Dr. Clea Lopez
MD
Expertise in pediatrics and family medicine, with a special emphasis on complex primary care, mental health, women’s health, geriatric care, and skin cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Graduate of Mills College, Stanford University, Harvard Medical School.
Residency in family medicine at Oregon Health and Science University and geriatric education fellowship at UCLA.
Expertise in pediatrics and family medicine, with a special emphasis on complex primary care, mental health, women’s health, geriatric care, and skin cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Dr. López was born and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she learned to love red and green chile, big blue skies, and open desert landscapes. She is thrilled to be back in Santa Fe after traversing the country for her education and spending the last 13 years in the Pacific Northwest. She is deeply privileged to be practicing in the community where she grew up and where she has deep family roots.
After working in a busy primary care clinic and teaching medical students and residents for close to a decade, Dr. López decided she needed more time with her patients. She is excited to be in a practice where she can focus on promoting wellness through a healthy lifestyle—with the ultimate goal of disease prevention, while also treating and reversing patients’ current health problems.
Dr. López enjoys forming long-term relationships with her patients through mutual respect, deep listening, and truly caring for the people she interacts with. She takes care of families, from newborns to 99+, with a special emphasis on complex primary care, mental health, women’s health, geriatric care, and skin cancer diagnosis and treatment. Teaching has been an integral part of her career— learning just as much from her students and patients as they do from her. Through teaching, she hopes to empower her patients to better understand their own health and help them achieve their health goals and wellbeing.
In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. López is on the Board of Directors of the New Mexico Academy of Family Physicians. Through her advocacy in this role, she hopes to reach a wider population, increasing the health of all New Mexicans, and improving healthcare delivery in the State of New Mexico.