Maria Theresa D Opina MD

Asthma & COPD, Critical Care Medicine

Physician

Texas Tech University Health Science Center2000 B Transmountain Road, Suite B400El Paso, TX 79911
Phone+1 915-215-8400
Fax+1 915-215-9254

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Education & Training

Atrium Health Wake Forest BaptistPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2016 - 2017
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2016
Trinity Health Livonia Hospital/Wayne State UniversityChief Residency, Internal Medicine, 2011 - 2012
Trinity Health Ann Arbor HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2008 - 2011
American University of the Caribbean School of MedicineClass of 2008

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Certifications & Licensure

TX State Medical License 2019 - 2027
NC State Medical License 2013 - 2021
MI State Medical License 2011 - 2015
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Extended Intrapleural Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA)-Dornase Alfa (DNase) Therapy Beyond the Standard Multicenter Intrapleural Sepsis Trial 2 (MIST-2) Regimen in a...
Rodrigo Furlan Silva Fabri, Rodolfo Myronn De Melo Rodrigues, Dan L Zhou, Eshani Kishore, Poornachandran Mohankumar
Cureus. 2026-04-01
Amiodarone-Induced Pulmonary Toxicity With Severe Pulmonary Fibrosis Complicated by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Pneumonia: A Fatal Case Report and Literature Review.
Sachin Sapkota, Daniel Neri Rosario, Ramesh Acharya, Suchita Acharya, Azucena Del Real
Cureus. 2025-10-01
7 citations
Association of Breathing Reserve at Peak Exercise With Body Composition and Physical Function in Older Adults With Obesity.
Maria Theresa D. Opina, Tina E. Brinkley, Michelle Gordon, Mary F. Lyles, Barbara J. Nicklas
The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 2019-11-13