Cristina Lopez-Penalver

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Cristina Lopez-Penalver
Baptist Health Breast Center Office

(786) 596-2000

Fax (786) 533-9413 8900 North Kendall Drive Miami, FL 33176

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Cristina Lopez-Penalver

Cristina Lopez-Peñalver, M.D., is a breast surgeon at Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute Breast Center. She specializes in the surgical management of breast cancer and high-risk lesions, including breast conservation, sentinel node biopsy and mastectomy (both skin sparing and nipple sparing). She is fluent in English and Spanish.

Dr. Lopez-Peñalver graduated from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and completed her surgical residency and internship at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital.

She is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery, a member of the American Society of Breast Surgeons and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. She is involved in a clinical trial that compared intraoperative radiation to standard radiation in patients with early-stage breast cancer.

With work published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, Dr. Lopez-Peñalver lectures nationally and in Latin America.

In her free time, Dr. Lopez-Peñalver enjoys traveling and photography.

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