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HONORING DR. NORMAN ARTHUR JOHANSON
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HON. DWIGHT EVANS
of pennsylvania
in the house of representatives
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Mr. EVANS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Dr. Norman Arthur Johanson, a gifted and esteemed surgeon, with over 44 years of experience in the field of medicine, specializing in orthopedic surgery in Philadelphia, PA. By all accounts, Dr. Johanson was an even better husband, father, colleague, friend and faith leader.
In 2000, Dr. Johanson assumed the position of Chairman of Orthopedics at Hahnemann University Hospital, where he worked until the hospital closed in 2019. There, he became a beloved surgeon to thousands of patients and mentor to hundreds of residents and medical students. Patients, administrators and understudies described Dr. Johanson as a technically gifted surgeon with a compassionate bedside manner and down-to-earth demeanor, despite being named Philadelphia Magazine
``Best of Philadelphia'' for orthopedic surgery for more than a decade and winning numerous awards, such as the: T. Campbell Thompson Prize in Orthopedic Surgery from Cornell University Medical College; Lewis Wagner Award for Best Paper by a resident and the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Hospital for Special Surgery; and Sir John Charnley Award from the Philadelphia Arthritis Foundation.
According to those that worked closely with him, Dr. Johanson was one of the most technically gifted surgeons they had ever seen--machine-
like, in fact. According to former residents Ross Green and Kevin Denehy, in 2014 a salesman from a company selling robotic systems for knee replacements once called on Hahnemann. During the sales visit, the rep asked him to do a manual one to demonstrate how much more precise the robot was than a human. Dr. Johanson ``nailed every cut within a degree,'' recalled Denehy. ``The rep threw up his hands and said he couldn't sell him the robot--because he was better.'' He had been selling the robot for several years and had never seen anything like it.
Today, we mourn the passing of Dr. Norman Arthur Johanson.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 126(1), Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 126(2)
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