James C Johnston, MD. JD., is a Board-Certified Neurologist and Attorney with over thirty years of US and international experience. He is a Partner with Global Neurology Consultants. In addition, Dr. James C Johnston is the founder and director of Global NeuroCare, an NGO holding Special Consultative Status with the UN ECOSOC. Global Neurocare is dedicated to advancing neurological services in the least developed regions, and is actively involved in Ethiopia and other sub-Saharan African regions.
Dr. James C Johnston is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), and holds separate certification in Neurorehabilitation. One of the very few neurologists in the world qualified and licensed to practice both medicine and law, Dr. Johnston is a Fellow of the Australasian College of Legal Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Legal Medicine. He is a member of several other professional organizations and societies including the World Association for Medical Law (WAML), American Society of Neurorehabilitation, Texas and Washington State Bars, and the New Zealand Law Society.
Founded in 1948, the AAN is the largest organization of neuroscientists with 36,000 members worldwide, dedicated to promoting the highest quality patient centered care. Dr. Johnston and Ethiopian colleague Dr. Mehila Zebenigus regularly lecture on global health issues at the AAN, WAML, and UN. More recently, they addressed the impact of SARS-CoV-2 on global health, noting with concern that as staff, funding and supplies are directed towards the pandemic there is a risk of underfunding long-established health programs which may lead to a resurgence of infectious and noncommunicable diseases in the developing regions, along with increased maternal and childhood morbidity and mortality.
Drs. Johnston and Zebenigus raised these concerns at the recent United Nations high level segment meeting in July 2020 and proposed recommendations to avoid a setback in healthcare advances throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
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James C Johnston, MD. JD., is a Board-Certified Neurologist and Attorney with over thirty
years of US and international experience. He is a Partner with Global Neurology Consultants.
In addition, Dr. James C Johnston is the founder and director of Global NeuroCare, an NGO
holding Special Consultative Status with the UN ECOSOC. Global Neurocare is dedicated to
advancing neurological services in the least developed regions, and is actively involved in
Ethiopia and other sub-Saharan African regions.
3. Dr. James C Johnston is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), and holds separate
certification in Neurorehabilitation. One of the very few neurologists in the world qualified and
licensed to practice both medicine and law, Dr. Johnston is a Fellow of the Australasian College of
Legal Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Legal Medicine. He is a member of several
other professional organizations and societies including the World Association for Medical Law
(WAML), American Society of Neurorehabilitation, Texas and Washington State Bars, and the New
Zealand Law Society.
4. Founded in 1948, the AAN is the largest organization of neuroscientists with 36,000 members
worldwide, dedicated to promoting the highest quality patient centered care. Dr. Johnston and
Ethiopian colleague Dr. Mehila Zebenigus regularly lecture on global health issues at the AAN,
WAML, and UN. More recently, they addressed the impact of SARS-CoV-2 on global health,
noting with concern that as staff, funding and supplies are directed towards the pandemic
there is a risk of underfunding long-established health programs which may lead to a
resurgence of infectious and noncommunicable diseases in the developing regions, along with
increased maternal and childhood morbidity and mortality.
5. Drs. Johnston and Zebenigus raised these concerns at the recent United Nations high
level segment meeting in July 2020 and proposed recommendations to avoid a setback in
healthcare advances throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
