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Office
One Amgen Center Drive
27-3-A
Newbury Park, CA 91320Phone+1 805-447-4596Fax+1 805-855-4198
Summary
- J. Antonio G. López, MD, FACC, FAHA, FACP, FCCP, FASE, FNLA, FASH, FASPC is Clinical Research Medical Director, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Therapeutic Area, Global Development at Amgen. He was most recently Cardiovascular Medical Director US Medical Organization and US Medical Organization CV Medical Advocacy Relations Lead at Amgen. He is a cardiologist, lipidologist, and hypertension specialist. Prior to joining Amgen in 2014, he was with Saint Alphonsus Medical Group Heart Care in Boise, Idaho. Dr. López was Director of Preventive Cardiology and CV Rehabilitation, Director of the Lipid Clinic, and Director of the LDL Apheresis Program at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho. He also served as Chair of Cardiology at Saint Alphonsus. In addition, he was Chair of CV Research and Education, Director of the Hypertension Consultation Service, and Director of the Carotid Intima-Media Thickness (CIMT) Program at Saint Alphonsus Medical Group Heart Care. His previous experience includes serving as Director of the Lipid Clinic and Director of CV Outpatient and Outreach Programs at the University of Iowa and Director of Cardiac Care and the Coronary Care Unit at the VA Medical Center in Iowa City, Iowa. He was also the Medical Director of Preventive Cardiology, CV Rehabilitation, the Lipid Clinic, and Prevention Center at the Prairie Heart Institute in Springfield, Illinois.
Dr. López received his medical degree Cum Laude from Harvard Medical School. He received the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Merit Scholar Award at Harvard. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was a Research Fellow in the cardiac unit at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He completed a fellowship in cardiovascular diseases and interventional cardiology in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.
Education & Training
- U Iowa Hosps and Clinics1986 - 1989
- Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1986
- Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1983
- Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Cardiac Unit, 1980 - 1981
- University of California at San DiegoB.A, General Biology, Cum Laude, 1973 - 1978
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1985 - 2025
- ID State Medical License 2007 - 2015
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Cardiovascular Medicine Distinguished Alumnus Award Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Iowa, 2018
- Physician of the Year, Hispanic Health Leadership Award National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA), 2018
- Distinguished Alumnus Award for Achievement University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, 2018
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 120 citationsLong-Term Evolocumab in Patients With Familial HypercholesterolemiaRaul D. Santos, Evan A. Stein, G. Kees Hovingh, Dirk J. Blom, Handrean Soran
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2020-02-18 - 1 citationsEvolocumab Treatment in Pediatric Patients With Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Pooled Data From Three Open-Label Studies.Frederick J Raal, Robert A Hegele, Andrea Ruzza, J Antonio G López, Ajay K Bhatia
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 2024-05-01 - 39 citationsCardiovascular events and death after myocardial infarction or ischemic stroke in an older Medicare population.Suying Li, Yi Peng, Xinyue Wang, Yi Qian, Pin Xiang
Clinical Cardiology. 2019-02-25
Journal Articles
- Quantification of LDL-Cholesterol corrected for molar concentration of Lp(a)Rosenson, R.S., López, J.A.G., Monsalvo, M.L., Wu, Y., Wang, H., Marcovina, S.M., Cardiovasc Drugs Ther. 2022 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10557-022-07407-y., 2022
- Reduction of Lipoprotein(a) in Persons with Cardiovascular DiseaseO'Donoghue, M.L., Rosenson, R.S., Gencer, B., López, J.A.G., Lepor, N.E., Baum, S. J., Stout, E., Gaudet, D., Knusel, B., Kuder, J.F., Ran, X., Murphy, S.A., Wang, H.,..., N Engl J Med. 2022; 387:1855-1864., 2022
- Long-Term Safety, Lipids, and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events with Evolocumab in Patients with Established Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: Primary Results ...O’Donoghue, ML., Giugliano, RP., Wiviott, SD., Atar, D., Keech, K., Kuder, J., Im, K., Murphy, S., Flores-Arredondo, JH., López, JAG., Elliott-Davey, M., Wang, B., Mon..., Circulation. 2022;146:1109-1119., 2022
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Activation of Leukocytes Constricts Large Cerebral Arteries in Atherosclerotic Monkeys.Heistad, D.D., Faraci, F.M., Lopez, J.A.G., and Armstrong, M.L, J. Cereb. Blood Flow Metab
- Coronary Sinus Endothelin Levels Rise After Coronary Balloon Angioplasty.Kadel, K.A., Lopez, J.A.G., Rossen, J.D., Winniford, M.D., Talman, C.L., and Revtyak, G.R, Circulation
- Effect of Intravascular Complement C5a in Atherosclerotic Primates.Lopez, J.A.G., Mugge, A., Densen, P., Piegors, D.J., and Heistad, D.D, Circulation
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Lectures
- Neurogenic Vasoactive Properties of Ouabain.Multiple locations, 1982, 1983
- Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis: An Echocardiographic-pathologic Correlation.American College of Physicians, Associates Program, Southern California Regions I, II, III and Hawai
- Responsiveness of Iliac Collateral Vessels to Vasoconstrictor Stimuli in Atherosclerotic Primates.Multiple locations
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Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Fellow
- Fellow
- Fellow
- Fellow
- American Society of AngiologyFellow
- National Lipid AssociationFellow
- Fellow
- American Society for Preventive CardiologyFellow
- National Hispanic Medical AssociationMember
- Association of Black CardiologistsMember
- Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses AssociationMember
- Latinx Physicians of CaliforniaMember
Other Languages
- Spanish
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