Continental Who’s Who Executive Press Release

DR. MARYL JOHNSON, MD - PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE; MED. DIR. OF HEART FAILURE/ TRANSPLANTATION

Dr. Maryl Johnson is recognized by Continental Who’s Who among Medical Professionals. Dr. Johnson is a Professor of Medicine as well as the Director of Heart Failure and Transplantation at the University of Wisconsin Medical School.

Dr. Johnson is a highly skilled Medical Professional, with a specialized concentration in the field of Cardiology. She is extremely devoted to the care of patients with heart failure and subsequent cardiac transplantation. Her interests in the field of Cardiology are focused on the care of patients with severe congestive heart failure, including the use of mechanical circulatory support devices and cardiac transplantation. She has a special interest in the treatment and outcome of congestive heart failure in women. Her research includes the use of mechanical assistance in patients with severe heart failure and the coronary artery disease which develops in cardiac transplant recipients. She has also been an investigator in many of the multicenter trials evaluating new agents for the medical treatment of heart failure.

In the past, Dr. Johnson has served as the Associate Medical Director of the Cardiac Transplant Program at Loyola University Medical Center from 1988-1994, Associate Medical Director of the Rush Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Program from 1994-1997, and Medical Director, Heart Failure and Transplantation at Northwestern Memorial Hospital from 1998-2002. She moved to the University of Wisconsin as Medical Director of Heart Failure and Transplantation and Professor of Medicine in 2002.

Dr. Johnson is a graduate of the University of Iowa College of Medicine where she received her medical degree and also completed postgraduate training in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Diseases.