Lenny Lopez, MD, MDiv, MPH

Professor & Chief

With an ultimate goal of reducing healthcare disparities in cardiovascular disease and diabetes, Dr. Lopez' research addresses issues relating to patient safety and language barriers, optimizing primary care clinical services for Latinos with cultural and linguistic barriers, and using health information technology to decrease disparities. A second line of research is investigating the epidemiology of acculturation among Latinos in the US and its impact on the prevalence and development of cardiovascular disease and Type II diabetes. This research will help inform how to better design clinical interventions for improving chronic disease management among Latinos.

Dr. Lopez's work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIDDK) and the Harold Amos Faculty Development Award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Past funders have included the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Aetna Foundation and the McKesson Foundation.

Currently, Dr. Lopez serves as the Chief of Hospital Medicine at the UCSF - San Francisco VA Medical Center. In addition, he is a faculty member in the UCSF Center for the Study of Adversity and Cardiovascular Diseases (NURTURE Center) (http://nurture-center-ucsf-cardiology.org). Dr. Lopez has been inducted as a Fellow of the American Heart Association and as a Senior Fellow of the Society of Hospital Medicine.

Dr. López also serves as Co-Editor-In-Chief at The Journal of General Internal Medicine which is the official journal of the Society of General Internal Medicine. It promotes improved patient care, research, and education in primary care, general internal medicine, and hospital medicine. Its articles focus on topics such as clinical medicine, epidemiology, prevention, health care delivery, curriculum development, and numerous other non-traditional themes, in addition to classic clinical research on problems in internal medicine. Read more at: https://www.springer.com/journal/11606

Education
General Medicine, 2008 - , Massachusetts General Hospital
Hospital Medicine, 2006 - , Brigham and Women's Hospital
MPH, 2005 - Public Health, Harvard University
Internal Medicine Residency, 2004 - , Brigham and Women's Hospital
M.D., 2001 - Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
MDiv, 1999 - Divinity, Harvard University
BA, 1994 - Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Publications

  1. López L, Conigliaro J, Elnicki DM. Our Values and a Hope for a Better Future - JGIM and the US Elections of 2024. Journal of general internal medicine 2024. PMID: 39117883


  2. Aswita Tan-McGrory, Amita Bey, John D. Cowden, Hans B. Kersten, Arie Nettles, W. Cody Reynolds, Valerie L. Ward, Lenny Lopez. Establishing a Health Equity Office: The Importance of Recentering Equity. Health equity 2024. PMID:


  3. Conigliaro J, Elnicki DM, López L. Medical Misinformation: A Call for Ethical Responsibility Among Doctors in the COVID Era. Journal of general internal medicine 2024. PMID: 38548936


  4. Elnicki DM, Conigliaro J, López L. JGIM and the International Nature of General Internal Medicine. Journal of general internal medicine 2024. PMID: 38467920


  5. Elnicki M, Lopez L, Conigliaro J. Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Journal of general internal medicine 2023. PMID: 37950106


  6. Conigliaro J, Michael Elnicki D, López L. A Privilege and an Honor. Journal of general internal medicine 2024. PMID: 37848763


  7. . Health Equity Advisory Team (HEAT) of the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network (LAN). Advancing Health Equity through APMs. Guidance for Health Care Entities Partnering with Community-Based Organizations. Available at: (https://hcp-lan.org/a Health Equity Advisory Team (HEAT) of the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network (LAN). Advancing Health Equity through APMs. Guidance for Health Care Entities Partnering with Community-Based Organizations. Available at: (https://hcp-lan.org/a 2023. PMID:


  8. Irving Ling, Ruth Enid Zambrana, Sandra Echeverria, Lenny López. Peer Support to Enhance Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Among African American and Latino Adults. Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America 2023. PMID:


