[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 126 (Thursday, July 28, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E798-E799]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  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.

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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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