Background
Lopez, Manuel was born on September 30, 1939 in Bucaramanga, Colombia. Came to the United States, 1971.
Immunology and allergy educator
Lopez, Manuel was born on September 30, 1939 in Bucaramanga, Colombia. Came to the United States, 1971.
Bachelor of Science, Colegio San Pedro Claver, Bucaramanga, 1956; Doctor of Medicine, University Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia, 1963.
Intern, Hospital San Juan De Dios, Bucaramanga, 1962-1963;
resident, Hospital San Juan De Dios, Bucaramanga, 1963-1964;
medical director, Hospital San Juan De Dios, Bucaramanga, 1969-1971;
clinical and research fellow department medicine allergy unit, Harvard University and Harvard Medical School at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1964-1968;
director medical research, University Industrial De Santander, Bucaramanga, 1968-1969;
director immunology service laboratory, Louisiana State Medical Center, New Orleans, 1971-1974;
assistant professor medicine medical center, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, 1971-1974;
from clinical assistant professor to associate professor medical school, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1974-1989;
professor, Tulane University, New Orleans, since 1989;
director immunology diagnostic laboratory medical school, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1974-1983;
director clinical immunology laboratories, Tulane University, New Orleans, since 1983;
program director allergy and immunology training program, Tulane University, New Orleans, since 1990;
acting chief section allergy and clinical immunology, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1990-1991;
chief, Tulane University, New Orleans, since 1991. Member medical-science advising committee Asthma and Allergy Foundation American, 1986-1989. Ad hoc member immunological science study section National Institutes of Health, 1987, allergy and clinical immunology special reviewer immunology and transplantation research committee, 1988, member general clinical research centers committee, since 1993.
Reviewer merit review grants VA, 1988, 89, 90. Grant program reviewer Centers of Excellence, Department Health and Human Superior vena cava syndrome, 1991. Member allergic products advising committee Food and Drug Administration,1993-1996.
Member special review committee National Institute Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 1993. Presenter in field.
Fellow American Academy Allergy and Clinical Immunology (member international committee 1986-1989, member immunotherapy of asthma committee 1987-1988, member Latin Central and South American committee since 1987, chairman international grant aids 1988-1989, member continuing medical education committee 1992-1994, chairman EOD interest section 1999-1901). Member American Association Immunologists, American Federation Clinical Research, American Thoracic Society, United States-Colombian Medical Association (president IX Congress 1989), Louisiana Allergy Society (president 2003-2004), New York Academy of Sciences, Southeastern Allergy Association, International Association Aerobiology, Cordoba Allergy Society (honorary), Hispanic American Medical Association Louisiana (president 2001-2003).
Married; 4 children.