP > ;Biochemistry . 2007 Oct 23
Phenylpyruvate tautomerase activity of trans-3-chloroacrylic acid dehalogenase: evidence for an enol intermediate in the dehalogenase reaction?
Poelarends GJ Johnson WH Jr Serrano H Whitman CP > ;Biochemistry . 2007 Aug 21
Crystal structures of native and inactivated cis-3-chloroacrylic acid dehalogenase. Structural basis for substrate specificity and inactivation by (R)-oxirane-2-carbox...
de Jong RM Bazzacco P Poelarends GJ Johnson WH Jr Kim YJ Burks EA Serrano H Thunnissen AM Whitman CP Dijkstra BW > ;J Biol Chem . 2007 Jan 26
105 citations
Surgical revision of loop (“mini”) gastric bypass procedure: multicenter review of complications and conversions to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
William H. Johnson, Adolfo Z. Fernanadez, Timothy M. Farrell, Kenneth G. MacDonald, John Grant, Ross L. McMahon, Aurora D. Pryor, Luke G. Wolfe, Eric J. DeMaria> ;Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 2007 Jan 1
Inactivation of the phenylpyruvate tautomerase activity of macrophage migration inhibitory factor by 2-oxo-4-phenyl-3-butynoate.
Golubkov PA Johnson WH Jr Czerwinski RM Person MD Wang SC Whitman CP Hackert ML > ;Bioorg Chem . 2006 Aug
Evolution of enzymatic activity in the tautomerase superfamily: mechanistic and structural consequences of the L8R mutation in 4-oxalocrotonate tautomerase.
Poelarends GJ Almrud JJ Serrano H Darty JE Johnson WH Jr Hackert ML Whitman CP > ;Biochemistry . 2006 Jun 27
Crystal structures of the wild-type, P1A mutant, and inactivated malonate semialdehyde decarboxylase: a structural basis for the decarboxylase and hydratase activities.
Almrud JJ Poelarends GJ Johnson WH Jr Serrano H Hackert ML Whitman CP > ;Biochemistry . 2005 Nov 15
Inactivation of malonate semialdehyde decarboxylase by 3-halopropiolates: evidence for hydratase activity.
Poelarends GJ Serrano H Johnson WH Jr Whitman CP > ;Biochemistry . 2005 Jul 5
The hydratase activity of malonate semialdehyde decarboxylase: mechanistic and evolutionary implications.
Poelarends GJ Serrano H Johnson WH Jr Hoffman DW Whitman CP > ;J Am Chem Soc . 2004 Dec 8
4-Oxalocrotonate tautomerase, its homologue YwhB, and active vinylpyruvate hydratase: synthesis and evaluation of 2-fluoro substrate analogues.
Johnson WH Jr Wang SC Stanley TM Czerwinski RM Almrud JJ Poelarends GJ Murzin AG Whitman CP > ;Biochemistry . 2004 Aug 17
Stereospecific alkylation of cis-3-chloroacrylic acid dehalogenase by (R)-oxirane-2-carboxylate: analysis and mechanistic implications.
Poelarends GJ Serrano H Johnson WH Jr Whitman CP > ;Biochemistry . 2004 Jun 8
Cloning, expression, and characterization of a cis-3-chloroacrylic acid dehalogenase: insights into the mechanistic, structural, and evolutionary relationship between ...
Poelarends GJ Serrano H Person MD Johnson WH Jr Murzin AG Whitman CP > ;Biochemistry . 2004 Jan 27
Reactions of 4-oxalocrotonate tautomerase and YwhB with 3-halopropiolates: analysis and implications.
Wang SC Johnson WH Jr Czerwinski RM Whitman CP > ;Biochemistry . 2004 Jan 27
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Abstracts/Posters

VersaStepTM Trocar Hernia Rate in Unclosed Fascial Defects in Bariatric Patients.
Johnson W, Fecher A, McMahon R, Grant J, and Pryor A, Surgical Endoscopy, 20:1584-1586
Surgical Treatment of Obesity.
Johnson W, DeMaria E, Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology, 9:167-174
Surgical Revision of the Loop “Mini” Gastric Bypass Procedure: Multi- Center Review of Complications and Conversions to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass.
Johnson W, DeMaria E, et al., Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, Jan/Feb 2007, 3:37-41