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Dr. Nathan Johns serves as an Adjunct Lecturer in the Peninsula Clinical School at Monash University. He is a Specialist Rehabilitation Medicine Physician with 20 years of expertise in managing chronic pain and disability. In his clinical roles, he is the Clinical Director of Subacute Medicine at Peninsula Health, responsible for Rehabilitation, Aged Care, Persistent Pain, and Palliative Care. Additionally, he directs the Rehabilitation Medicine Group and holds the position of Clinical Director at Peninsula Health Care Network. Johns earned his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from Monash University in 1996 and is a Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine (AFRM), Royal Australasian College of Physicians. He completed his PhD in Pain Rehabilitation at the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health on 16 September 2025, with the thesis titled "Redesigning rehabilitation to treat persistent post-surgical pain."
Johns' academic interests center on pain rehabilitation, digital health, stroke rehabilitation, persistent post-surgical pain, self-management strategies, and clinician education. His research keywords include post-surgical pain and rehabilitation medicine. He has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications, including "High pain reported at 3 months post-total knee arthroplasty often persists for the next 3 years and is associated with reduced function and quality of life" (Musculoskeletal Care, 2024), "A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Rehabilitation Programmes or Strategies to Treat People With Persistent Knee Pain Following a Total Knee Replacement" (Musculoskeletal Care, 2024), "Is inpatient rehabilitation a predictor of a lower incidence of persistent knee pain 3-months following total knee replacement? A retrospective, observational study" (BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2022), and "Staying Active with Multimorbidity In Acute hospital settings (StAMInA) trial: protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial of allied health assistant mobility rehabilitation for patients with multimorbidity" (BMJ Open, 2024). As an active researcher, he accepts PhD students and aligns his work with UN Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being.
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