Edwin Alvarez, M.D. at UC San Diego Medical Center

Dr. Alvarez is a cancer researcher who sees patients at the Hillcrest Medical Offices South. As a gynecologic oncologist, Dr. Alvarez is primarily interested in studying ovarian, cervical and endometrial cancer. He is currently involved in laboratory studies of ovarian cancer initiating cells and ovarian cancer chemotherapeutic resistance. He will apply whole genome scale shRNA library screening techniques to ovarian cancer cell lines to find and interrogate chemotherapy resistance pathways.

In addition, Dr. Alvarez designs and writes current biologically-targeted phase II clinical trials with translational components. He is focused upon recruiting patients to active cancer center clinical trials and in procuring cancer specimens for research purposes. This allows for the translation of laboratory findings to the clinic, and back to the bench.

Languages other
than English:

Spanish

Education:

Doctor of Medicine, U. C. San Diego

Training:

OB/GYN Residency, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine

Gyn. Oncology Fellowship, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine

Clinical Interests:

Cervical Cancer, Endometrial Cancer, Gynecology, Oncology, Ovarian Cancer, Stem Cells, Uterus

Hospital Affiliations:

UCSD Thornton Hospital, La Jolla
UCSD Medical Center, Hillcrest

Office Addresses:

Hillcrest Medical Offices South
4168 Front Street
San Diego, CA 92103
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UCSD Thornton Hospital
9300 Campus Point Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037
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UCSD Medical Center
200 West Arbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92103
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Last Updated October 17, 2008

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