Dr. Peter Lopez MD

General Surgeon - San Antonio, TX

Dr. Peter Lopez specializes in general surgery in San Antonio, Texas. Details of Dr. Lopez's 22 years experience as an MD, his hospital affiliation and education at University of Illinois at Chicago are available on your free doctor report.

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Primary Location for Dr. Lopez

Dr. Peter Lopez
University Health System Pavilion
4647 Medical Dr
San Antonio, TX 78229

Board Certification, Specialty and Expertise

Dr. Peter Lopez identified specializing in General SurgeryGeneral Surgery
A surgeon manages a broad spectrum of surgical conditions affecting almost any area of the body. The surgeon established the diagnosis and provides the preoperative, operative, and postoperative care to surgical patients and is usually responsible for the comprehensive management of the trauma victim and the critically ill surgical patient. The surgeon uses a variety of diagnostic techniques, including endoscopy, for observing internal structures, and may use specialized instruments during operative procedures. A general surgeon is expected to be familiar with the salient features of other surgical specialties in order to recognize problems in those areas and to know when to refer a patient to another specialist..

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Hospital Affiliations

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Dr. Lopez is affiliated with 1 hospital:

Southwest Mental Health Center
8535 Tom Slick
San Antonio, TX

Education

Dr. Lopez attended medical school at University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and graduated in 1990 having 22 years experience.

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While there is no proven correlation between the quality of one's educational institution and the quality of one's professional competence, it is often an indicator. Medical schools have various levels of selectivity (some are harder to get into than others), and both the quality of their clinical training and level of research are measured. Additional medical training in both residency and fellowships and the facilities they are conducted at also provide a history of the doctors' level of training and experience.