  9. . Washington DL, Jackson L, Kasom DR, Canning M, Jordan SM, Sonnier ES, López L, Yuan A, Toyama JA, Steers WN. National Veteran Health Equity Report – Black or African American Veteran Chartbook. Focus on Veterans Health Administration Patient Experience 2023. PMID:


  10. . Advancing Health Equity through Alternative Payment Models. Guidance on Social Risk Adjustment. Produced by the Health Equity Advisory Team (HEAT) of the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network (LAN) 2023. Available at: http://hcp-lan.org/workprod Advancing Health Equity through Alternative Payment Models. Guidance on Social Risk Adjustment. Produced by the Health Equity Advisory Team (HEAT) of the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network (LAN) 2023. Available at: http://hcp-lan.org/workprod 2023. PMID:


  11. . Washington DL, Jackson L, Kasom DR, Canning M, Jeong S, López L, Yuan A, Toyama JA, Steers WN. National Veteran Health Equity Report – American Indian or Alaska Native Chartbook. Focus on Veterans Health Administration Patient Experience and Health Car 2022. PMID:


  12. . López L. Patient Experiences and Health Care Quality for Veterans in VHA by Race/Ethnicity. In: Washington DL (ed). National Veteran Health Equity Report 2021. Focus on Veterans Health Administration Patient Experience and Health Care Quality. Washington López L. Patient Experiences and Health Care Quality for Veterans in VHA by Race/Ethnicity. In: Washington DL (ed). National Veteran Health Equity Report 2021. Focus on Veterans Health Administration Patient Experience and Health Care Quality. Washington 2022. PMID:


  13. Moss-Vazquez T, Wray CM, Lopez L, Khare M, Keyhani S. Satisfaction and Cost-Related Access Barriers Among American Indian and Alaska Natives Adults by Insurance Type. Journal of general internal medicine 2022. PMID: 36253634


  14. López L, Steers WN, Toyama JA, Yuan A, Smith L, Kasom, DR, Jackson L, Canning M,
    Washington DL.. López L, Steers WN, Toyama JA, Yuan A, Smith L, Kasom, DR, Jackson L, Canning M,
    Washington DL. National Veteran Health Equity Report – Hispanic and Latino Veteran
    Chartbook. Focus on Veterans Health Administration Patient Experience and Health Care
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  15. Wray CM, Lopez L, Khare M, Keyhani S. Cost-Related Access Barriers, Medical Debt, and Dissatisfaction with Care Among Privately Insured Americans. Journal of general internal medicine 2022. PMID: 36167955


  16. . National Veteran Health Equity Report 2021 – Asian and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Veteran Chartbook. Focus on Veterans Health Administration Patient Experience and Health Care Quality. Washington DL, Yuan A, Toyama JA, Lopez L, Jeong S, 2022. PMID:


  17. Rodriguez F, Lee UJ, Barone N, Swett K, Lopez L, Cheng S, Daviglus ML, Hanna DB, Giacinto RAE, Arguelles W, Cai J, Talavera GA, Rodriguez CJ. Corrigendum to "Risk Factor Control Across the Spectrum of Cardiovascular Risk: Findings from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL)" [American Journal of Preventive Cardiology, Volume 5, March 2021, 100147]. 2022. PMID: 35399739


  18. Monik C Jimenez, Joanna Lopez, Sheila F Castaneda, Martha L Daviglus, Robert Kaplan, Lenny Lopez, krista perreira, Fatima Rodriguez, Sylvia W Wassertheil-smoller, Daniela Sotres-Alvarez, Mellanie Springer, Gregory A Talavera, Fernando Testai, Kathryn M Rexrode. Abstract 064: Prevalence Of Stroke Symptoms Among Hispanic/Latino Adults In The Hispanic Community Health Study/study Of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). Circulation 2022. PMID:


  19. Garg M, Kompala T, Hurley M, López L. Characterization of Internal Medicine Chief Resident Administrative, Educational, and Clinical Experiences. 2022. PMID: 35319760


