Bio

Angie Johnson is the Section Chief of Internal Medicine and a Professor of Clinical Medicine for the LSU School of Medicine Baton Rouge Regional Campus.  She earned a B.S. in Chemistry from Louisiana State University, and her M.D. from LSUHSC in New Orleans.  Dr. Johnson completed her Internal Medicine residency at LSUHSC in Baton Rouge, where she also served as a Chief Resident.  She is the immediate past Chair of the Board of Governors for the American College of Physicians, having also completed her term as Governor of the Louisiana Chapter of ACP.  She is currently a member of the ACP Board of Regents, is Chair of the ACP Education Committee, and is a member of the ACP Health and Public Policy Committee.  Her clinical responsibilities through the LSU School of Medicine include resident and medical student education through direct supervision of inpatient and outpatient care, participation in formal didactic conferences and served as a long-time Associate Program Director for the LSU Internal Medicine Residency in Baton Rouge.  In addition, she serves as the Ambulatory Clinic Director for the primary care and internal medicine subspecialty clinics for LSU Health at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center and serves on numerous hospital and school committees and workgroups.  Areas of research interest include quality improvement in inpatient heart failure care and outpatient preventive care/chronic disease management, as well as patient education and resident patient safety engagement.  Dr. Johnson also plays an active role in state/regional natural disaster medical response efforts.  Dr. Johnson is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society.

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