Ann Elizabeth Johnson studied medicine at London University and graduated MB, BS in 1965. She passed the fellowship of the college in 1960. In 1965 she obtained the diploma in medical radiology technology from University College Hospital Medical School and, ten years later, became a fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists. She was an honorary consultant surgical oncologist at the Breast Study Centre, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood and a member of a research sub-committee of the UK Breast Cancer Coalition. She was also a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. She died on 1 January 2018 aged 94.