O. Tom Johns Jr., MD

Dr. Johns has been a team physician for the Rutherford County high school athletics and MTSU for over 30 years. Dr. Johns received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee, Memphis in 1972 and had a fellowship with Vanderbilt University Hospital and Nashville Veterans Administration Hospital in Nashville. He completed research in Scoliosis and Gait Analysis Laboratory.

Dr. Johns' expertise in Sports Medicine has driven him to also be active in sports training programs at MTSU, where he helped to develop the programs. Dr. Johns works also in arthroscopic surgery, minimally invasive surgery, and total knee arthroplasty.

Dr. Johns desire to return to the area he grew up and the schools he attended and to return to medically take care of the team he played for while in school; and brought full circle to a life dedicated to public service and what he loves. Dr. Johns considered his time as team physician to be his recreation; and that there is nowhere else he would rather be than "on the sidelines." A perfect explanation of his life of giving back.

Education

• Undergraduate
  Middle Tennessee State University (B.S. - Chemistry - 1968)
  
  
• Medical School
  University of Tennessee
  Memphis, Tennessee (M.D. 1972)
  
  
• Fellowship
  Research in Scoliosis and Gait Analysis Laboratory
  Vanderbilt University Hospital and Nashville Veterans Administration Hospital
  Nashville, Tennessee (1974-1975)

Honors & Awards

• Member 1996 Olympic Medical Team, Track and Field, Atlanta, Georgia
• Delegate for The State of Tennessee, American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine, 2000-2003