Michael Edward Johnston II MD

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

American Association for Trauma Surgery of Trauma Fellow

Summary

Dr. Michael Johnston II is a general surgeon based in Dallas, TX, with subspecialties in trauma surgery and surgical critical care. He completed his medical education at Indiana University School of Medicine in 2017 and his surgical residency at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center in 2024. He currently serves as a Clinical Instructor and AAST Surgical Critical Care Fellow at UT Southwestern Medical Center and the Parkland Health & Hospital System. During residency at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, and his two year research fellowship at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, he contributed to various publications in his field, with research interests in critical care medicine, trauma, and minimally invasive surgery. Among his accolades, Dr. Johnston has received the Top Knife - Best Technical Skills in the OR award from UTSW and the Arnold P. Gold Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award while at UC.

University of Texas Southwestern Medical SchoolTrauma/Emergency General Surgery, 2025 - 2026
University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 2024 - 2025
University of Cincinnati Medical Center/College of MedicineResidency, Surgery, 2017 - 2024
Indiana University School of MedicineClass of 2017
Purdue University West LafayetteBS, Neurobiology and Physiology, Deans List, 2009 - 2013

Top Knife - Best Technical Skills in the OR UTSW - BTACS Faculty, 2025
2022 Arnold P. Gold Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award Gold Humanism, 2022
General Surgery Teaching Resident of the Year University of Cincinnati Medical Center, 2019

PubMed

Equivalent and resource-saving: Whole blood versus component therapy for trauma resuscitation.
Jacob W Roden-Foreman, Michael E Johnston, Nicole Lunardi, Pamela J Jensen, Tanya Robohm
Transfusion. 2026-04-01
Analysis of CT-based pancreatic volumetrics and postoperative endocrine and exocrine dysfunction: A retrospective cohort study.
Hussein M Hariri, Shaun A Wahab, Michael E Johnston, Sweya Surapaneni, Catherine G Pratt
American Journal of Surgery. 2025-09-01
2 citations
Genetic Ablation of C/EBPα-p300 Pathway Blocks Development of Obese Pregnancy Associated Liver Disorders in Offspring.
Margaret A Hanlon, Ruhi Gulati, Michael Johnston, Yasmeen Fleifil, Maria Rivas
Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2024-01-01

Journal Articles

β-Catenin-Cancer-Enhancing Genomic Regions Axis is Involved in the Development of Fibrolamellar Hepatocellular Carcinoma
1. Ruhi Gulati, Michael Johnston, Maria Rivas, … Nikolai Timchenko, Hepatology
Commentary: PARP1 Activation Increases Expression of Modified Tumor Suppressors and Pathways Underlying Development of Aggressive Hepatoblastoma
Michael E. Johnston II, MD, Nikolai Timchenko, PhD, Communications Biology
Surgical Oncology and Geriatric Patients.
ME Johnston; JJ Sussman; SH Patel, Clinics of Geriatric Medicine, 2/1/2019

Books/Book Chapters

Fundamentals of Pediatric Surgery
Chapter: Surgical Alternatives in the Treatment of Congenital Intrahepatic Cholestasis
Michael E. Johnston II, MD, Gregory Tiao, MDEdition 1,
Fetal and Neonatal Surgery
Chapter: Management of Fetal and Neonatal Biliary Atresia
Michael E. Johnston II, MD, Charissa Lake, MD, Frederick M. Karrer, MD, Gregory Tiao, MDEdition 1,
Fetal and Neonatal Surgery
Chapter: Management of Choledochal Cysts
Charissa Lake, MD, Michael E. Johnston II, MD, Gregory Tiao, MDEdition 1,