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Dr. James M. Lopes

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

James Lopes is a General Surgeon and a Bariatric Medicine provider in West Orange, New Jersey. Dr. Lopes is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Hernia Surgery. His top areas of expertise are Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Ogilvie Syndrome, Hernia Surgery, and Small Bowel Resection. Dr. Lopes is currently accepting new patients.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 1 peer reviewed article. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
Yeshiva University
Residency
Indiana University Medical Center
Specialties
Bariatric Medicine
General Surgery
Licenses
Surgery in NJ
Board Certifications
American Board Of Surgery
Fellowships
Shands Hospital at University of Florida
Hospital Affiliations
Overlook Medical Center
Languages Spoken
English
Spanish
Gender
Male

Insurance

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Accepted insurance plans:

Aetna
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Anthem BCBS
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Blue Shield of California
  • HMO
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • MEDICARE PDP
  • MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
  • OTHER COMMERCIAL
  • OTHER MEDICARE
  • OTHER MEDICARE PART D
  • PPO
Cambia Health Solutions
  • EPO
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • MEDICARE PDP
  • OTHER COMMERCIAL
  • OTHER MEDICARE
  • PPO
Capital Blue Cross
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • OTHER MEDICARE PART D
  • PPO
Cigna
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • PPO
Clover Health
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
EmblemHealth
  • HMO
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • MEDICARE PDP
  • OTHER COMMERCIAL
  • OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Health Care Services Corporation
  • HMO
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • MEDICARE PDP
  • MEDICARE SNP
  • OTHER COMMERCIAL
  • OTHER MEDICARE
  • OTHER MEDICARE PART D
  • PPO
Horizon Healthcare
  • EPO
  • POS
Humana
  • HMO
  • INDEMNITY
  • POS
  • PPO
Independent Health
  • EPO
  • POS
  • PPO
Managed Medicaid
  • OTHER MANAGED MEDICAID
Medicaid
  • OTHER MEDICAID
  • STATE MEDICAID
Medicare
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • MEDICARE PDP
  • MEDICARE SNP
  • MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
  • OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Meridian Choice
  • HMO
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • MEDICARE SNP
  • MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
  • OTHER COMMERCIAL
  • OTHER MEDICARE
  • OTHER MEDICARE PART D
MetLife
  • PPO
UnitedHealthcare
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Wellcare
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • MEDICARE PDP
  • MEDICARE SNP
  • MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
  • OTHER MEDICARE
  • OTHER MEDICARE PART D
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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.


1 Total Publications

Venous Thromboembolism in Necrotizing Pancreatitis: an Underappreciated Risk.
Venous Thromboembolism in Necrotizing Pancreatitis: an Underappreciated Risk.
Journal: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Published: November 15, 2018
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 (14.0 miles away)
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Areas of Expertise

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