Charles E. Johnston, M.D., assistant chief of staff emeritus at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) at the organization’s recent annual meeting in Barcelona, Spain.
According to the Scoliosis Research Society, its Lifetime Achievement Award honors a member for distinguished service to the organization, as well as significant contributions to spinal deformity care.
After attending Yale University for his undergraduate years, Charles Johnston went on to earn his M.D. at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He then undertook an internship at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Bexar County Hospital Surgery. Dr. Johnston did his orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Virginia Medical Center, followed by a fellowship at the Scottish Rite for Children Harrington Fellowship of Pediatric Orthopaedics and Scoliosis.
A professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dr. Johnston is a reviewer for The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and the Journal of Children’s Orthopaedics. He is a fellow in the American Academy of Orthpaedic Surgeons and serves on the executive committee of the Pediatric Spine Study Group and Foundation.
He is also a member of the Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America, receiving its Humanitarian Award in 2020; the European Pediatric Orthopaedic Society; and the Texas Orthopedic Association. Dr. Johnston has published over 150 papers in peer-reviewed journals and approximately 30 book chapters.
Dr. Johnston told OTW, “I am most proud of the number of pediatric orthopedic fellows I have trained, mentored or in some way positively affected their careers….at last count it is around 180. This is the most important part of my career—passing along what I have learned.”
“The Lifetime Achievement Award is a stunning and gratifying recognition by my colleagues and peers of the value they place on my clinical expertise and academic advancement of our specialty’s mission, providing optimal care for patients with spinal deformity.”