  20. López L, Betancourt JB.. López L, Betancourt JB. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care 2022. PMID:


  21. Health Equity Advisory Team (HEAT) of the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network (LAN).. Advancing Health Equity through Alternative Payment Models. Guidance for Equity Centered Design and Implementation. Produced by the Health Equity Advisory Team (HEAT) of the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network (LAN). Available at: http://h 2022. PMID:


  22. Schneider EC, Chin MH, Graham GN, Lopez L, Obuobi S, Sequist TD, McGlynn EA. Increasing Equity While Improving the Quality of Care: JACC Focus Seminar 9/9. 2021. PMID: 34887146


  23. Joseph JJ, Ortiz R, Acharya T, Golden SH, López L, Deedwania P. Cardiovascular Impact of Race and Ethnicity in Patients With Diabetes and Obesity: JACC Focus Seminar 2/9. 2021. PMID: 34886969


  24. Wray CM, Tang J, López L, Hoggatt K, Keyhani S. Association of Social Determinants of Health and Their Cumulative Impact on Hospitalization Among a National Sample of Community-Dwelling US Adults. Journal of general internal medicine 2021. PMID: 34355346


  25. Jonathan M Oxman, Lenny Lopez, Fatima Rodriguez, Linda Gallo, Barry E Hurwitz, Krista Perreira, Martha L Daviglus, Mayank M Kansal, Franklyn Gonzalez, Pamela L Lutsey, Carlos J Rodriguez. Abstract 001: Perceived Discrimination Is Associated With Abnormal Left Ventricular Structure And Function: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study Of Latinos: ECHO-SOL Ancillary Study. Circulation 2021. PMID:


  26. Keyhani S, Kelly JD, Bent S, Boscardin WJ, Shlipak MG, Leonard S, Abraham A, Lum E, Lau N, Austin C, Oldenburg CE, Zillich A, Lopez L, Zhang Y, Lietman T, Bravata DM. A telehealth-based randomized controlled trial: A model for outpatient trials of off-label medications during the COVID-19 pandemic. Clinical trials (London, England) 2021. PMID: 34011199


  27. Valencia A, Zuma BZ, Spencer-Bonilla G, López L, Scheinker D, Rodriguez F.. The Hispanic Paradox in County-Level Obesity Prevalence Obes Sci Pract. 2020. PMID:


  28. Rodriguez F, Lee UJ, Barone N, Swett K, Lopez L, Cheng S, Daviglus ML, Hanna DB, Espinoza Giacinto RA, Arguelles W, Cai J, Talavera GA, Rodriguez CJ. Risk factor control across the spectrum of cardiovascular risk: Findings from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). American journal of preventive cardiology 2021. PMID: 34327490


  29. López L, Swett K, Rodriguez F, Kizer JR, Penedo F, Gallo L, Allison M, Arguelles W, Gonzalez F, Kaplan RC, Rodriguez CJ. Association of acculturation with cardiac structure and function among Hispanics/Latinos: a cross-sectional analysis of the echocardiographic study of Latinos. BMJ open 2019. PMID: 31784430


  30. Rosenwohl-Mack S, Rubinsky A, Karliner L, López L, Peralta CA. Association of Patient Language with Guideline-Concordant Care for Individuals with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in Primary Care. Journal of general internal medicine 2019. PMID: 31452037


  31. Wray CM, Vali M, Walter LC, Lopez L, Austin PC, Byers A, Keyhani S. Examining the Utility of 30-day Readmission Rates and Hospital Profiling in the Veterans Health Administration. Journal of hospital medicine 2019. PMID: 30794141


  32. Wray CM, Lopez L, Keyhani S. "Comparing VA and Non-VA Care Quality". Journal of general internal medicine 2018. PMID: 30543019


