Scholars@Duke
Jeffery Scott Johns

Jeffery Scott Johns

Instructor in the Department of Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery

Selected Presentations & Appearances

Professionalism Matters: Real Cases in Professionalism from the American Board of PM&R - Session Director and Speaker · February 21, 2026 National Scientific Meeting AAP Annual Meeting, San Juan, PR
PM&R Board Certification: What You Need to Know · February 11, 2026 Invited Talk Grand Rounds, Department of PM&R, Temple University , Virtual
PM&R Board Certification: What You Need to Know · December 11, 2025 Invited Talk Grand Rounds, Department of PM&R, Washington University , Virtual
PM&R Board Certification: What You Need to Know - Grand Rounds, Department of PM&R, Nassau University Medical Center · November 5, 2025 Invited Talk Virtual
Opportunities for Improvement: Identifying IHHC/QA Projects in Your Daily Practice - Session Director and Speaker · October 25, 2025 National Scientific Meeting AAPM&R Annual Assembly, Salt Lake City, UT
ou Be the Judge: Real Cases in Professionalism at the American Board of PM&R - Session Director and Speaker · October 23, 2025 National Scientific Meeting AAPM&R Annual Assembly, Salt Lake City, UT
Heterotopic Ossification in a Burn Patient Over a Non-Burned Joint - Peer Reviewed Poster Presentation · May 5, 2025 National Scientific Meeting AAP Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA
Spinal Cord Injury Update: Clinical Practice Guidelines · April 5, 2025 Invited Talk Encompass Health National Medical Directors’ Meeting, Washington, DC
ABPMR Expansion of Improving Health and Health Care Opportunities - Session Director and Speaker · November 7, 2024 National Scientific Meeting AAPM&R Annual Assembly, San Diego, CA
Neurogenic Bowel and Bladder Dysfunction after SCI: Review, Updates and Advances - Session Director and Speaker · November 7, 2024 National Scientific Meeting AAPM&R Annual Assembly, San Diego, CA
ABPMR: The Changing Landscape of Continuing Certification · November 7, 2024 National Scientific Meeting AAPM&R Annual Assembly, San Diego, CA
Learn About Exam Development with the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Session Director and Speaker · November 18, 2023 National Scientific Meeting AAPM&R Annual Assembly, New Orleans, LA
Widening the Door to Improve Health and Health Care - Session Director and Speaker · November 17, 2023 National Scientific Meeting AAPM&R Annual Assembly, New Orleans, LA
SCI Updated Clinical Practice Guidelines: Autonomic Dysfunctions, Bone Health, and Mental Health Disorders - Session Director and Speaker · November 17, 2023 National Scientific Meeting AAPM&R Annual Assembly, New Orleans, LA
Fellowships in PM&R – Death of the Generalist? - Invited Panelist · November 16, 2023 National Scientific Meeting AAPM&R Annual Assembly, New Orleans, LA
Pursuing a Career as an Inpatient Rehabilitation Doctor - AAPM&R · September 21, 2023 Invited Talk National Webinar
Road to Recovery and Optimal Function: Inpatient Rehab and Return to Work Programs · August 7, 2023 Invited Talk American Case Manager Association, Kentucky / Tennessee Chapter, 17th Annual Case Management and Transitions of Care Conference, Nashville, TN
Post-Acute Care for Caregivers · October 22, 2022 Invited Talk Well Moment: Caregiver Support Webinar, Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network, Webinar
Gathering, Motivating, and Sustaining Your Quality Improvement Team - Peer Reviewed Platform Presentation · October 21, 2022 National Scientific Meeting AAPM&R Annual Assembly, Baltimore, MD
The Peer-to-Peer Process: Making the Case to Overturn Managed Care Denials - Hospital Medicine Grand Rounds, VUMC · October 7, 2022 Invited Talk Nashville, TN
Intro to PM&R - Small Group Facilitator · August 2, 2022 Instructional Course, Workshop, or Symposium AAP, Virtual
The Impact of QI in PM&R - Peer Reviewed Platform Presentation · November 13, 2021 National Scientific Meeting AAPM&R Annual Assembly, Virtual
Hamilton R. Hot Topics in Spinal Cord Injury: Point/Counterpoint · November 11, 2021 Invited Talk AAPM&R Annual Assembly, Virtual
