Ken B. Johnson

Ken B. Johnson, MD, MS

Languages spoken: Spanish, English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - 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.

Education History

Undergraduate University of California - Berkeley
 BS
Graduate Training Tulane University
 MS
Professional Medical Tulane University
 MD
Internship William Beaumont Army Medical Center
 Intern
Residency University of Utah School of Medicine
 Resident

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Ermer S, Brewer L, Orr J, Egan TD, Johnson (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]. Anesthesia and analgesia, 129(2), 399-408.
  2. Odell DW, Johnson KB, Light AR, Stuart AR, Light K (2020). 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. Anesthesia and analgesia, 130(3), e67-e70.
  3. Naguib M, Brull SJ, Hunter JM, Kopman AF, Fülesdi B, Johnson KB, Arkes H (2019). Anesthesiologists' Overconfidence in Their Perceived Knowledge of Neuromuscular Monitoring and Its Relevance to All Aspects of Medical Practice: An International Survey. Anesthesia and analgesia, 128(6), 1118-1126.
  4. Ting CK, Johnson KB, Teng WN, Synoid ND, Lapierre C, Yu L, Westenskow D (2014). Response surface model predictions of wake-up time during scoliosis surgery. Anesthesia and analgesia, 118(3), 546-53.
  5. Johnson KB, Syroid ND, Gupta DK, Manyam SC, Egan TD, Huntington J, White JL, Tyler D, Westenskow D (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. Anesthesia and analgesia, 106(2), 471-9, table of contents.
  6. Davis JJ, Johnson KB, Egan TD, Vezina DP, Snell TE, Swenson J (2003). Preoperative fentanyl infusion with pharmacokinetic simulation for anesthetic and perioperative management of an opioid-tolerant patient. Anesthesia and analgesia, 97(6), 1661-2.
  7. Johnson KB, Egan TD, Layman J, Kern SE, White JL, McJames S (2003). The influence of hemorrhagic shock on etomidate: a pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic analysis. Anesthesia and analgesia, 96(5), 1360-8, table of contents.
  8. Ermer SC, Farney RJ, Johnson KB, Orr JA, Egan TD, Brewer L (2020). An Automated Algorithm Incorporating Poincaré Analysis Can Quantify the Severity of Opioid-Induced Ataxic Breathing. Anesthesia and analgesia, 130(5), 1147-1156.
  9. Egan ED, Johnson K (2020). The Influence of Hemorrhagic Shock on the Disposition and Effects of Intravenous Anesthetics: A Narrative Review. Anesthesia and analgesia, 130(5), 1320-1330.
  10. Johnson KB, Syroid ND, Drews FA, Ogden LL, Strayer DL, Pace NL, Tyler DL, White JL, Westenskow D (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.
  11. Johnson KB, Egan TD, Kern SE, White JL, McJames SW, Syroid N, Whiddon D, Church (2003). The influence of hemorrhagic shock on propofol: a pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic analysis. Anesthesiology, 99(2), 409-20.
  12. Koniuch KL, Buys MJ, Campbell B, Gililland JM, Pelt CE, Pace NL, Johnson K (2019). Serum ropivacaine levels after local infiltration analgesia during total knee arthroplasty with and without adductor canal block. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine,
  13. Obara S, Syroid N, Ogura T, Pace NL, Johnson KB, Albert R, Agutter J, Stuart AR, Egan T (2020). A pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic real-time display may change anesthesiologists' behavior. Journal of clinical monitoring and computing, 35(3), 547-556.
  14. Meier AW, Buys MJ, Gill M, Piacenza EW, Nguyen L, Allen CM, Stuart AR, Gililland J, Johnson K (2020). The effect of audiovisual distraction on patient-controlled sedation under spinal anesthesia: a prospective, randomized trial. Journal of clinical monitoring and computing, 35(2), 355-361.
  15. Brown ME, Grace K, Shively G, Johnson KB, Carroll (2014). Using satellite remote sensing and household survey data to assess human health and nutrition response to environmental change. Population and environment, 36, 48-72.
  16. Thackeray EM, Johnson K (2019). Airway rescue during sedation: a proposed airway rescue pathway for nonanesthesiologists. Current opinion in anaesthesiology, 32(4), 464-471.
  17. Lamers OA, Kuck K, Okifuji A, Stuart AR, Johnson KB, Rijsdijk (2019). Opioid-related beliefs and prescription modalities for postoperative pain of Dutch and American physicians. Pain management, 9(3), 239-250.

Editorial

  1. Kleiman AM, Johnson K (2019). Untapped Potential of Dexmedetomidine. Anesthesia and analgesia, 129(6), 1450-1453.
  2. Naguib M, Johnson K (2017). Innovative Disruption in the World of Neuromuscular Blockade: What Is the "State of the Art?". Anesthesiology, 126(1), 12-15.

Letter

  1. Naguib M, Brull SJ, Hunter JM, Kopman AF, Fülesdi B, Johnson KB, Arkes H (2019). Heuristics, Overconfidence, and Experience With Management of Neuromuscular Block: Self-Correction Is Unlikely. Anesthesia and analgesia, 129(5), e172-e173.
  2. Hafer J, Johnson K (2020). Mechanism of action of HTX-011: a novel, extended-release, dual-acting local anesthetic formulation for postoperative pain. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine,