Kathryn is a pediatric nurse practitioner within the
Division of Neurosurgery at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, part of the
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Brain Institute. She completed her first bachelor's degree in business management at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. After working in the business sector for a few years, she then went on to complete an accelerated bachelor’s degree in nursing at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. Ms. Johnston then pursued a master’s degree in nursing at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University in Michigan. Her clinical interests include pediatric neurosurgery and pediatric critical care.