  33. Salmoirago-Blotcher E, Hovey KM, Andrews CA, Allison M, Brunner RL, Denburg NL, Eaton C, Garcia L, Sealy-Jefferson SM, Zaslavsky O, Kang J, López L, Post SG, Tindle H, Wassertheil-Smoller S. Psychological Traits, Heart Rate Variability, and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Healthy Aging Women-The Women's Health Initiative. Psychosomatic medicine 2019. PMID: 30688770


  34. Monik C Jimenez, Lenny Lopez, Kathryn M Rexrode. Abstract P134: Greater Burden of Cardiovascular Disease Among Incarcerated Women of Color Compared to Whites. Circulation 2019. PMID:


  35. Lopez L, Perkins B, McKinney MM, Cahill S. Development of a Community-Engagement Regional Equity Consortium to Address Cardiovascular Disease Disparities in Diverse Communities: The Northeast Health Equity Consortium (NHEC). Circulation Development of a Community-Engagement Regional Equity Consortium to Address Cardiovascular Disease Disparities in Diverse Communities: The Northeast Health Equity Consortium (NHEC). Circulation. 2019. PMID:


  36. Whitley JC, Peralta CA, Haan M, Aiello AE, Lee, A, Ward J, Zeki Al-Hassouri A, Neuhaus J, Moyce S, López L.. Association of Latino transgenerational educational attainment with blood pressure, blood glucose and waist circumference Obesity Science & Practice. 2018. PMID:


  37. Jiménez MC, Tucker KL, Rodriguez F, Porneala BC, Meigs JB, López L. Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate Among Latinos in the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study. Journal of the Endocrine Society 2018. PMID: 30623167


  38. Echeverría SE, Divney A, Rodriguez F, Sterling M, Vasquez E, Murillo R, Lopez L. Nativity and Occupational Determinants of Physical Activity Participation Among Latinos. American journal of preventive medicine 2018. PMID: 30442464


  39. Vardan Papoian, Amresh D. Hanchate, Meng-Yun Lin, Nancy R. Kressin, Michael K. Paasche-Orlow, Steven D. Abramowitz, Eun Ji Kim, Souvik Banerjee, Lenny Lopez, Jennifer E. Rosen. Near-National Estimates of Disparities in Outcomes from Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Between Hispanics and Other Race/Ethnic Groups. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2018. PMID:


  40. Vardan Papoian, Jennifer E. Rosen, Meng-Yun Lin, Nancy R. Kressin, Michael K. Paasche-Orlow, Steven D. Abramowitz, Eun Ji Kim, Souvik Banerjee, Lenny Lopez, Amresh D. Hanchate. Near-National Estimates of Disparities in Outcomes from Carotid Endarterectomy between Hispanics and Other Race/Ethnic Groups. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2018. PMID:


  41. Lin MY, Kressin NR, Paasche-Orlow MK, Kim EJ, López L, Rosen JE, Hanchate AD. Is 30-Day Posthospitalization Mortality Lower Among Racial/Ethnic Minorities?: A Reexamination. Medical care 2018. PMID: 29877955


  42. Kim EJ, Kressin NR, Paasche-Orlow MK, Lopez L, Rosen JE, Lin M, Hanchate AD. Racial/ethnic disparities among Asian Americans in inpatient acute myocardial infarction mortality in the United States. BMC health services research 2018. PMID: 29769083


  43. Tan-McGrory A, Bennett-AbuAyyash C, Gee S, Dabney K, Cowden JD, Williams L, Rafton S, Nettles A, Pagura S, Holmes L, Goleman J, Caldwell L, Page J, Oceanic P, McMullen EJ, Lopera A, Beiter S, López L. A patient and family data domain collection framework for identifying disparities in pediatrics: results from the pediatric health equity collaborative. BMC pediatrics 2018. PMID: 29385988


  44. Rodriguez F, Hu J, Kershaw K, Hastings KG, López L, Cullen MR, Harrington RA, Palaniappan LP.. County-Level Hispanic Ethnic Density and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality J Am Heart Assoc. 2018. PMID:


