About

Dr. Will Johnson, Jr. was born in Jackson, Mississippi. He attended high school at Jackson Academy (Class of 2004). After high school he attended the University of Mississippi and graduated with a B.A. in Biology in 2008. He then attended medical school at University of Mississippi Medical Center and graduated in 2012. While in medical school, he was awarded the Donald T. Imrie Award for Most Outstanding Orthopedic Student.

Dr. Johnson’s professional training in Orthopedic surgery includes a completed Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and an Adult Reconstruction Fellowship in Arlington, Virginia with the Anderson Engh Clinic. Dr. Johnson specializes in anterior total hip arthroplasty, total and partial knee arthroplasty as well as revision hip and knee arthroplasty.

Dr Johnson is happily married to his wife of 5 years Kellie. They have a son, Liam, who was born in April 2020.

Honors & Awards

• Gene Barrett Research Award
  Mississippi Orthopedic Society – Best Research Presentation - 05/2016
• Phi Kappa Phi
  University of Mississippi - 06/2013
• SHRP Research Award
  1st Place - 04/2013
• Mississippi Academy of Science Oral Presentation Award
  2nd Place - 02/2013
• Donald T. Imrie Award
  UMMC – Most Outstanding Orthopedic Student - 05/2012
• Surgical Scholars Research Program
  UMMC - 06/2009 – 05/2012
• Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America
  2002
• Miller-Pittman Scholarship
  University of Mississippi, 2008