Professional Purpose.
-To develop the essential skills, competencies, knowledge base, and expertise required to serve patients with compassion and integrity
-To promote cultural sensitivity with particular emphasis on serving the un/underinsured, immigrants, those suffering substance abuse and addiction, refugees, those suffering the condition of homelessness and poverty, and marginalized populations
-To advocate for critical and skeptical thinking
-To help break the stigma associated with mental and behavioral health
-To self-identify professional weaknesses and deficiencies, and work tirelessly to repair them
-To embrace constructive criticism
-To embrace life-long learning
-To seek truth and justice in all things
-To learn from and collaborate with like-minded colleagues
-To advocate for health care as a human right
-To create art, film, journalism, and conversation that stand for progress and humanism
-To promote cultural sensitivity with particular emphasis on serving the un/underinsured, immigrants, those suffering substance abuse and addiction, refugees, those suffering the condition of homelessness and poverty, and marginalized populations
-To advocate for critical and skeptical thinking
-To help break the stigma associated with mental and behavioral health
-To self-identify professional weaknesses and deficiencies, and work tirelessly to repair them
-To embrace constructive criticism
-To embrace life-long learning
-To seek truth and justice in all things
-To learn from and collaborate with like-minded colleagues
-To advocate for health care as a human right
-To create art, film, journalism, and conversation that stand for progress and humanism
Dr. Leo Lopez III awarded 2017 National Hispanic Resident of the Year
Read more about the award as reported by Mega Doctor News - here
"Texas UnMedicaided" - Directed by Leo Lopez III, MD
Dr. Lopez directed "Texas UnMedicaided", a documentary film examining Texas' decision not to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. The film is currently touring through universities and physician advocacy groups in Texas.
Leo Lopez III, M.D. TEDx San Antonio 2014 - The New Drug Trade
Have you ever crossed the border into Mexico for medical, pharmaceutical, or dental care? How does the War on Drugs and access to care affect United States Citizens along the south Texas Border? Watch this TEDx Talk by Dr. Lopez to learn about The New Drug Trade.
Leo Lopez III, MD TEDxTAMU 2016 - "Image of the Enemy"
Dr. Lopez discusses his documentary film work shot in Israel - Palestine. This talk describes the idea of perception amongst groups in conflict and asks the audience to reflect on the structures used to create an enemy.
Publications
1. On the Texas–Mexico border, a new drug trade emerges
Lopez, Leo
The Lancet , Volume 382 , Issue 9894 , 756 - 757
2. Behind the Border
Lopez, Leo
The New Physician, March-April 2015, 23-27
Lopez, Leo
The Lancet , Volume 382 , Issue 9894 , 756 - 757
2. Behind the Border
Lopez, Leo
The New Physician, March-April 2015, 23-27