Carmencita A. Lopez MD died January 19, 2022 at age 80. Born in the Manila, Philippines.
High school graduate of St. Theresa’s College in Quezon City, Philippines. She obtained her medical doctorate degree from the University of the Philippines, Neurology Internship and Residency at Boston University, and Neurology Fellowship at New York Medical College.
She worked as Chief of Neurology & Medical Director of EEG Lab at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, New Hampshire and was a Neurology Consultant at Manchester VA Medical Center 1983-1987 and Tewksbury Hospital in Massachusetts 1992-2008.
She was an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School 1984-1987 and was an Instructor in Neurology at Boston University College of Medicine 1967-1970. Her Awards included Certificate of Appreciation for service rendered to New Hampshire College and a Certificate of Appreciation for services rendered in the fundraising for the Mount Pinatubo Volcano victims by the Filipino American Friendship Society of New Hampshire. She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology. For many years, she did volunteer work as physician for pilgrimages of the sick to Lourdes, France, hosted by Boston Lourdes Center. She volunteered in the Medical Advisory Board of the NH Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society and the NH Chapter of the Lupus Foundation. Her hobby is creative writing. She wrote a book titled “The Bumblebees and Other Creative Works.”
She retired as a physician since 2008 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Sadly missed by brother Leandro Lopez and wife Catherine, sister Maria Halloran, sister Cristina Allen and husband Bill, brother Leonides Lopez and wife Carmen P, sister Cleotilde Lopez and friend Norman Bonin, and several nieces & nephew. Predeceased by parents Alfonso & Corazon Lopez, sister Carolina Lopez and brother Alfonso Lopez Jr.
SERVICES: Visitating hours will be held at Phaneuf Funeral Home and Crematorium on Wednesday January 26, 2022 from 9:30am – 11:30am. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated following visitation beginning at 12pm in Blessed Sacrament Parish, 14 Elm St, Manchester with burial taking place at Mount Cavalry Cemetery, Manchester. To view Carmencita’s Online Tribute, send condolences to the family, or for more information, visit www.phaneuf.net.
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