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Office
300 Pasteur Dr
Stanford, CA 94305Phone+1 650-723-4000Fax+1 650-723-0121
Summary
- Al'ai Alvarez, MD (@alvarezzzy) is a national leader and educator on Wellness and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. He is a clinical associate professor of Emergency Medicine (EM) and the Director of Well-Being at Stanford Emergency Medicine. He also co-chairs the Human Potential Team and serves as the Director of the Stanford EM Physician Wellness Fellowship. His work focuses on humanizing physician roles as individuals and teams through the harnessing of our individual human potential in the context of high-performance teams. This includes optimizing the interconnectedness between Process Improvement (Quality and Clinical Operations), Recruitment (Diversity), and Well-being (Inclusion). He e is one of the 2021-2022 Faculty Fellows at the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign.
Dr. Alvarez served as an associate program director in the Stanford Emergency Medicine Residency Program for 5 years with a focus on the intersectionality of residency wellbeing with performance improvement on patient experience, quality and patient safety, diversity, equity and inclusion, and medical education.
Dr. Alvarez serves as the chair of Stanford WellMD's Physician Wellness Forum and is one of the peer supporters of WellMD's Physician Resource Network (PRN) Support for faculty and trainees. Dr. Alvarez co-chairs the largest diversity mentoring initiative in Emergency Medicine through ACEP and EMRA. Dr. Alvarez has given several grand rounds and national conference lectures and workshops on relevant topics in self-compassion, physician wellbeing, and high-performance teams, including increasing leadership capacity and mentorship to enhance diversity and inclusion.
Education & Training
- Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Jacobi/Montefiore)Residency, Emergency Medicine, 2007 - 2011
- Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at BuffaloClass of 2007, Gold Humanism in Medicine Award
- University at BuffaloBS, Biophysics, Magna Cum Laude, Honors with High Distinction, 1998 - 2002
- University at BuffaloBS, Biological Science, Magna Cum Laude, Honors with High Distinction, 1998 - 2002
- University at BuffaloBA, English, Magna Cum Laude, Honors with High Distinction, 1998 - 2002
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2010 - 2026
- NY State Medical License 2008 - 2022
- American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 21 citationsHolistic Review, Mitigating Bias, and Other Strategies in Residency Recruitment for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: An Evidence-based Guide to Best Practices from th...Moises Gallegos, Adaira Landry, Al'ai Alvarez, Dayle Davenport, Martina T Caldwell
The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2022-05-10 - 10 citationsPhysician Pipeline and Pathway Programs: An Evidence-based Guide to Best Practices for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from the Council of Residency Directors in Emer...Melissa Parsons, Martina T Caldwell, Al'ai Alvarez, Dayle Davenport, Moises Gallegos
The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2022-07-01 - 9 citationsBias in recruitment: A focus on virtual interviews and holistic review to advance diversity.Onyekachi Otugo, Al'ai Alvarez, Italo Brown, Adaira Landry
AEM Education and Training. 2021-09-01
Press Mentions
- Just-in-Time Training for Emergency Medicine Radial Arterial Line PlacementNovember 15th, 2019
- Welcome to the ALiEM Faculty Incubator 2019-2020 ClassApril 12th, 2019
- The Positives Whisper: Thoughts on Gratitude from an Emergency Medicine PhysicianDecember 20th, 2018
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External Links
- Websitehttps://profiles.stanford.edu/alai-alvarez
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