Department of Family Medicine
Buffalo Medical Group, PC
Specialty:  Family Medicine

Dr. Andre L. Lopez, who was associated with The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, for 10 years, joined the Buffalo Medical Group Department of Family Medicine in August 2007.

A clinical associate professor at The Brody School of Medicine, Dr. Lopez was director of the Family Medicine residency program in 2007 after serving as the associate director of the program from 2003 to 2006. In addition, he had been a member of the Medical Staff at University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, since 2000. At Pitt County Memorial, he worked in both ambulatory and inpatient settings, gaining extensive experience in caring for acutely ill patients.

Dr. Lopez is a strong advocate for evidence based medicine (EBM) which combines clinical expertise and clinical research results to provide optimum patient care. He also  is a proponent for the use electronic medical records technology to enhance the coordination of patient care and to better monitor the quality of care.

In addition to his clinical practice, his academic responsibilities at The Brody School of Medicine included teaching Family Medicine residents, medical school and physician assistant students. Among his major achievements were the development of an evidence based medicine curriculum; creation of a Family Medicine evidence based medicine resource web page, and development of a chronic disease management curriculum.

A Western New York native, Dr. Lopez earned his medical degree at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in 1997, and completed a three-year residency in Family Medicine at The Brody School of Medicine in 2000.

He is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine, and is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, the North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians, and the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors.

His wife, Nicole Leigh Symons, MD, also is a Family Medicine physician with BMG and also a native of Western New York.