PM&R Boards Part II (Oral Exam): Tips for Success from the ABPMR - Peer Reviewed Platform Presentation · February 9, 2021 National Scientific Meeting AAP Annual Meeting, Virtual
Impact of Orthostatic Hypotension in Inpatient Rehabilitation - Peer Reviewed Poster Presentation · February 9, 2021 National Scientific Meeting AAP Annual Meeting, Virtual
Clinical Practice Guidelines: Lessons and Outcomes · February 27, 2020 Invited Talk Department of PM&R Grand Rounds, VUMC
Neurogenic Bowel Management in Adults with SCI – New Clinical Practice Guidelines from the Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine - Session Director and Speaker · November 16, 2019 National Scientific Meeting AAPM&R Annual Assembly
Achieving Board Certification: Demystifying the ABPMR Part II (Oral) Examination - Peer Reviewed Platform Presentation · November 16, 2019 National Scientific Meeting AAPM&R Annual Assembly, San Antonio, TX
Inpatient/SNF Physiatry Reimbursement Hurdles - Session Director and Speaker · November 15, 2019 National Scientific Meeting AAPM&R Annual Assembly, San Antonio, TX
Medical Complications after Spinal Cord injury · November 6, 2019 Invited Talk Department of Neurological Surgery Grand Rounds, VUMC, Nashville, TN
Neurogenic Bowel Dysfunction Management after SCI: New Clinical Practice Guidelines - Session Director and Speaker · September 4, 2019 National Scientific Meeting ASCIP Educational Conference & Expo , Nashville, TN
Neurogenic Bowel Dysfunction Management after SCI: New Clinical Practice Guidelines - Session Director and Speaker · August 17, 2019 National Scientific Meeting PVA Summit, Orlando, FL
It’s Not About the Title: PM&R Leadership Lessons from the Field for the Field · June 14, 2019 Invited Talk VCU Department of PM&R, Richmond, VA
Diabetes Insipidus: A Biphasic Response Following Evacuation of An Epidural Hematoma - Peer Reviewed Poster Presentation · February 13, 2019 National Scientific Meeting AAP Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA
Fast & Furious Coding and Reimbursement · November 15, 2017 Invited Talk AAPM&R, Webinar
Tools for Process and Quality Improvement: Filling Your Toolbox for Success - Session Director and Speaker · October 2, 2017 National Scientific Meeting AAPM&R Annual Assembly
CMS Conversations with Clinicians: Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative (TCPI): Preparation for the Quality Payment Program – Specialty Care Practice (Panelist) - National Teleconference · August 23, 2017 Invited Talk
Venous Thromboembolism: Prevention, Treatment, and Activity Guidelines - Peer Reviewed Platform Presentation · May 24, 2017 National Scientific Meeting Canadian Association of PM&R, Ontario, CA
Acute Rehabilitation after Trauma: Does it Really Matter? · March 12, 2017 Invited Talk HealthSouth National Medical Directors’ Meeting, Phoenix, AZ
Reading Between the Guidelines of Stroke Rehabilitation - 19th Annual Harold ‘Jobe’ Bernard Stroke and Neurosciences Symposium · November 3, 2016 Invited Talk Nashville, TN
Current Topics in Stroke Management · November 7, 2015 Invited Talk HealthSouth National Medical Directors’ Meeting, Chicago, IL
Fast & Furious Coding and Reimbursement · September 17, 2015 Invited Talk AAPM&R, Webinar
Stroke Rehabilitation: Options and Outcomes · September 16, 2015 Invited Talk Case Management Society of America – Middle Tennessee, Nashville, TN
Patient Experience: TeamWorks and the Physician’s Role · June 2, 2015 Invited Talk HealthSouth Regional Medical Directors/CEOs Meeting, Kansas City, MO
Stroke Rehabilitation: Options and Outcomes · October 31, 2014 Invited Talk 17th Annual Harold ‘Jobe’ Bernard Stroke and Neurosciences Symposium, Nashville, TN
NeuroRehabilitation · November 2, 2013 Invited Talk Panel Discussion, HealthSouth National Medical Directors’ Meeting, Nashville, TN
Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury · September 25, 2012 Invited Talk Orange Park Medical Center, Orange Park, FL
Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury · June 6, 2012 Invited Talk Trauma Grand Rounds, Regional Medical Bayonet Point, Hudson, FL
