Toni Johnson, AGNP-C, OCN
Toni is a native of New Orleans, LA having relocated to Stone Mountain, GA in early 2021. As an undergraduate, she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Dillard University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the University of Holy Cross, both in New Orleans, LA. During her 7-year career as a registered nurse, she worked bedside in inpatient oncology and hospice and worked nearly 2 years in oncology clinical research. She is a 2020 graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham completing a Master of Science in Nursing with a concentration in Adult-Gerontology Primary Care. As a nurse practitioner, she has worked in primary care and has served as the provider at a local COVID-19 testing site. In January 2022, she joined the PCI family as she had a strong desire to return to oncology care. She is very excited to offer exceptional care to PCI patients.
Toni is married and has 2 stepchildren. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, volunteering with her church and sorority (Delta Sigma Theta), and spending time with family, friends and her beagador fur baby, Bentley.
About Me: Q&A
Why Oncology?
While in nursing school, I thought I wanted to do ICU, however my last semester of school I did a rotation in oncology and fell in love. My entire 7-year nursing career had been in the oncology field doing inpatient medical oncology and hospice, outpatient infusion and oncology clinical research. So naturally once finishing NP school, after gaining a little experience in primary care, I set my sights on outpatient oncology, and I just cannot see myself doing anything else. The patients are so appreciative of the care we give and as a devout Christian and spiritual person, I feel that I get to be a vessel of God's love and offer hope every day to my patients.
What is the best part of your job?
The best part of my job is seeing patients from diagnosis to remission. Seeing the joy in their and their family's faces when they complete treatment and get those scans showing no evidence of disease makes the hard times worth it.
What is it like to work with Drs. Tran, Lohiya and Mininberg?
Working with these docs make my job easier than it would be without them. I ask a lot of questions and they never make me feel bad about it. They love to teach me, and I soak up every bit of knowledge they are willing to share. I appreciate them and I'm pretty sure I entertain them with my antics.
If you could spend the day with anyone dead or alive (no relatives), who would it be and what would you do?
Absolutely with NO second thought it would be Jesus! Sounds cliché but I would literally just like to walk with Him and be in His presence.
