Ana Alvarez, M.D., an assistant professor of pediatrics and program director of the pediatric infectious diseases fellowship in the College of Medicine-Jacksonville, received the 2006 Tuberculosis Physician’s Network Distinguished Service Award, presented by the state Department of Health’s Bureau of Tuberculosis and Refugee Health.
Alvarez has served as the director of the pediatric tuberculosis program in the division of pediatric infectious diseases and immunology and the Duval County Health Department since 2001. She has been instrumental in developing and enhancing the pediatric TB program, improving the care of children with TB in the region.