SCI – Trauma Center and Beyond · April 18, 2011 Invited Talk Trauma Center Grand Rounds, Sacred Heart Health System, Pensacola, FL
SCI – Implications for the Trauma Team · June 24, 2010 Invited Talk Trauma Core Day UF&Shands-Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Assessment of a Spinal Cord Injured Patient · December 9, 2009 Invited Talk Annual Regional Meeting, Florida Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program, Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville, FL
Medical Complications after SCI: Part I · October 12, 2009 Invited Talk Trauma Surgery Conference, UF&Shands-Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
ASIA Classification and Case Review · May 23, 2008 Invited Talk Trauma Surgery Conference, UF&Shands-Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
SCI Neurological Classification: Review and Outcomes · March 21, 2008 Invited Talk Trauma Surgery Conference, UF&Shands-Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
Patient Evaluation Interactive Workshop · November 17, 2006 Invited Talk Prosthetics Review and Workshop, Carolinas Rehabilitation, Charlotte, NC
Post-Op Amputation Management · November 17, 2006 Invited Talk Prosthetics Review and Workshop, Carolinas Rehabilitation, Charlotte, NC
HIV-Associated Neuropathies - AAP Annual Meeting · April 29, 2006 Invited Talk Daytona Beach, FL
Amputation Rehabilitation - UNC PM&R State of the Art Review · April 29, 2006 Invited Talk Chapel Hill, NC
Lymphedema: Diagnosis and Management · February 3, 2006 Invited Talk Carolinas Rehabilitation, Charlotte, NC
What is Stroke Rehabilitation? · October 7, 2005 Invited Talk Stroke Symposium 2005: Advances in Prevention, Acute Management, and Rehabilitation, Charlotte Area Health Education Center, Kannapolis, NC
Patient Evaluation Interactive Workshop · March 26, 2004 Invited Talk Review and Interactive Workshop, Charlotte Institute of Rehabilitation, Charlotte, NC
DVT Prophylaxis in the Rehabilitation Setting · February 21, 2003 Invited Talk University of Alabama – Birmingham Dept. of PM&R, Birmingham, AL
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - 4th Annual VCU EMG Conference · April 19, 2002 Invited Talk Richmond, VA
Venous Thromboembolism in the Rehabilitation Setting after Major Lower Extremity Amputation - Peer Reviewed Poster Presentation · March 2, 2002 National Scientific Meeting AAP Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV
Incentive and Targets: A Physician Reimbursement Model - Academic Leadership Course, AAP Annual Meeting · March 2, 2002 Invited Talk Las Vegas, NV
Huang ME, White J, Sanford K. Venous Thromboembolism in the Rehabilitation Setting after Major Lower Extremity Amputation · June 14, 2001 Invited Talk NIDRR Research Enrichment Program, Washington, DC
Pre-habilitation, PRICE, Pills, and Possibilities · October 18, 2000 Invited Talk Mini-Med School, Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond, VA
Heterotopic Ossification: Blood Pool Imaging vs. Complete Three-Phase Study. (Peer Reviewed Poster Presentation) · December 3, 1999 National Scientific Meeting Radiological Society of North America , Chicago, IL
Impact of Heterotopic Ossification on Functional Outcome after Traumatic Brain Injury: A Prospective Analysis - Peer Reviewed Poster · June 12, 1999 Other 23rd Annual Williamsburg Conference Cognitive, Neuromedical and Behavioral Aspects of Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Evaluation & Management of Low-Level Patients - 23rdAnnual Williamsburg Conference · June 10, 1999 Invited Talk Neuromedical and Behavioral Aspects of Brain Injury Rehabilitation, Williamsburg, VA
Gunshot Wound-Induced SCI · December 1998 Invited Talk Dept. of PM&R, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Gunshot Wound-Induced Spinal Cord Injury · November 20, 1998 Invited Talk VCU Department of PM&R, Richmond, VA
Musgrove JJ. Medical Complications and Functional Outcome of Individuals with Gunshot Wound Induced Spinal Cord Injury. - Peer Reviewed Poster · November 6, 1998 National Scientific Meeting AAPM&R Annual Assembly, Seattle, WA
