Ken B. Johnson

Ken B. Johnson, MD, MS

Languages spoken: English, Spanish

  • Dr. Johnson completed residency training in Anesthesiology in 1999 and has been a member of the University of Utah Faculty since then. His clinical interests and expertise are in regional anesthesia and acute pain management, processed electroencephalogram monitoring, and neuromuscular blockade monitoring. His research interests are in genetics and epigenetics of pain, clinical pharmacology, and medical device development. His education interests are in simulation based experiential learning for medical students, residents, fellows, and faculty. His professional activities include service as an editorial boards for Anesthesia and Analgesia and the American Society of Anesthesiologists Simulation Education and as a standardize oral board examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology.

    Specialties

    • Anesthesiology

    Board Certification

    American Board of Anesthesiology

  • Dr. Johnson completed residency training in Anesthesiology in 1999 and has been a member of the University of Utah Faculty since then. His clinical interests and expertise are in regional anesthesia and acute pain management, processed electroencephalogram monitoring, and neuromuscular blockade monitoring. His research interests are in genetics and epigenetics of pain, clinical pharmacology, and medical device development. His education interests are in simulation based experiential learning for medical students, residents, fellows, and faculty. His professional activities include service as an editorial boards for Anesthesia and Analgesia and the American Society of Anesthesiologists Simulation Education and as a standardize oral board examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Anesthesiology -Primary
    Board Certification
    American Board of Anesthesiology

