Dr. Rosemarie Johnson Joins ICF
as New Cross-Border Health
Senior Advisor 
I am thrilled that ICF is taking the lead on bringing
border health to the attention of our whole
community; this will help all segments of our region
from business people to patients. I am excited to
assist as ICF's Senior Advisor on border health, and
contribute my knowledge and experience of San
Diego, border health, medicine, media, and our whole
community.
Many San Diegans do not think of our region as a
part of the border, defined as 100 km on each side
of the boundary, but if the US side were the 51st state
it would be the poorest in the nation, leading in the
incidence of TB, cervical cancer, neurological birth
defects, Diabetes complications, and many other
shocking conditions. The border is a gateway for
diseases that flow in both directions and to all parts
of both countries. So collaboration with colleagues
in Baja California on communication, joining forces
and sharing solutions is part of the strategy for
improvement.
ICF has undertaken the exciting challenge of
educating all segments of our region, convening
leaders to increase resources and solve the many
border health problems. Following a focus group of
experts in various health areas in July, ICF plans to
launch a media campaign on border health following
the release of its report entitled, “Shared Destiny”.
The leadership of ICF is a remarkable addition to
the border health agenda and the success of our
mission to increase the health and well being of the
border populations and our neighbors throughout
the US and Mexico.
| Dr. Rosemarie Marshall Johnson MD has been a practicing anesthesiologist at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla with twenty years of
leadership and advocacy experience in various medical organizations, including President of the San Diego County Medical Society
and the President of the California Society of Anesthesiologists. Active in Border Health issues at the national, state and local
levels for over twenty years, in 2000 Johnson was appointed by President Clinton and reappointed by President Bush to the
first US-Mexico Border Health Commission, where she is vice chair of the US Section and chair of its Executive Committee.
This Commission is dedicated to improving access to care, health information and disease prevention, and increasing resources
for the correction of the many serious health conditions found along our border. |
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