RDML Michael Windsor Johnson is the 21^st Chief Professional Officer for the Dental Category. As the Chief Dentist, RDML Johnson collaborates with the Office of the Surgeon General on the strategic priorities to advance public health, recruitment, assignment, deployment, retention, and career development of oral health professionals. His vision for both the Commissioned Corps and the dental category is to first ensure officers meet readiness and are prepared for challenges that exist today and well in the future.  Second is to increase the Corps’ visibility by cultivating interest early in a student’s career both at the secondary and tertiary level.  The third is to drive the flow of information on oral health with the objective of integrating it into primary care, underscoring the mouth is the center of vital tissues critical to total health and well-being across the life span.

As the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) National Chief Dental Officer (CDO), RDML Johnson manages 400 FBOP dental healthcare professionals. The FBOP dental program provides oral health care for over 157,739 federal incarcerated individuals across the United States and its territories.  RDML Johnson started his career with the FBOP as a chief dentist of a satellite clinic at the FBOP Correctional Complex in Butner, North Carolina. During his four-year tour with the FBOP, he completed a Master of Public Health in May 2004. He was selected the same year to be the Indian Health Service (IHS) chief dental officer for the Reno Sparks Indian Colony in Reno, Nevada. He returned to the FBOP as the staff program management officer to the national chief dentist headquarters in Washington, DC.  He completed a dental public health residency and was selected as the FBOP regional chief dentist (RCD) overseeing fourteen institutions on the west coast.

RDML has been involved in USPHS Commissioned Corps activity throughout his career. He was a voting member in the Dental Professional Advisory Committee (DePAC) for three years, serving in leadership roles- Operations Subcommittee Chair and Communication Workgroup Chair.  RDML Johnson participated in multiple Rapid Deployment Force training missions and deployments. He served as an acting board member for the Exceptional Proficiency Promotion Board, National Health Service Corps Scholarship Reviewer, and the Commissioned Officers Effectiveness Report Re-Design Work Group.  RDML Johnson has been a member of the Commission Officer Association since his commission as a PHS Officer in 2000 and have held positions of leadership from Secretary, Vice President and President of the North Carolina Commissioned Officer Association chapter.

RDML Johnson holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Life Science at Indiana State University, a dental degree from Howard University College of Dentistry, a General Practice Residency Certificate at Dayton Veterans Administration Medical Center, a Master of Public Health from the University of North Carolina and a Dental Public Health Certificate from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research - National Institute of Health.