  45. Rodriguez F, Hastings KG, Hu J, Lopez L, Cullen M, Harrington RA, Palaniappan LP. Nativity Status and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Among Hispanic Adults. Journal of the American Heart Association 2017. PMID: 29237590


  46. Betancourt JR, Tan-McGrory A, Kenst KS, Phan TH, Lopez L. Organizational Change Management For Health Equity: Perspectives From The Disparities Leadership Program. Health affairs (Project Hope) 2017. PMID: 28583969


  47. Brintz CE, Birnbaum-Weitzman O, Llabre MM, Castañeda SF, Daviglus ML, Gallo LC, Giachello AL, Kim RS, Lopez L, Teng Y, Penedo FJ. Spiritual well-being, religious activity, and the metabolic syndrome: results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Sociocultural Ancillary Study. Journal of behavioral medicine 2017. PMID: 28508383


  48. Horner GN, Agboola S, Jethwani K, Tan-McGrory A, Lopez L. Designing Patient-Centered Text Messaging Interventions for Increasing Physical Activity Among Participants With Type 2 Diabetes: Qualitative Results From the Text to Move Intervention. JMIR mHealth and uHealth 2017. PMID: 28438728


  49. Feng C, Paasche-Orlow MK, Kressin NR, Rosen JE, López L, Kim EJ, Lin MY, Hanchate AD. Disparities in Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations: Near-National Estimates for Hispanics. Health services research 2017. PMID: 28378322


  50. Rodriguez F, Hastings KG, Boothroyd DB, Echeverria S, Lopez L, Cullen M, Harrington RA, Palaniappan LP. Disaggregation of Cause-Specific Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Among Hispanic Subgroups. JAMA cardiology 2017. PMID: 28114655


  51. López L, Grant RW, Marceau L, Piccolo R, McKinlay JB, Meigs JB. Association of Acculturation and Health Literacy with Prevalent Dysglycemia and Diabetes Control Among Latinos in the Boston Area Community Health (BACH) Survey. Journal of immigrant and minority health 2016. PMID: 26898955


  52. Agboola S, Jethwani K, Lopez L, Searl M, O'Keefe S, Kvedar J. Text to Move: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Text-Messaging Program to Improve Physical Activity Behaviors in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Journal of medical Internet research 2016. PMID: 27864165


  53. Zambrana RE, López L, Dinwiddie GY, Ray RM, Eaton CB, Phillips LS, Wassertheil-Smoller S. Association of Baseline Depressive Symptoms with Prevalent and Incident Pre-Hypertension and Hypertension in Postmenopausal Hispanic Women: Results from the Women's Health Initiative. PloS one 2016. PMID: 27124184


  54. López, L. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Hospital Care. Sylvia McKean, ed. The Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine. Second edition. American College of Physicians and McGraw-Hill Publishers Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Hospital Care. Sylvia McKean, ed. The Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine. Second edition. American College of Physicians and McGraw-Hill Publishers 2016. PMID:


  55. Dinwiddie GY, Zambrana RE, Doamekpor LA, Lopez L. The Impact of Educational Attainment on Observed Race/Ethnic Disparities in Inflammatory Risk in the 2001-2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. International journal of environmental research and public health 2015. PMID: 26703686


  56. López L, Tan-McGrory A, Horner G, Betancourt JR. Eliminating disparities among Latinos with type 2 diabetes: Effective eHealth strategies. Journal of diabetes and its complications 2015. PMID: 26774790


  57. Torres CG, Renfrew M, Kenst K, Tan-McGrory A, Betancourt JR, López L. Improving transgender health by building safe clinical environments that promote existing resilience: Results from a qualitative analysis of providers. BMC pediatrics 2015. PMID: 26577820


