Dr. Patricia Lopez-Po, MD

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Get to know Family Practitioner, Dr. Patricia Lopez-Po, who currently serves patients in El Paso, Texas. 

Dr. Lopez-Po is a board-certified family practitioner as well as founder, owner, and primary care physician for Modern MD PLLC, a practice she established in April 2021 in El Paso, Texas. Moreover, she is affiliated with several local hospitals, including The Hospitals of Providence, Las Palmas Del Sol Healthcare, and Legent Hospital of El Paso in El Paso, Texas. 

“Modern MD is a family medicine clinic with a modern infrastructure approach located in the westside of El Paso, Texas. Our goal is to establish a solid relationship and build trust in knowing that the patient and their caregivers at home are all a part of the recovery process. Dr. Lopez-Po focuses on clear communication and compre­hensive care for each patient and their family. The most important way to stay healthy and enjoy a good quality of life is to work at it from a wellness point of view. We can help you achieve that and stay on track!”, states the official website of Dr. Patricia Lopez-Po.

After completing her medical degree at the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juarez in Mexico in 1986, Dr. Lopez-Po relocated to the United States, where she served a family medicine residency at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso (1995-1998). The doctor is licensed to practice medicine in the state of Texas. 

Subsequent to her training, Dr. Lopez-Po received board certification in family medicine through the American Board of Family medicine (ABFM). The American Board of Family Medicine is a non-profit, independent medical association of American physicians who practice in family medicine and its sub-specialties.

Family medicine is a medical specialty within primary care that provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family across all ages, genders, diseases, and parts of the body. The specialist, who is usually a primary care physician, is named a family physician.

According to the website of Modern MD PLLC, “Dr. Lopez-Po is a modern and mobile primary care physician focused on offering select services for patients at any stage of life. Her large following of patients has grown over the years, and they are located all throughout El Paso, West Texas, South­ern New Mexico, and Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico.”. She provides a full spectrum of services including home wellness visits, primary care, mobile medicine, as well as aesthetic and cosmetic procedures such as botox, and much more.

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