Ana M. Alvarez, M.D.

Ana M. Alvarez M.D.

Associate Professor

Department: Department of Pediatrics
Business Phone: (904) 244-7226
Business Email: ana.alvarez@jax.ufl.edu
Appointments and Locations

Board Certifications

  • Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Clinical Profile

Specialties
  • Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Interests
  • Clinical Special Interests: Tuberculosis; Immunology; HIV/AIDS
  • Research Special Interests: HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis
Languages
  • Speaks English and Spanish

Publications

2023
Traveling Does More Than Widen One's Horizon: Travel History as Key to Diagnosing Blastomycosis.
Cureus.15(5):e38551-[DOI] 10.7759/cureus.38551.[PMID] 37288195.
1 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2019
Clostridium difficile Infection in Children.
Advances in pediatrics.66():263-280[DOI] 10.1016/j.yapd.2019.03.010.[PMID] 31230698.
8 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site
2002
Higher occurrence of hepatotoxicity and rash in patients treated with oxacillin, compared with those treated with nafcillin and other commonly used antimicrobials.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.34(1):50-4[DOI] .[PMID] 11731945.
28 citations·PubMed·Publisher's Site

Office Information

Academic Office
910 N. Jefferson Street, L16
Jacksonville, FL 32209
(904) 244-2120
 ana.alvarez@jax.ufl.edu
Administrative Assistant
 Kendra Folker
(904) 244-7226
kendra.folker@jax.ufl.edu

Education

Medical Degree
1986 · Universidad de Panama, Panama City, Panama
Pediatrics Residency
1993 · Case Western Reserve/MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship
1996 · Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA

News

November 7, 2017
UF CARES focuses attention on HIV care for the homeless
August 29, 2013
Alvarez appointed to CDC tuberculosis advisory council
September 27, 2011
Longtime faculty honored for service milestones

Media Coverage

November 3, 2020
Charge nurses taking charge, challenging the culture of culture-negative sepsis & preventing central-line infections to reduce NICU antibiotic usage
American Journal of Perinatology