WILLIAMSON, WV. — WILLIAMSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NOW HAS A SECOND GENERAL SURGEON. DR. TONYA JOHNSON GREW UP ON A FARM IN SOUTHESTERN VIRGINIA AND GRADUATED COLLEGE WITH AN ACCOUNTING DEGREE. DR. JOHNSON DECIDED TO FURTHER HER EDUCATION AND GET A MASTER’S DEGREE IN ACCOUNTING. BY GETTING A MASTER’S DEGREE, SHE WAS ABLE TO TAKE BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, WHICH WAS WHAT SHE NEEDED TO APPLY TO MEDICAL SCHOOL. IN JOHNSON’S THIRD YEAR OF ROTATIONS SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH SURGERY. DR. JOHNSON IS A BOARD CERTIFIED GENERAL SURGEON AND IS NOW SEEING PATIENTS IN HER OFFICE AT WILLIAMSON MEDICAL SPECIALTIES GROUP LOCATED ON LOGAN STREET IN DOWNTOWN WILLIAMSON.