Daniel Y. Joh, MD, PhD

Daniel Y. Joh, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department:
SOM-Surgery-Plastic

Email:
djoh@umc.edu

Work Phone:
(601) 984-5180

Biography

Daniel Joh, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor and attending surgeon in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and a member of the Jabaley-Songcharoen Center for Hand, Upper Extremity and Nerve Surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He received his clinical training at Duke University, where he earned his MD/PhD before going on to complete a residency in Plastic Surgery and a fellowship in Orthopaedic Hand, Upper Extremity, and Microvascular Surgery. Dr. Joh's clinical focus includes bone and soft tissue conditions of the upper extremity from the elbow to the hand, as well as adult and pediatric peripheral nerve conditions of the upper and lower extremities.

Education

Duke University, Orthopaedic Hand, Upper Extremity, & Microvascular Surgery2026
Duke University, Plastic Surgery2025
Duke University, MD, Medicine2019
Duke University, PhD, Biomedical Engineering2019
Cornell University, MEng, Engineering Physics2010
Cornell University, BA, Chemistry2008

Current Positions

Assistant Professor, School of Medicine08/2026 - Present
The University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, Mississippi 39216

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Senior Research Scientist, Chilkoti Laboratory, Duke University07/2021 - 06/2026

Sponsored Program Funding

Extramural, Enhancing Peripheral Nerve Repair with an Injectable Recombinant Polypeptide Scaffold, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke08/2024 - 07/2025
Extramural, Breast Cancer Diagnostic Kit to Improve Early Diagnosis in Uganda, National Cancer Institute08/2024 - 07/2026
Extramural, Next-gen stealth polymer for biofilm-resistant orthopedic implant coatings, American Foundation for Surgery of the Hand10/2023 - 09/2025
Intramural, Research Technician Support Award, Duke Office of Physician-Scientist Development06/2022 - 05/2024
Extramural, Point-of-care cellular and molecular pathology of breast tumors on a cell phone, National Cancer Institute03/2020 - 02/2026

Publications

Evaluation Study

Joh DY, Hucknall AM, Wei Q, Mason KA, Lund ML, Fontes CM, Hill RT, Blair R, Zimmers Z, Achar RK, Tseng D, Gordan R, Freemark M, Ozcan A, Chilkoti A, Inkjet-printed point-of-care immunoassay on a nanoscale polymer brush enables subpicomolar detection of analytes in blood. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017 Aug 22;114(34):E7054-E70622017

