Joao A. Lopes
Experienced in Peritonitis

Dr. Joao A. Lopes

Bariatric Medicine | General Surgery
Atlantic Health
Summit Health
375 Mt Pleasant Avenue, Suite 206, 
West Orange, NJ 
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Experienced in Peritonitis
Atlantic Health
Summit Health
375 Mt Pleasant Avenue, Suite 206, 
West Orange, NJ 
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Overview

Joao Lopes is a General Surgeon and a Bariatric Medicine provider in West Orange, New Jersey. Dr. Lopes is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Peritonitis. His top areas of expertise are Familial Colorectal Cancer, Retroperitoneal Inflammation, Ogilvie Syndrome, Hernia Surgery, and Colostomy. Dr. Lopes is currently accepting new patients.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 3 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
Yale University
Residency
Indiana University School of Medicine
Specialties
Bariatric Medicine
General Surgery
Licenses
Surgery in NJ
Board Certifications
American Board Of Surgery
Fellowships
Yale New Haven Hospital
Hospital Affiliations
Overlook Medical Center
Languages Spoken
English
Portuguese
Spanish
Gender
Male

Insurance

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Capital Blue Cross
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CareFirst
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Cigna
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Clover Health
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Locations

Summit Health
375 Mt Pleasant Avenue, Suite 206, West Orange, NJ 07052
Call: 908-277-8950
Other Locations
Summit Health
1 Diamond Hill Road, Floor 4, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
Call: 908-277-8950
Overlook Medical Center
99 Beauvoir Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901
Call: 908-522-5794

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Lopes has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Gastric Bypass
Obesity

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


3 Total Publications

A fast SALLE GC-MS/MS multi-analyte method for the determination of 75 food packaging substances in food simulants.
A fast SALLE GC-MS/MS multi-analyte method for the determination of 75 food packaging substances in food simulants.
Journal: Food chemistry
Published: March 03, 2021
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