Dr. Phil Johnson is serving as the team physician for the U.S. National Junior Team for the 12th consecutive year.

During his tenure, he has served on several medal-winning U.S. national junior teams (gold: 2010, 2013; bronze: 2011). Additionally, he was the chief medical officer for the 2009 Men’s Under-18 World Championship in Fargo, North Dakota, where Team USA won gold. 

Currently, Dr. Johnson practices orthopaedic surgery at Orthopaedic and Sport Medicine Specialists of Fargo in Fargo, North Dakota. He has served as the team physician for West Fargo High School and Concordia College for the last 20 years as well.

Dr. Johnson graduated from Fargo South High School where he earned 11 varsity letters, including four in hockey as a goaltender. He then attended The University of North Dakota on a football scholarship graduating Magna Cum Lauda with a Bachelor’s Degree in physical therapy in 1980. After that, he pursued and graduated with a Doctorate in Medicine from UND in 1984. 

He completed his Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at Michigan State University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1990. This was followed by a Sport Medicine Fellowship at The University of Western Ontario in 1990-91. Johnson completed his U.S. Olympic Physician Training in 1999 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California.

Dr. Johnson has two daughters and currently resides in Horace, North Dakota.