Maria C. Lopez, MD
About Maria C. Lopez, MD
Titles
Attending Physician
Certifications
Allergy and Immunology – American Board of Allergy and Immunology
Awards and Honors
2019, Fellow-in-Training Annual Bowl, 3rd Place, ACAAI Annual Meeting
2018, Resident of the Year, NYC HH Kings County Hospital
2008-2011, Immunology Medical Student Tutor, Central University of Venezuela
Leadership and Memberships
Memberships in Professional Organizations
2019-present, American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
2019-present,Clinical Immunology Society
2018-present, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
- 2019-present, Primary Immunodeficiency Committee
2018-present, European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Junior Member
2015-present, American Academy of Pediatrics
2015-present, American Medical Association
Education & training
Medical Degree
MD - Central University of Venezuela (UCV), Caracas, Venezuela
Residency
Pediatrics - Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY (Chief Resident)
Fellowship
Allergy & Immunology - Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL (Chief Fellow)
Publications
Publications
2021
Chitty-Lopez M, Duff C, Vaughn G, Trotter J, Monforte H, Lindsay D, Haddad E, Keller MD, Oshrine BR, Leiding JW. Unmanipulated Matched Sibling Donor Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in TBX1Congenital Athymia: A Lifesaving Therapeutic Approach When Facing a Systemic Viral Infection. Front Immunol. 2021 (in press)
Chitty Lopez M, Diaz-Cabrera N, Saco T, Bindernagel C, Ujhazi B, Danziger R, Csomos, Illes P, Patel KN, Dimitrova D, Kanakry J, Notarangelo L, Walter JE. Separating the wheat from the chaff in asthma and bronchiectasis: the saga trajectory of a patient with adult-onset RAG1 deficiency. The Journal of Clinical Immunology: In Practice. 2021 (in press)
Buchbinder D, Walter JE, Butte MJ, Chan WY, Chitty Lopez M, Dimitriades VR, Dorsey MJ, Nugent DJ, Puck JM, Singh J, Collins CA. When Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) with T Cell Receptor Excision Circles Is Not SCID: a Case-Based Review. J Clin Immunol. 2021 Feb;41(2):294-302. doi: 10.1007/s10875-020-00931-2. Epub 2021 Jan 7. PMID: 33411155; PMCID: PMC8179373.
2020
Chitty-Lopez M, Westermann-Clark E, Dawson I, Ujhazi B, Csomos K, Dobbs K, Le K, Yamazaki Y, Sadighi Akha AA, Chellapandian D, Oshrine B, Notarangelo LD, Sunkersett G, Leiding JW, Walter JE. Asymptomatic Infant with Atypical SCID and Novel Hypomorphic RAG Variant Identified by Newborn Screening: A Diagnostic and Treatment Dilemma. Front Immunol. 2020 Sep 29;11:1954. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01954. PMID: 33117328
Chellapandian D, Chitty-Lopez M, Leiding JW. Precision Therapy for the Treatment of Primary Immunodysregulatory Diseases. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am. 2020;40(3):511-526. 2020, April; Pub PMID: 32654696
2016
Chitty-Lopez M., Pollak-Christian E., Keenaghan M. Pulmonary air leak syndrome associated with traumatic nasopharyngeal suctioning. BMJ Case Reports. 2016, October; Pub PMID: 27793871
Editorials, Reviews, Chapters
2019
Chitty Lopez M. Balanoposthitis. Photography Contribution. Author B. R. Shah (Ed.) The Atlas of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 3rd Edition. (2019) Brooklyn, NY. Mc Graw Hill Education