  58. López L. Use of Interpreters by Physicians. Journal of general internal medicine 2015. PMID: 26224153


  59. Rodriguez F, Foody JM, Wang Y, López L. Young Hispanic Women Experience Higher In-Hospital Mortality Following an Acute Myocardial Infarction. Journal of the American Heart Association 2015. PMID: 26353998


  60. Lenny Lopez, Katrina Sweet, Fátima Rodríguez, Jorge R Kizer, Frank J Penedo, Linda C Gallo, Matthew A Allison, William Arguelles, Franklyn Gonzalez, Robert Kaplan, Carlos Rodríguez. Abstract 31: Impact of Acculturation on Cardiac Structure and Function Among Latinos in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL): The ECHO-SOL Ancillary Study. Circulation 2015. PMID:


  61. El-Jawahri A, Mitchell SL, Paasche-Orlow MK, Temel JS, Jackson VA, Rutledge RR, Parikh M, Davis AD, Gillick MR, Barry MJ, Lopez L, Walker-Corkery ES, Chang Y, Finn K, Coley C, Volandes AE. A Randomized Controlled Trial of a CPR and Intubation Video Decision Support Tool for Hospitalized Patients. Journal of general internal medicine 2015. PMID: 25691237


  62. López L, Rodriguez F, Huerta D, Soukup J, Hicks L. Use of interpreters by physicians for hospitalized limited English proficient patients and its impact on patient outcomes. Journal of general internal medicine 2015. PMID: 25666220


  63. López L, Cook N, Hicks L. Improved quality of care for cardiovascular disease for Latinos seen in high proportion Latino vs low proportion Latino clinics. Ethnicity & disease 2015. PMID: 25812245


  64. Hernandez RA, Hevelone ND, Lopez L, Finlayson SR, Chittenden E, Cooper Z. Racial variation in the use of life-sustaining treatments among patients who die after major elective surgery. American journal of surgery 2014. PMID: 25465749


  65. López L, Golden SH. A new era in understanding diabetes disparities among U.S. Latinos--all are not equal. Diabetes care 2014. PMID: 25061137


  66. López L, Peralta CA, Lee A, Zeki Al Hazzouri A, Haan MN. Impact of acculturation on cardiovascular risk factors among elderly Mexican Americans. Annals of epidemiology 2014. PMID: 25172232


  67. Meigs JB, Grant RW, Piccolo R, López L, Florez JC, Porneala B, Marceau L, McKinlay JB. Association of African genetic ancestry with fasting glucose and HbA1c levels in non-diabetic individuals: the Boston Area Community Health (BACH) Prediabetes Study. Diabetologia 2014. PMID: 24942103


  68. Percac-Lima S, López L, Ashburner JM, Green AR, Atlas SJ. The longitudinal impact of patient navigation on equity in colorectal cancer screening in a large primary care network. Cancer 2014. PMID: 24691564


  69. Lenny Lopez, Ruth E Zambrana, Gniesha Y Dinwiddie, Roberta M Ray, Sylvia Wassertheil- Smoller. Abstract 51: Baseline Depressive Symptoms are Associated with Incident Hypertension in Postmenopausal Hispanic Women: Results from the Women’s Health Initiative. Circulation 2014. PMID:


  70. Fatima Rodriguez, James B Meigs, Bianca C Porneala, Lenny Lopez. Abstract P159: The Impact of Acculturation on Ideal Cardiovascular Health Metrics Among Hispanic Adults: Results from the National and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2010. Circulation 2014. PMID:


  71. Lenny Lopez, Fatima Rodriguez, James B Meigs, Jeffrey M Ashburner. Abstract P160: Conflicting Associations of Acculturation and Cardiovascular Risk in Hispanics in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2010: What Are We Measuring?. Circulation 2014. PMID:


  72. Monik C Jimenez, Kathrine Tucker, Fatima Rodriguez, James B Meigs, Lenny Lopez. Abstract P355: Variable associations of dehydroepiandrosterone with cardiovascular risk factors in the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study. 2014. PMID:


  73. Wasserman M, Renfrew MR, Green AR, Lopez L, Tan-McGrory A, Brach C, Betancourt JR. Identifying and preventing medical errors in patients with limited English proficiency: key findings and tools for the field. Journal for healthcare quality : official publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality 2014. PMID: 24629098


  74. López L. Capsule commentary on Paradies et al., 'a systematic review of the extent and measurement of healthcare provider racism'. Journal of general internal medicine 2014. PMID: 24065380


  75. Zambrana RE, López L, Dinwiddie GY, Ray RM, Phillips LS, Trevisan M, Wassertheil-Smoller S. Prevalence and incident prehypertension and hypertension in postmenopausal Hispanic women: results from the Women's Health Initiative. American journal of hypertension 2014. PMID: 24480867


  76. Weissman JS, López L, Schneider EC, Epstein AM, Lipsitz S, Weingart SN. The association of hospital quality ratings with adverse events. International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care 2014. PMID: 24481052


  77. Stephen Agboola, Lenny Lopez, Sandra O’Keefe, Joseph Kvedar, Kamal Jethwani. TEXT TO MOVE – Randomized Controlled Trial of Personalized Text Messaging to Improve Physical Activity in a Diverse Patient Population with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Journal of Mobile Technology in Medicine 2013. PMID:


  78. Rodriguez F, Hong C, Chang Y, Oertel LB, Singer DE, Green AR, López L. Limited English proficient patients and time spent in therapeutic range in a warfarin anticoagulation clinic. Journal of the American Heart Association 2013. PMID: 23832325


  79. Zeki Al Hazzouri A, Haan MN, Neuhaus JM, Pletcher M, Peralta CA, López L, Pérez Stable EJ. Cardiovascular risk score, cognitive decline, and dementia in older Mexican Americans: the role of sex and education. Journal of the American Heart Association 2013. PMID: 23608609


  80. Lenny Lopez, Bianca Porneala, James A deLemos, Colby R Ayers, Michelle A Albert. Abstract P237: Perceived Discrimination and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in the Dallas Heart Study. Circulation 2013. PMID:


  81. Lenny Lopez, Eric G. Campbell. Healthcare Disparities at the Crossroads With Healthcare Reform. JAMA 2012. PMID:


  82. Peralta CA, Lee A, Odden MC, Lopez L, Zeki Al Hazzouri A, Neuhaus J, Haan MN. Association between chronic kidney disease detected using creatinine and cystatin C and death and cardiovascular events in elderly Mexican Americans: the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2012. PMID: 23252993


  83. Volandes AE, Paasche-Orlow MK, Mitchell SL, El-Jawahri A, Davis AD, Barry MJ, Hartshorn KL, Jackson VA, Gillick MR, Walker-Corkery ES, Chang Y, López L, Kemeny M, Bulone L, Mann E, Misra S, Peachey M, Abbo ED, Eichler AF, Epstein AS, Noy A, Levin TT, Temel JS. Randomized controlled trial of a video decision support tool for cardiopulmonary resuscitation decision making in advanced cancer. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2012. PMID: 23233708


  84. López L, DesRoches CM, Vogeli C, Grant RW, Iezzoni LI, Campbell EG. Characteristics of primary care safety-net providers and their quality improvement attitudes and activities: results of a national survey of physician professionalism. American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality 2012. PMID: 23064095


  85. Rodriguez F, Hicks LS, López L. Association of acculturation and country of origin with self-reported hypertension and diabetes in a heterogeneous Hispanic population. BMC public health 2012. PMID: 22966844


  86. López L, Jha AK. Outcomes for whites and blacks at hospitals that disproportionately care for black Medicare beneficiaries. Health services research 2012. PMID: 22816447