    Education history

    Residency Anesthesiology - University of Utah School of Medicine Resident
    Anesthesiology - William Beaumont Army Medical Center Intern
    Graduate Training Biomedical Engineering - Tulane University M.S.
    Tulane University M.D.
    Undergraduate Bioengineering - University of California - Berkeley B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Egan ED, Johnson KB (2020). The Influence of Hemorrhagic Shock on the Disposition and Effects of Intravenous Anesthetics: A Narrative Review. Anesth Analg, 130(5), 1320-1330. (Read full article)
    2. Ermer SC, Farney RJ, Johnson KB, Orr JA, Egan TD, Brewer LM (2020). An Automated Algorithm Incorporating Poincaré Analysis Can Quantify the Severity of Opioid-Induced Ataxic Breathing. Anesth Analg, 130(5), 1147-1156. (Read full article)
    3. Obara S, Syroid N, Ogura T, Pace NL, Johnson KB, Albert R, Agutter J, Stuart AR, Egan TD (2020). A pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic real-time display may change anesthesiologists' behavior. J Clin Monit Comput, 35(3), 547-556. (Read full article)
    4. Odell DW, Johnson KB, Light AR, Stuart AR, Light KC (2019). Gene Variants in Hepatic Metabolism, Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid-ergic Reward, and Prostaglandin Pathways in Opioid-Consuming and Opioid-Naïve Patients Presenting for Lower Extremity Total Joint Replacement. Anesth Analg, 130(3), e67-e70. (Read full article)
    5. Meier AW, Buys MJ, Gill M, Piacenza EW, Nguyen L, Allen CM, Stuart AR, Gililland J, Johnson KB (2020). The effect of audiovisual distraction on patient-controlled sedation under spinal anesthesia: a prospective, randomized trial. J Clin Monit Comput, 35(2), 355-361. (Read full article)
    6. Thackeray EM, Johnson KB (2019). Airway rescue during sedation: a proposed airway rescue pathway for nonanesthesiologists. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol, 32(4), 464-471. (Read full article)
    7. Naguib M, Brull SJ, Hunter JM, Kopman AF, Flesdi B, Johnson KB, Arkes HR (2019). Anesthesiologists' Overconfidence in Their Perceived Knowledge of Neuromuscular Monitoring and Its Relevance to All Aspects of Medical Practice: An International Survey. Anesth Analg, 128(6), 1118-1126. (Read full article)
    8. Lamers OA, Kuck K, Okifuji A, Stuart AR, Johnson KB, Rijsdijk M (2019). Opioid-related beliefs and prescription modalities for postoperative pain of Dutch and American physicians. Pain Manag, 9(3), 239-250. (Read full article)
    9. Koniuch KL, Buys MJ, Campbell B, Gililland JM, Pelt CE, Pace NL, Johnson KB (2019). Serum ropivacaine levels after local infiltration analgesia during total knee arthroplasty with and without adductor canal block. Reg Anesth Pain Med. (Read full article)
    10. Ermer S, Brewer L, Orr J, Egan TD, Johnson K (2018). Comparison of 7 Different Sensors for Detecting Low Respiratory Rates Using a Single Breath Detection Algorithm in Nonintubated, Sedated Volunteers.LID - 10.1213/ANE.0000000000003793 [doi]. Anesth Analg, 129(2), 399-408. (Read full article)
    11. Ting CK, Johnson KB, Teng WN, Synoid ND, Lapierre C, Yu L, Westenskow DR (2014). Response surface model predictions of wake-up time during scoliosis surgery. Anesth Analg, 118(3), 546-53. (Read full article)
    12. Brown ME, Grace K, Shively G, Johnson KB, Carroll M (2014). Using satellite remote sensing and household survey data to assess human health and nutrition response to environmental change. Popul Environ, 36, 48-72. (Read full article)
    13. Johnson KB, Syroid ND, Drews FA, Ogden LL, Strayer DL, Pace NL, Tyler DL, White JL, Westenskow DR (2008). Part Task and variable priority training in first-year anesthesia resident education: a combined didactic and simulation-based approach to improve management of adverse airway and respiratory events. Anesthesiology, 108(5), 831-40. (Read full article)
    14. Johnson KB, Syroid ND, Gupta DK, Manyam SC, Egan TD, Huntington J, White JL, Tyler D, Westenskow DR (2008). An evaluation of remifentanil propofol response surfaces for loss of responsiveness, loss of response to surrogates of painful stimuli and laryngoscopy in patients undergoing elective surgery. Anesth Analg, 106(2), 471-9, table of contents. (Read full article)
    15. Davis JJ, Johnson KB, Egan TD, Vezina DP, Snell TE, Swenson JD (2003). Preoperative fentanyl infusion with pharmacokinetic simulation for anesthetic and perioperative management of an opioid-tolerant patient. Anesth Analg, 97(6), 1661-2. (Read full article)
    16. Johnson KB, Egan TD, Kern SE, White JL, McJames SW, Syroid N, Whiddon D, Church T (2003). The influence of hemorrhagic shock on propofol: a pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic analysis. Anesthesiology, 99(2), 409-20. (Read full article)
    17. Johnson KB, Egan TD, Layman J, Kern SE, White JL, McJames SW (2003). The influence of hemorrhagic shock on etomidate: a pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic analysis. Anesth Analg, 96(5), 1360-8, table of contents. (Read full article)

    Editorial

    1. Kleiman AM, Johnson KB (2019). Untapped Potential of Dexmedetomidine. Anesth Analg, 129(6), 1450-1453. (Read full article)
    2. Naguib M, Johnson KB (2016). Innovative Disruption in the World of Neuromuscular Blockade: What Is the "State of the Art?". Anesthesiology, 126(1), 12-15. (Read full article)

    Letter

    1. Hafer J, Johnson KB (2020). Mechanism of action of HTX-011: a novel, extended-release, dual-acting local anesthetic formulation for postoperative pain. [Letter to the editor]. Reg Anesth Pain Med. (Read full article)
    2. Naguib M, Brull SJ, Hunter JM, Kopman AF, Flesdi B, Johnson KB, Arkes HR (2019). Heuristics, Overconfidence, and Experience With Management of Neuromuscular Block: Self-Correction Is Unlikely. [Letter to the editor]. Anesth Analg, 129(5), e172-e173. (Read full article)

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