Timothy Johnson

Dr. Timothy Johnson, who has achieved distinction as one of the nation's leading medical communicators of health care information, has provided commentary on medical problems and answers for viewers of ABCNEWS' Good Morning America since the program's debut in November 1975.

ohnson holds joint positions in medicine at Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, placing him in the mainstream of the nation’s top medical resources. He is also the founding editor of the Harvard Medical School Health Letter and co-editor of the Harvard Medical School Health Letter Book.

Originally headed for the ministry, he graduated in 1963 from the North Park Seminary, but two years later decided to enter medicine. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Augustana College, he graduated summa cum laude from Albany Medical College and holds a Master’s degree in public health from Harvard University.

Johnson and his wife, Nancy Ann, reside in the Boston suburbs. He is the father of two children, and serves as assisting minister of the Community Covenant Church in West Peabody, Mass.