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Office of Binational Border Health

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5353 Mission Center Rd., Suite 215, San Diego, CA 92108

Phone: (619) 688-0263 | Fax: (619) 688-0280

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Name​Title 
​Email
​April Fernandez, MAS
​Chief
april.fernandez@cdph.ca.gov
​Maria Celaya
​Assistant Division Chief
maria.celaya@cdph.ca.gov
​Prisci Quijada, MPH
​Program Coordinator
prisci.quijada@cdph.ca.gov
​Olivia Arizmendi, PhD, MPH
​Program Coordinator
​olivia.arizmendi@cdph.ca.gov
​Esmeralda Iniguez-Stevens, PhD, MPH
​Program Coordinator
einiguez@cdph.ca.gov
​Arnold Noriega, MPH
​Program Specialist
arnold.noriega@cdph.ca.gov
​Graciela Mendoza
​Program Specialist
graciela.mendoza@cdph.ca.gov
​Felipe Olalde
​Program Assistant
felipe.olalde@cdph.ca.gov
Theodore Efthemeou
BIDS Surveillance Officer
theodore.efthemeou@cdph.ca.gov
​Yadira Medrano, MD
​​Infectious Disease Coordinator
​yadira.medrano@cdph.ca.gov

​Other Programs Co-located at the Office of Binational Border Health

Name
​Title
​Email
​Program
​Anne Cass, MPH
Communicable Disease Manager
anne.cass@cdph.ca.gov
​Center for Infectious Diseases- Tuberculosis Branch
​Nestor Martinez, MPH, RD
​Project Officer
Nestor.martinez@cdph.ca.gov
​Nutrition Education Obesity Prevention Branch, Chronic Disease and Injury Control (Division)​
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