{"id":986,"date":"2024-01-12T20:41:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T20:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flourishresearch.com\/?post_type=team&#038;p=986"},"modified":"2025-05-19T20:02:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T20:02:36","slug":"william-johnston","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/flourishresearch.com\/team\/william-johnston\/","title":{"rendered":"William Johnston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">William Johnston, MD retired from clinical<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:540,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559991&quot;:540}\"> p<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ractice after 42 years with Birmingham Pediatric Associates<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:540,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559991&quot;:540}\"> w<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">here he had done clinical research for over two decades and<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:540,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559991&quot;:540}\"> h<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">as since continued to do research at Flourish Research &#8211;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:540,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559991&quot;:540}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Birmingham.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:540,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559991&quot;:540}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:540,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559991&quot;:540}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While practicing Pediatrics, Johnston, MD received multiple<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:540,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559991&quot;:540}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">awards as a top physician. He was almost always in the<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:540,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559991&quot;:540}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Birmingham\u2019s Best top 3 pediatricians, often number one. He<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:540,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559991&quot;:540}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">was on the front cover of Birmingham Magazine with one of his<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:540,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559991&quot;:540}\"> p<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">atients in their Best in Birmingham edition in 2004. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:540,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559991&quot;:540}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:540,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559991&quot;:540}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">He has served on multiple boards in his community, mostly for children with special needs and for his hospital.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:540,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559991&quot;:540}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Contact us about your next trial at <a href=\"mailto:bd@flourishresearch.com\"><span class=\"s1\">bd@flourishresearch.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559685&quot;:540,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559991&quot;:540}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1757,"parent":0,"menu_order":63,"template":"","city":[17],"class_list":["post-986","team","type-team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","department-investigators","city-birmingham"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>William Johnston - Flourish Research<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/flourishresearch.com\/team\/william-johnston\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"William Johnston - Flourish Research\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"William Johnston, MD retired from clinical practice after 42 years with Birmingham Pediatric Associates where he had done clinical research for over two decades and has since continued to do research at Flourish Research &#8211;\u00a0Birmingham.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0While practicing Pediatrics, Johnston, MD received multiple\u00a0awards as a top physician. 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