Orlando Lopez-Roman, Gastroenterologist
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Orlando Lopez-Roman

Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology

800 Peakwood Drive Suite 2E Houston Texas, 77090

About

Orlando Lopez-Roman, MD, works at North Houston Specialty Physicians in Houston, Texas.  He specializes in gastrointestinal health, including screening for colon cancer, acid reflux, anemia, GI bleeding, abdominal pain, and liver diseases.  Dr. Lopez-Roman provides various endoscopic procedures for his patients in addition to testing for h.pylori bacteria, celiac screening and other necessary labs and imaging in order to help diagnose disease.  He has worked in the Veterans Hospital in Puerto Rico as well, and was awarded in 2011 for his excellence in clinical research on H pylori that he conducted while there. He also has completed specialty training in Clinical Nutrition and Small bowel disease at the University of Chicago.

Education and Training

Unviersity of Texas Southwestern Medical School - MD

Board Certification

American Board of Internal Medicine- Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology

Provider Details

Male Spanish 21 years of experience

Awards

  • Juan Tomasini Clinical Research Award, Puerto Rican Gastroenterology Association - 2011   

Fellowships

  • Veterans Affairs Caribbean Healthcare System

Professional Society Memberships

  • American College of Gastroenterology, American Gastroenterological Association, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Articles and Publications

  • A Case Report Published in the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Journal. Oral presentation at DDW on H pylori research

What do you attribute your success to?

  • Persistance and the desire to treat patients with compassion and the best of care.

Areas of research

  • H pylori

Hobbies / Sports

  • Music, Piano, Drums, all sports

Favorite professional publications

  • American Journal of Gastroenterology, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, GIE

Areas of research

H pylori

Orlando Lopez-Roman's Practice location

800 Peakwood Drive Suite 2E -
Houston, Texas 77090
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