Journal Article

Emovon Iii EO, Langdell H, Rebello E, Albright JA, Ong E, Joh DY, Mithani SK, Li NY, The Efficacy of Upper Extremity Neuroma Surgery in Reducing Long-Term Opioid Use in Patients with Preoperative Opioid Use. Journal of reconstructive microsurgery, 2026 Feb;42(2):124-1312026
Burrow DT, Kinnamon DS, Heggestad JT, Liu J, Silverstein BE, Joh DY, Harris M, Ellis MJ, Hucknall A, Cendales LC, Chilkoti A, A Point-of-Care Test to Measure Tacrolimus Directly from Unprocessed Whole Blood. Analytical chemistry, 2026 Jul 28;98(29):21173-211822026
Burrow DT, Kinnamon DS, Liu J, Heggestad JT, Wall S, Silverstein BE, Mithani SK, Krishnamoorthy V, Drew R, Joh DY, Hucknall A, Chilkoti A, A rapid point-of-care test for vancomycin monitoring at the clinical bedside. iScience, 2026 Aug 21;29(8):1160642026
Putman R, Li N, Joh DY, Roberts S, Pidgeon T, Mithani S, Chilkoti A, Designing Next-Generation Biomaterials to Enhance Peripheral Nerve Repair and Reconstruction. Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A, 2025 Jun;113(6):e379302025
Albarghouthi FM, Semeniak D, Khanani I, Doherty JL, Smith BN, Salfity M, MacFarlane Q, Karappur A, Noyce SG, Williams NX, Joh DY, Andrews JB, Chilkoti A, Franklin AD, Addressing Signal Drift and Screening for Detection of Biomarkers with Carbon Nanotube Transistors. ACS nano, 2024 Feb 9;2024
Heggestad JT, Britton RJ, Kinnamon DS, Liu J, Anderson JG, Joh DY, Quinn Z, Fontes CM, Hucknall AM, Parks R, Sempowski GD, Denny TN, Burke TW, Haynes BF, Woods CW, Chilkoti A, COVID-19 Diagnosis and SARS-CoV-2 Strain Identification by a Rapid, Multiplexed, Point-of-Care Antibody Microarray. Analytical chemistry, 2023 Apr 4;95(13):5610-56172023
Vahabi H, Liu J, Dai Y, Joh DY, Britton R, Heggestad J, Kinnamon D, Rajput S, Chilkoti A, A gravity-driven droplet fluidic point-of-care test. Device, 2023 Jul 21;1(1)2023
Heggestad JT, Kinnamon DS, Liu J, Joh DY, Fontes CM, Wei Q, Ozcan A, Hucknall AM, Chilkoti A, Smartphone Enabled Point-of-Care Detection of Serum Biomarkers. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2022;2393:343-3652022
Williams NX, Carroll B, Noyce SG, Hobbie HA, Joh DY, Rogers JG, Franklin AD, Fully printed prothrombin time sensor for point-of-care testing. Biosensors & bioelectronics, 2021 Jan 15;172:1127702021
Fontes CM, Lipes BD, Liu J, Agans KN, Yan A, Shi P, Cruz DF, Kelly G, Luginbuhl KM, Joh DY, Foster SL, Heggestad J, Hucknall A, Mikkelsen MH, Pieper CF, Horstmeyer RW, Geisbert TW, Gunn MD, Chilkoti A, Ultrasensitive point-of-care immunoassay for secreted glycoprotein detects Ebola infection earlier than PCR. Science translational medicine, 2021 Apr 7;13(588)2021
Heggestad JT, Kinnamon DS, Olson LB, Liu J, Kelly G, Wall SA, Oshabaheebwa S, Quinn Z, Fontes CM, Joh DY, Hucknall AM, Pieper C, Anderson JG, Naqvi IA, Chen L, Que LG, Oguin T 3rd, Nair SK, Sullenger BA, Woods CW, Burke TW, Sempowski GD, Kraft BD, Chilkoti A, Multiplexed, quantitative serological profiling of COVID-19 from blood by a point-of-care test. Science advances, 2021 Jun;7(26)2021
Heggestad JT, Britton RJ, Kinnamon DS, Wall SA, Joh DY, Hucknall AM, Olson LB, Anderson JG, Mazur A, Wolfe CR, Oguin TH 3rd, Sullenger BA, Burke TW, Kraft BD, Sempowski GD, Woods CW, Chilkoti A, Rapid test to assess the escape of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern. Science advances, 2021 Dec 3;7(49):eabl76822021
Joh DY, Heggestad JT, Zhang S, Anderson GR, Bhattacharyya J, Wardell SE, Wall SA, Cheng AB, Albarghouthi F, Liu J, Oshima S, Hucknall AM, Hyslop T, Hall AHS, Wood KC, Shelley Hwang E, Strickland KC, Wei Q, Chilkoti A, Cellphone enabled point-of-care assessment of breast tumor cytology and molecular HER2 expression from fine-needle aspirates. NPJ breast cancer, 2021 Jul 2;7(1):852021
Williams NX, Watson N, Joh DY, Chilkoti A, Franklin AD, Aerosol jet printing of biological inks by ultrasonic delivery. Biofabrication, 2020 Feb 4;12(2):0250042020
Heggestad JT, Fontes CM, Joh DY, Hucknall AM, Chilkoti A, In Pursuit of Zero 2.0: Recent Developments in Nonfouling Polymer Brushes for Immunoassays. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2020 Jan;32(2):e19032852020
Fontes CM, Achar RK, Joh DY, Ozer I, Bhattacharjee S, Hucknall A, Chilkoti A, Engineering the Surface Properties of a Zwitterionic Polymer Brush to Enable the Simple Fabrication of Inkjet-Printed Point-of-Care Immunoassays. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 2019 Feb 5;35(5):1379-13902019
Joh DY, Zimmers Z, Avlani M, Heggestad JT, Aydin HB, Ganson N, Kumar S, Fontes CM, Achar RK, Hershfield MS, Hucknall AM, Chilkoti A, Architectural Modification of Conformal PEG-Bottlebrush Coatings Minimizes Anti-PEG Antigenicity While Preserving Stealth Properties. Advanced healthcare materials, 2019 Apr;8(8):e18011772019
Joh DY, McGuire F, Abedini-Nassab R, Andrews JB, Achar RK, Zimmers Z, Mozhdehi D, Blair R, Albarghouthi F, Oles W, Richter J, Fontes CM, Hucknall AM, Yellen BB, Franklin AD, Chilkoti A, Poly(oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate) Brushes on High-κ Metal Oxide Dielectric Surfaces for Bioelectrical Environments. ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2017 Feb 15;9(6):5522-55292017
