Fred A. Lopez, MD, FACP
Louisiana Chapter Governor

Date/Place Of Birth: Sept. 14, 1963, New Orleans, LA
Education: BA, Stanford University; MD Louisiana State Univ. School of Medicine-New Orleans
Post Doctoral Training: Intern, Resident, Chief Resident, Stanford Univ. Medical Center, Stanford, CA; Fellowship in Infectious Diseases, Stanford Univ. Medical Center, Stanford, CA
Certification: ABIM Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Present Position: Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Education, Department of Medicine, LSU-New Orleans; Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, LSU School of Medicine
ACP Activities: Fellowship 2002; LA ACP Council; Co-Chair, Associates Liaison Committee; Co-Chair, Louisiana-Mississippi Annual Scientific Meeting 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007; LA ACP Diversity Committee Member; Annual Session Faculty: Meet the Professor: Approach to the Adult Patient with Fever and Rash. April 24. 2004: Hurricane Katrina: Physicians' Perspectives. April 8, 2006, Member of Scientific Program Subcommittee: 2008 Annual Session; Contributing author to Internal Medicine Essentials for Clerkship Students, an ACP/CDUVI collaborative textbook
Hospital/Community Service: Volunteer Attending Physician, LSU Student-Run Homeless Clinic, Member of Medical Center of Louisiana-New Orleans Hospital Center Performance Improvement Committee, Member of Medicine Hospital Center Utilization Management Committee, Co-Chair of Search Committee for Medical Director of Medical Center of Louisiana-New Orleans
Other Appointments: Director, Student Curriculum-LSU Department of Medicine (including 3rd and 4th year Clerkships); LSU-NO School of Medicine Liaison for AAMC Careers in Medicine Program; Faculty Advisor: Edgar Hull Internal Medicine Interest Group; Secretary-Treasurer, Alpha Omega Alpha Chapter at LSU-New Orleans; Associate Director of Medicine (Hospital Center), Medical Center of Louisiana-New Orleans
Areas of Professional Interest/Expertise: Syndrome of fever and rash, Medical Education including Enhancement of Clinical Teaching, Scholarship, and Professionalism

Vision Statement
My professional goals at LSU-New Orleans focus on providing clinical care, teaching and advising medical students and trainees, and participating in scholarly activities that impact positively on the local medical environment, the very goals embodied by ACP. Consequently, I have consistently involved myself in the Louisiana Chapter, working to promote ACP throughout the state. Roles such as co-directing the Associates Committee (which draws participants from every training program in Louisiana), serving on the Diversity Committee and ACP Council, and co-chairing the four most recent Louisiana-Mississippi ACP scientific meetings have shown me that advancing ACP's goals will require the recruitment of more physicians. Attracting Louisiana trainees and physicians so that we can actively work together with ACP to promote internal medicine, health care quality agendas, professional development, and mentoring of our future leaders will allow us to most effectively address the challenges facing Internal Medicine today.

 

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