Cifu DX, Keyser L, Jolles PR, Fratkin MJ. Impact of Heterotopic Ossification on Functional Outcome after Traumatic Brain Injury: A Prospective Analysis. - Peer Reviewed Platform Presentation · November 15, 1997 National Scientific Meeting AAPM&R Annual Assembly, Atlanta, GA
Central Region Medical Director of the Year · March 21, 1997 Invited Talk VCU Department of PM&R, Richmond, VA

Service to the Profession

Practice Management Strategic Planning Committee, AAPM&R · 2025 Committee Service
One of five Strategic Coordinating Committees of the AAPM&R · November 2023 Committee Service
Member-at-Large, Health Policy, Practice and Advocacy Committee (HPPA), AAPM&R · November 2023 Committee Service
Chair, Skilled Nursing Facility Workgroup, QPPR, AAPM&R · October 2021 - October 2023 Committee Service
One of four Strategic Coordinating Committees of the AAPM&R · November 2020 - November 2023 Committee Service
Member-at-Large, Quality, Practice, Policy & Research Committee (QPPR) · November 2020 - November 2023 Committee Service AAPM&R
Chair, Skilled Nursing Facility Workgroup, QPPR, AAPM&R · November 2020 - November 2023 Committee Service
Past-President, APS Section, ASCIP · September 2019 - September 2021 Committee Service
Past-President, Governance Board, ASCIP · September 2019 - September 2021 Committee Service
President, APS Section, ASCIP · September 2017 - September 2019 Committee Service
President, Governance Board, ASCIP · September 2017 - September 2019 Committee Service
Governance Board, ASCIP · September 2015 - September 2021 Committee Service
Vice President, APS Section, ASCIP · September 2015 - September 2017 Committee Service
Reimbursement and Policy Review Committee, AAPM&R · November 2014 - November 2020 Committee Service
Secretary/Treasurer, APS Section, ASCIP · September 2013 - September 2015 Committee Service
Finance Committee, ASCIP · September 2012 - September 2016 Committee Service
Board of Directors, APS Section, ASCIP · September 2012 - September 2016 Committee Service
Chair, Membership Committee, ASCIP · September 2009 - September 2012 Committee Service
Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals (ASCIP) · 2009 - 2024 Committee Service
Chair, Data Collection Workgroup, Membership Committee, AAPM&R · June 2007 - December 2008 Committee Service
Membership Committee, APS · March 2007 - September 2009 Committee Service
Membership Committee, AAPM&R · November 2006 - November 2010 Committee Service
CIGNA Medicare Carrier Advisory Committee, NC PM&R Representative, North Carolina Society of PM&R · January 2006 - August 2006 Committee Service
American Spinal Injury Association · 2006 - 2013 Committee Service
Florida Medical Association · 2006 - 2013 Committee Service
Duval County Medical Society · 2006 - 2013 Committee Service
Delegate to NCMS House of Delegates, North Carolina Society of PM&R · August 2005 - August 2006 Committee Service
Treasurer, North Carolina Society of PM&R · August 2004 - August 2006 Committee Service
Delegate to NCMS House of Delegates - North Carolina Society of PM&R · 2004 - August 2006 Committee Service
North Carolina Society of PM&R · 2003 - 2006 Committee Service
Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP) – Diplomate · 2003 - 2008 Committee Service
North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) · 2003 - 2006 Committee Service
North Carolina Society of PM&R · 2003 - 2006 Committee Service
Treasurer - North Carolina Society of PM&R · 2003 - 2006 Committee Service
North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) · 2003 - 2006 Committee Service
American Paraplegia Society (APS) · 2003 - 2009 Committee Service
Virginia Society of PM&R · 2001 - 2002 Committee Service
Medical Society of Virginia · 1999 - 2002 Committee Service
Southern Regional Representative, Resident Physician Council, AAPM&R · 1997 - 1998 Committee Service
Southern Medical Association · 1997 - 1999 Committee Service
Physiatric Association of Spine, Sports and Occupational Rehabilitation · 1997 - 1999 Committee Service
American Academy of PM&R (AAPM&R) – Fellow since 2000 · 1996 Committee Service
American Medical Association · 1993 - 2000 Committee Service
Medical Society of Virginia · 1992 - 2002 Committee Service