Dr. Andres Lopez
Dr. Andrés Pérez-López is Senior Attending Physician in Microbiology and Virology in the Department of Pathology at Sidra Medicine since 2017.
Dr. Perez-Lopez is board certified in Clinical Microbiology and Pediatrics in Spain and holds a PhD in Pediatrics and Master´s Degree in Infectious Diseases and Applied Microbiology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He trained in Pediatric Infectious Diseases (PID) in Barcelona. He also has full registration as a Medical Practitioner with Specialist Registration in Medical Microbiology with the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom.
Prior to joining Sidra, Dr. Pérez-López worked as a Consultant Microbiologist and Infection Control Doctor for 5 years for the National Health Service in England and Scotland. Previously, he had worked as a Consultant Pediatrician and Lead Clinician for PID for 9 years at Manacor Hospital in Spain. Since he joined Sidra Medicine, Dr. Pérez-López has played a pivotal role as a member of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee and authored more than 30 publications in international peer-reviewed journals, mainly focused on the molecular characterization of antimicrobial resistance mechanisms in the pediatric population of Qatar using whole-genome sequencing.
