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Dr. Balbino Lopez is a board-certified UCI Health anesthesiologist and critical care physician.

Balbino E. Lopez, MD

Specialties

Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine

Clinical Interests

burn anesthesia, critical care for postoperative patients, critical care medicine, management of difficult airway passages, thoracic anesthesia, trauma anesthesiology, vascular anesthesia

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Certifications
  • American Board of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology
  • American Board of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine
Language
  • English
Gender
Male
Medical School
Penn State College of Medicine
Residency
Medical College of WisconsinAnesthesiology
Fellowship
Medical College of WisconsinCritical Care Medicine
Professional Positions
  • Assistant Professor — Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care, UCI School of Medicine
  • Director — Trauma Anesthesia, UCI Health
  • Liaison — Burn Anesthesia, UCI Health
  • Member — American Society of Anesthesiologists
  • Member — Trauma Anesthesiology Society
  • Member — California Society of Anesthesiologists
Awards and Recognition
  • Resident Teacher of the Year, 2019-2020 — Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
More Information

Dr. Balbino Lopez is a board-certified UCI Health anesthesiologist who specializes in critical care medicine.

He provides care during and immediately after surgery, as well as for patients in intensive care, and specializes in trauma anesthesia and airway management.

Balbino earned his medical degree at Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pa. He completed a residency in anesthesiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, where he also completed a fellowship in critical care medicine. Before joining UCI Health and the UCI School of Medicine, he worked at UChicago Medicine, where he served as deputy director of trauma anesthesia.  

His research interests include studying the changes in renal injury in post-cardiac surgery patients. He also developed the curriculum in intensive care airway management for non-anesthesia fellows. He also serves as director of trauma anesthesiology for UCI Health.

UCI Health Anesthesia Services
101 The City Drive South, Building 1
Orange, CA 92868
Phone: 714-456-7890
Fax: 855-209-8413