Johnson Boston and New York City
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■ Team physician for the NHL’s New
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hether they’re treating top
professionals or recreational
enthusiasts, University of Chicago
alumni have helped countless athletes get back to the sport they love. Learn more about what brought them to the Pritzker School of Medicine, how their education
York Rangers and the WNBA’s New York Liberty ■ Team physician for the silver
medal-winning U.S. women’s hockey team at the 2014 Sochi Olympics ■ One of only a few female
orthopaedic surgeons working in professional sports ■ Associate professor of clinical
orthopaedics and attending foot and ankle surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York
shaped their approach and what stand out as the most rewarding moments of their careers.
Good sports
First, she was a Harvard hockey star
An ice hockey player since age 7, Johnson went on to be captain of the Harvard University women’s hockey team. She earned All-Ivy and Eastern College Athletic Conference accolades while completing a bachelor’s degree in English (which included her pre-med requirements). A family lineage in orthopaedics
Johnson’s great-grandmother, Emma Loodtz, MD, was one of the country’s first female orthopaedic surgeons and worked at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in the early 1900s. While the family can’t confirm she was the first female, “she was definitely an early pioneer,” Johnson said. Johnson’s a pioneer, too
In men’s and women’s professional sports today, very few female orthopaedic surgeons are on the sidelines taking care of 16
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