Professor Rowena Johnson

About Professor Rowena Johnson

Professor Johnson specialises in diagnostic imaging and image-guided treatments for elite athletes. She chairs Sports Medicine Imaging at Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, and has worked with numerous premier-level athletic organisations including Premier League football clubs, the British Olympic team, and the Royal Ballet. Her experience spans international sports imaging, adolescent athlete care, and comprehensive musculoskeletal pathology assessment. She holds significant leadership roles within the Royal College of Radiologists, overseeing education and clinical standards initiatives.

Qualifications: MB ChB FRCR

Recent and current appointments

• Vice-Chair International Society for Clinical Densitometry, UK/Ireland Panel
• Scientific Advisory Council, International Society for Clinical Densitometry
• European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA) Basic Sciences Committee
• Faculty, MSc Musculoskeletal Sciences, Oxford University
• Professional Support and Standards Board, Royal College of Radiologists
• Professional Learning and Development Committee, Royal College of Radiologists
• Advisory Editor in Musculoskeletal Radiology, Clinical Radiology Journal
• Editor, Royal College of Radiologists Newsletter
• Previous full time Clinical Editor, British Medical Journal
• Life appointment as a Medical Member of the Ministry of Justice

Publications, lectures and teaching

• Tutor in Medicine at The Queen’s College, University of Oxford.
• She lectures internationally on imaging in sports injuries, and has organised several courses including on behalf of the British Institute of Radiology.
• Her research interests include hip/groin and hamstring injuries, and the development of novel imaging diagnostic and therapeutic techniques in sports medicine.
• Contributor, 5th edition of Gray’s Anatomy for Students

Society memberships

• Royal College of Radiologists
• British Society of Skeletal Radiology
• European Society of Radiology