Dr. Shaneeta M. Johnson is an Associate Professor of Surgery, Director of the Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery Program, and Residency Associate Program Director at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. A native of Nassau, Bahamas, Dr. Johnson graduated from St. Andrews High School as the Alpha Kappa Alpha Female Valedictorian of the Bahamas. She attended The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore Maryland and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience. While matriculated there, she was awarded the Johns Hopkins University Multicultural Award for Personal and Academic Excellence in addition to other honors. Dr. Johnson received her medical degree from Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California. She completed her internship and surgical residency in General Surgery at Howard University Hospital in Washington, DC. While at Howard Hospital she was awarded by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, District of Columbia for her research and also received the Chairman’s Surgical Award.

With an interest in Minimally Invasive Surgery, Dr. Johnson then pursued and completed a fellowship in Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland Ohio. She holds board certifications in both General Surgery and Obesity Medicine. Dr. Johnson is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Fellow of the International College of Surgeons, and Fellow of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons.

Dr. Johnson serves on several national and local surgical committees and organizations. She has been awarded for excellence in healthcare and is a sought after and renowned speaker on robotic surgery, surgical education and bariatric surgery.