Dr. Carmen Lopez

Dr. López-Arvizu is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and the director of Outpatient Psychiatric Services at Kennedy Krieger Institute at the Center for Developmental Behavioral Health. Dr. López-Arvizu is also an assistant professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, as well as a member of the faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. López-Arvizu received her medical degree from the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in 1995. She served as an intern in internal medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, a resident in psychiatry at the University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt Hospital, where she was chief resident where she got the Award for Clinical Excellence as a resident. She then completed her child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where she spent time at Kennedy Krieger Institute as part of her training to later stay on as faculty. As a clinician, Dr. López-Arvizu treats individuals with psychiatric illness in the context of Neurodevelopmental disorders where she has developed an expertise in psychopharmacological management of children with developmental disabilities and severe behavioral presentations by developing a collaboration with the other disciplines involved in their care. She has been recognized as a Top Doctor by Baltimore Magazine. She has also been recognized by her peers by being awarded the Arabella Leet Award in Clinical Excellence at Kennedy Krieger. As an educator, teaching physicians-in-training is a priority and a personal mission. Future child psychiatrists learn how to evaluate and treat the dually diagnosed child and the complex-care patients which are the Kennedy Krieger Institute specialty. Her clinical, education and program development effortsare always focused on improving the psychiatric diagnosis and treatment outcome of children and adolescents with complex and severe Neurodevelopmental disorders. Advocating for and improving services for families caring for a child, adolescent, or adult with neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders—through education directed at policymakers, the public (including schools and parents), and medical professionals—while addressing barriers to accessing systems of care by developing services not available in the community.

Dr. Lopez is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Autism Spectrum Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), and Tourette Syndrome.