Dr. Regina I. McInerney-Lopez, DO

Media Releases

Get to know Pediatrician Dr. Regina I. McInerney-Lopez, who serves patients in New York.

Dr. McInerney-Lopez is a caring and compassionate pediatrician in Suffolk County. She enjoys taking care of patients from newborn until 21 years of life.

Practicing within CareMount Medical – Optum (ProHEALTH Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine), she offers her services at the offices in Holbrook, Port Jefferson, Shirley, and Wading River, New York.

Prior to her current role, which she has held for over six years, she worked at Advantage Care Physicians for nearly a decade. 

Graduating with her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2002. Dr. McInernery-Lopez went on to further her training. She completed her residency in pediatrics at Long Island Children’s Hospital in 2005, where she was named Resident of the Year.

Successful in her field, the doctor is board-certified in pediatrics by the American Osteopathic Board of Pediatrics (AOBP). The AOBP is one of the eighteen approved specialty boards of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).

Since 2005, Dr. McInerney-Lopez has been serving as a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Pediatrics is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends individuals be under pediatric care up to the age of 21. Pediatricians provide medical care to people ranging in age from newborns to young adults. They are trained to examine, diagnose, and treat children with a wide variety of injuries and illnesses through all of their developmental stages, as they grow and mature.

A proud mom of three children, Dr. McInerney-Lopez feels that her experiences with her own children help her to be a better pediatrician. Outside of the office, she is a Cub Scout leader and enjoys spending time with her husband and children.

Recommended Articles

• An Appendectomy for Appendicitis

  Appendicitis is the inflammation of the appendix, a tube-like extension attached to the large intestine. The appendix has no known function, but one thing for certain is that one can live without it with no apparent consequences.Appendicitis is a life and death kind of matter and should be treated...

• What Is an Orchiopexy Surgery?

  Orchiopexy is a surgical procedure that corrects the position of undescended testicles inside the scrotum. Orchiopexy is performed to male children to correct cryptorchidism, a medical term used for any undescended testicles. Orchiopexy can also be performed to male adults or adolescents, which may...

• What Is Jaundice: Get the Facts

  Jaundice is the yellowish color that often appears on the skin of newborns. This condition develops when bilirubin builds up in the baby’s blood. While pregnant, the mother’s liver gets rid of the infant’s bilirubin; however, after birth, the child’s liver eliminates the bilirubin on its...

• What to Do If a Child Has a Febrile Seizure?

  Febrile SeizureA febrile seizure usually occurs when your child has a fever or high body temperature. It can also happen without brain inflammation or certain metabolic disorders. Even though febrile seizures occur with fever, you may not notice an increase in your child’s body temperature until...

• What Is Neonatal Lupus?

  Neonatal lupus is a not so common autoimmune disease. It is not true lupus as all the symptoms will completely disappear after 6 months of age. Neonatal lupus is also known by several other terms. The condition is also called as:...

• Tdap Vaccine for Whooping Cough

  The Tdap vaccine protects the body from three diseases: tetanus, diphtheria, and whooping cough....