Albert A. Lopez
Albert A. Lopez, DO, FACP, FASPC is a graduate of George Washington University and Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine (now Nova Southeastern University). He completed his internship at University of New England’s St. Michael’s Medical Center and his residency at University of Pennsylvania’s The Graduate Hospital in 1995.
Dr. Lopez joined Glasgow Medical Associates after residency, developing their hospitalist group at Christiana Medical Center in Wilmington, Delaware. He later relocated to Jacksonville, Florida, joining Baptist-St. Vincent’s Medical System to develop Jacksonville’s first viable hospitalist program, serving as its initial medical director. He also led a seven-physician Internal Medicine office before establishing Lopez Internal Medicine Associates in 2002.
Dr. Lopez served as Chief of Medicine at St. Vincent’s Medical Center and contributed to multiple hospital committees. He also served on BCBS's pharmaceutical and therapeutics committee for over a decade.
He has been active in his community, serving on the Boy Scouts of North Florida council and Jacksonville Mayor’s Hispanic American advisory board. He was the medical director for the Federal Reserve, Jacksonville branch, and served as a team physician for several sports teams, including University of North Florida basketball and Jacksonville's Tomcats arena football team.
Currently, Dr. Lopez is the lead physician at Millennium Physician Group’s Roosevelt office. He has served on various advisory boards, including Health Impact and the Wellness Council of North Florida. He has been a national speaker on cardiovascular, liver, kidney diseases, diabetes, and lipids.
Dr. Lopez has been a Principal Investigator for multiple cardiovascular outcome studies, including trials for Lp(a) and cardiovascular risk reduction. He is a member of the National Lipid Association, American Society for Preventive Cardiology, American College of Physicians, AOA, and FOMA. He is adjunct clinical faculty for Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine and LMU DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Dr. Lopez has a passion for lipids, cardio-metabolic prevention, sports performance/medicine, hand-tool woodworking, painting, and orchids.
