Cheilonda Johnson, MD, MHS is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care and member of the Interstitial Lung Disease and Sarcoidosis Program at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Johnson is an expert translational researcher of interstitial lung disease (ILD) associated with autoimmunity. She is committed to reducing the significant morbidity and mortality associated with autoimmune-ILD. Broadly, her research focuses on the clinical and genetic determinants of autoimmune-ILD and health disparities in patients with ILD.
Dr. Johnson received her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her internal medicine training at Massachusetts General Hospital followed by pulmonary and critical care fellowship training at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Johnson is also formally trained in clinical investigation and received her Master’s of Health Science from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health during her fellowship training.