Jared Johnson

Jared Johnson

Jared Johnson

Chief Marketing Officer
Praia Health

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Jared is Chief Marketing Officer at Praia Health, the latest in his 20-year career of progressive marketing leadership roles and consulting experience from startups to the Fortune 500. Prior to joining Praia, he served as a senior digital strategist for some of the top healthcare, MedTech and medical device brands in the country, including St. Jude Medical, W. L. Gore, and Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Jared is a rapping keynote speaker, host of the award-winning Healthcare Rap Podcast, winner of the Medigy HITMC 2021 Marketer of the Year Award, and author of two books, Marketing Forward and Connect the Docs.

Jared has contributed his expertise to the articles listed below.

Case Study: Live Streaming of Surgery on Periscope Raises Awareness

It took an Olympic swimmer, Rio bronze medalist Cody Miller, to raise public awareness of pectus excavatum: a chest wall deformity characterized by a caved-in appearance. The condition can cause compression of the heart and lungs. Pectus excavatum can be corrected through a surgical procedure known as the Nuss procedure. Jackie Hurley is Surgical Coordinator for Read More