  87. Angelo E. Volandes, Michael Paasche-Orlow, Areej El-Jawahri, Susan L. Mitchell, Margaret Kemeny, Kevan L. Hartshorn, Vicki A. Jackson, Michael J Barry, Aretha Delight Davis, Lenny Lopez, Elizabeth Walker-Corkery, Yuchiao Chang, Andrew S. Epstein, Linda Bulone, Sumathi Misra, Matt Peachey, Ariela Noy, Tomer Levin, April F. Eichler, Jennifer S. Temel. A video decision support tool for CPR in advanced cancer: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2012. PMID:


  88. Lenny Lopez, Carmen A Peralta, Mary N Haan, Anne Lee, Allison Aiello. Abstract 047: Impact of Acculturation on Framingham Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Elderly Mexican Americans. Circulation 2012. PMID:


  89. Lenny Lopez, Carmen A Peralta, Anne Lee, Allison Aiello, Mary N Haan. Abstract P148: C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and the Prediction of Cardiovascular Death Among Mexican-Americans. Circulation 2012. PMID:


  90. Rodriguez F, López L.. Caring for Limited English Proficiency Patients in the Emergency Department. Emergency Medicine: New Research. Hauppauge, NY. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. 2012. Available at: https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=36314 Caring for Limited English Proficiency Patients in the Emergency Department. Emergency Medicine: New Research. Hauppauge, NY. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. 2012. Available at: https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=36314 2012. PMID:


  91. López L, Grant RW. Closing the gap: eliminating health care disparities among Latinos with diabetes using health information technology tools and patient navigators. Journal of diabetes science and technology 2012. PMID: 22401336


  92. Betancourt JR, Renfrew MR, Green AR, López L, Wasserman M.. Improving Patient Safety Systems for Patients with Limited English Proficiency: A Guide for Hospitals. (Prepared by the Disparities Solutions Center, Mongan Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital and Abt Associates, Cambridge, MA, Improving Patient Safety Systems for Patients with Limited English Proficiency: A Guide for Hospitals. (Prepared by the Disparities Solutions Center, Mongan Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital and Abt Associates, Cambridge, MA, 2012. PMID:


  93. López L, Campbell EG.. JAMA Review of: Richard Allen Williams. Healthcare Disparities at the Cross roads with Healthcare Reform. 2012. PMID:


  94. Rodriguez F, Peralta CA, Green AR, López L. Comparison of C-reactive protein levels in less versus more acculturated Hispanic adults in the United States (from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2008). The American journal of cardiology 2011. PMID: 22169128


  95. López L, Green AR, Tan-McGrory A, King R, Betancourt JR. Bridging the digital divide in health care: the role of health information technology in addressing racial and ethnic disparities. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2011. PMID: 22013816


  96. Rodriguez F, Joynt KE, López L, Saldaña F, Jha AK. Readmission rates for Hispanic Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure and acute myocardial infarction. American heart journal 2011. PMID: 21835285


  97. López L, Clark CR, Hicks L.. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Hospital Care. Sylvia McKean, ed. The Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine. American College of Physicians and McGraw-Hill Publishers Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Hospital Care. Sylvia McKean, ed. The Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine. American College of Physicians and McGraw-Hill Publishers. 2011. PMID:


  98. Weinick RM, Elliott MN, Volandes AE, Lopez L, Burkhart Q, Schlesinger M. Using standardized encounters to understand reported racial/ethnic disparities in patient experiences with care. Health services research 2010. PMID: 21143475


  99. Ly DP, Lopez L, Isaac T, Jha AK. How do black-serving hospitals perform on patient safety indicators? Implications for national public reporting and pay-for-performance. Medical care 2010. PMID: 21063225


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  104. Lopez L, Katz JT. Perspective: creating an ethical workplace: reverberations of resident work hours reform. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2009. PMID: 19240437


  105. López L and Dyck AJ. Educating physicians for moral excellence in the twenty-first century Journal of Religious Ethics 2009. PMID:


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