Dr. Juan Carlos Lozano is a Family Medicine physician passionate about bridging gaps in health care access and promoting health equity through enhancing health care for underrepresented and marginalized communities. After completion of his undergraduate studies at Cornell University, he attended medical school at Saint Louis University where he fostered partnerships between Latin migrant community groups and the school of medicine. In the same vein, he graduated from the Scripps Health Family Medicine residency in San Diego with a focus on border health at the US-MX border. Post-residency he has practiced full-spectrum family medicine (cradle to grave) at the Otay Family Health Center in Chula Vista near one of the US-MX ports of entry to further provide care for migrant and socioeconomically disadvantaged populations near the border. He is excited to further investigate the health care barriers that marginalized communities face and research/develop models of care and policy for addressing them.
Research Interests: Investigating the sequelae of oppressive systems affecting underrepresented communities' health outcomes and researching health disparities to impact health policy and local program development.