Sun L, Joh DY, Al-Zaki A, Stangl M, Murty S, Davis JJ, Baumann BC, Alonso-Basanta M, Kaol GD, Tsourkas A, Dorsey JF, Theranostic Application of Mixed Gold and Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Micelles in Glioblastoma Multiforme. Journal of biomedical nanotechnology, 2016 Feb;12(2):347-562016
Abedini-Nassab R, Joh DY, Van Heest M, Baker C, Chilkoti A, Murdoch DM, Yellen BB, Magnetophoretic Conductors and Diodes in a 3D Magnetic Field. Advanced functional materials, 2016 Jun 14;26(22):4026-40342016
Pham AT, Seto R, Schönke J, Joh DY, Chilkoti A, Fried E, Yellen BB, Crystallization kinetics of binary colloidal monolayers. Soft matter, 2016 Oct 7;12(37):7735-462016
Abedini-Nassab R, Joh DY, Albarghouthi F, Chilkoti A, Murdoch DM, Yellen BB, Magnetophoretic transistors in a tri-axial magnetic field. Lab on a chip, 2016 Oct 18;16(21):4181-41882016
Mendez MH, Joh DY, Gupta R, Polascik TJ, Current trends and new frontiers in focal therapy for localized prostate cancer. Current urology reports, 2015 Jun;16(6):352015
Abedini-Nassab R, Joh DY, Van Heest MA, Yi JS, Baker C, Taherifard Z, Margolis DM, Garcia JV, Chilkoti A, Murdoch DM, Yellen BB, Characterizing the Switching Thresholds of Magnetophoretic Transistors. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2015 Oct 28;27(40):6176-802015
Choi DS, Joh DY, Lee T, Milchak M, Zhou H, Kang Y, Hahm JI, Position- and orientation-controlled polarized light interaction of individual indium tin oxide nanorods. Applied physics letters, 2014 Feb 24;104(8):0831122014
Al Zaki A, Joh D, Cheng Z, De Barros AL, Kao G, Dorsey J, Tsourkas A, Gold-loaded polymeric micelles for computed tomography-guided radiation therapy treatment and radiosensitization. ACS nano, 2014 Jan 28;8(1):104-122014
Joh DY, Chen LN, Porter G, Bhagat A, Sood S, Kim JS, Moures R, Yung T, Lei S, Collins BT, Ju AW, Suy S, Carroll J, Lynch JH, Dritschilo A, Collins SP, Proctitis following stereotactic body radiation therapy for prostate cancer. Radiation oncology (London, England), 2014 Dec 12;9:2772014
Joh DY, Sun L, Stangl M, Al Zaki A, Murty S, Santoiemma PP, Davis JJ, Baumann BC, Alonso-Basanta M, Bhang D, Kao GD, Tsourkas A, Dorsey JF, Selective targeting of brain tumors with gold nanoparticle-induced radiosensitization. PloS one, 2013;8(4):e624252013
Dorsey JF, Sun L, Joh DY, Witztum A, Kao GD, Alonso-Basanta M, Avery S, Hahn SM, Al Zaki A, Tsourkas A, Gold nanoparticles in radiation research: potential applications for imaging and radiosensitization. Translational cancer research, 2013 Aug 1;2(4):280-2912013
Joh DY, Kao GD, Murty S, Stangl M, Sun L, Al Zaki A, Xu X, Hahn SM, Tsourkas A, Dorsey JF, Theranostic gold nanoparticles modified for durable systemic circulation effectively and safely enhance the radiation therapy of human sarcoma cells and tumors. Translational oncology, 2013 Dec 1;6(6):722-312013
Baumann BC, Dorsey JF, Benci JL, Joh DY, Kao GD, Stereotactic intracranial implantation and in vivo bioluminescent imaging of tumor xenografts in a mouse model system of glioblastoma multiforme. Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2012 Sep 25;(67)2012
Joh DY, Herman LH, Ju SY, Kinder J, Segal MA, Johnson JN, Chan GK, Park J, On-chip Rayleigh imaging and spectroscopy of carbon nanotubes. Nano letters, 2011 Jan 12;11(1):1-72011
Joh DY, Kinder J, Herman LH, Ju SY, Segal MA, Johnson JN, Chan GK, Park J, Single-walled carbon nanotubes as excitonic optical wires. Nature nanotechnology, 2011 Jan;6(1):51-62011
Kramer JW, Joh DY, Coates GW, Carbonylation of epoxides to substituted 3-hydroxy-delta-lactones. Organic letters, 2007 Dec 20;9(26):5581-32007

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

In-Service Examination Excellence Award, Duke Plastic Surgery2025
Plastic Surgery Team Excellence Award, Duke Plastic Surgery2025
In-Service Examination Excellence Award, Duke Plastic Surgery2024
In-Service Examination Excellence Award, Duke Plastic Surgery2023
Plastic Surgery Team Excellence Award, Duke Plastic Surgery2021
Emergency Medicine Consultant of the Year, Duke University Hospital2021
Appleseed Resident Teaching Award, Duke University School of Medicine2020
Biosciences Collaborative for Research Engagement Scholarship, Duke University2014
AMA Seed Grant, American Medical Association2012
Merck Index Award, Department of Chemistry, Cornell University2008
Robert W. Work Award, Department of Chemistry, Cornell University2007

Professional Membership and Service

AO Trauma, Member2026 - Present
Global Elbow Network, Member2026 - Present
American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH), Candidate Member2024 - Present
Duke University Medical Center, Member, Robert J Lefkowitz Society2019 - 2026

Other Service

Grant Reviewer, Plastic Surgery Research Council07/2025 - 06/2026
Social Chair, Duke Medical Scientist Training Program07/2015 - 06/2017