Al'ai Alvarez, MD, FACEP, FAAEM
Emergency medicine doctor
Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Bio:
Dr. Al'ai Alvarez FACEP FAAEM is a clinical assistant professor of Emergency Medicine (EM) and an assistant residency program director (APD) at the Stanford Emergency Medicine Residency Program. He is the APD for Residency Process Improvement (Quality and Clinical Operations), Recruitment (Diversity), and Well-being (Inclusion). He is the second year class APD, and the Austere Medicine and Population Health Line Director for the Stanford Emergency Medicine ACCEL Program (https://emed.stanford.edu/residency/ACCEL.html).
Dr. Alvarez serves as the co-chair of WellMD's Physician Wellness Forum and is one of the peer supporters for WellMD's Physician Resource Network (PRN) Support.
Dr. Alvarez works on recruitment efforts for faculty, graduate, and undergraduate medical education with a passion for increasing diversity and inclusion at Stanford University. He serves on various diversity and inclusion leadership roles within Stanford University including the EM Faculty Search Committee, steering committee member for the Leadership Education in Advancing Diversity (LEAD) at the Stanford School of Medicine, the EM director for the Stanford Clinical Opportunity for Residency Experience (SCORE) Program, and faculty for the Diversity Advisory Panel at the Stanford MD Admissions.
Nationally, Dr. Alvarez serves on committees on physician wellbeing and diversity and inclusion in medical education. He is the co-chair of the Council of EM Residency Directors (CORD) Wellness Leadership Mini-Fellowship, and also serves as a mentor at the Academic Life in Emergency Medicine (ALiEM) Faculty Incubator.
Dr. Alvarez has given numerous grand rounds as well as national and international conference lectures and workshops on relevant topics in gratitude and compassion, physician wellbeing, burnout, the imposter syndrome, as well as increasing leadership capacity and mentorship to enhance diversity and inclusion in medicine.
Dr. Alvarez is the recipient of the 2019 American College of Emergency Physician (ACEP) Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity Distance and Impact Award. He is also the recipient of the 2020 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Academy for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine (ADIEM) Outstanding Academician Award. Dr. Alvarez has already received the 2020 CORD Academy for Scholarship in Education in Emergency Medicine Academy Member Award on Teaching and Evaluation.
Dr. Alvarez serves as the co-chair of WellMD's Physician Wellness Forum and is one of the peer supporters for WellMD's Physician Resource Network (PRN) Support.
Dr. Alvarez works on recruitment efforts for faculty, graduate, and undergraduate medical education with a passion for increasing diversity and inclusion at Stanford University. He serves on various diversity and inclusion leadership roles within Stanford University including the EM Faculty Search Committee, steering committee member for the Leadership Education in Advancing Diversity (LEAD) at the Stanford School of Medicine, the EM director for the Stanford Clinical Opportunity for Residency Experience (SCORE) Program, and faculty for the Diversity Advisory Panel at the Stanford MD Admissions.
Nationally, Dr. Alvarez serves on committees on physician wellbeing and diversity and inclusion in medical education. He is the co-chair of the Council of EM Residency Directors (CORD) Wellness Leadership Mini-Fellowship, and also serves as a mentor at the Academic Life in Emergency Medicine (ALiEM) Faculty Incubator.
Dr. Alvarez has given numerous grand rounds as well as national and international conference lectures and workshops on relevant topics in gratitude and compassion, physician wellbeing, burnout, the imposter syndrome, as well as increasing leadership capacity and mentorship to enhance diversity and inclusion in medicine.
Dr. Alvarez is the recipient of the 2019 American College of Emergency Physician (ACEP) Diversity, Inclusion and Health Equity Distance and Impact Award. He is also the recipient of the 2020 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Academy for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Medicine (ADIEM) Outstanding Academician Award. Dr. Alvarez has already received the 2020 CORD Academy for Scholarship in Education in Emergency Medicine Academy Member Award on Teaching and Evaluation.
Professional Education
- Residency: Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2011) NY
- Internship: Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2008) NY
- Board Certification: American Board of Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine (2012)
- Residency, Jacobi/Montefiore Residency Program at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, Emergency Medicine (2011)
- Medical Education: University at Buffalo School of Medicine (2007) NY
- BS, SUNY at Buffalo (University at Buffalo, Biological Sciences (2002)
- BS, SUNY at Buffalo (University at Buffalo), Biophysics (2002)
- BA, SUNY at Buffalo (University at Buffalo), English (2002)
Honors & Awards
- Distance and Impact Award, Diversity, Inclusion & Health Equity Section. American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) (2019)
- National Organizational/Institutional Award, Building Next Generation of Academic Physicians (BNGAP) (2020)
- Outstanding Academician Award, Society for Academic EM (SAEM) -- Academy for Diversity & Inclusion in EM (ADIEM) (2020)
- Scholarship in Education in Emergency Medicine Academy Member Award on Teaching and Evaluation, Council of Residency Director (CORD) (2020)
Administrative Appointments
- Assistant Residency Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine (2016 - Present)
- Co-Chair, Stanford WellMD Physician Wellness Forum (2019 - Present)
- Interim Assistant Clerkship Director, Department of Emergency Medicine (2017 - 2019)
Publications
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IDEA Series: A Low-fidelity Simulation Workshop for Teaching Cricothyroidotomy.
Garcia, S., & Alvarez, A. (2019). IDEA Series: A Low-fidelity Simulation Workshop for Teaching Cricothyroidotomy. . Academic Life in Emergency Medicine. Retrieved from https://www.aliem.com/2019/02/idea-series-low-fidelity-simulation-workshop-cricothyroidotomy -
Rough day? Be grateful. A talk on positive psychology in Emergency Medicine
Alvarez, A., & deVries, P. S. (2018). Rough day? Be grateful. A talk on positive psychology in Emergency Medicine. Stanford BeWell. Retrieved from https://bewell.stanford.edu/rough-day-be-grateful -
ROUGH DAY? BE GRATEFUL.
Alvarez, A., & de Vries, patty P. (2019). ROUGH DAY? BE GRATEFUL. International Clinical Educators (ICE) blog. Retrieved from https://icenetblog.royalcollege.ca/2019/03/05/rough-day-be-grateful/ -
An Interactive Session to Help Faculty Manage Difficult Learner Behaviors in the Didactic Setting.
Schnapp, B. H., Alvarez, A., Ham, J., Paetow, G., Santen, S. A., & Hart, D. (2018). An Interactive Session to Help Faculty Manage Difficult Learner Behaviors in the Didactic Setting. MedEdPORTAL : the Journal of Teaching and Learning Resources, 14, 10774.
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Detection of Type B Aortic Dissection in the Emergency Department with Point-of-Care Ultrasound.
Earl-Royal, E., Nguyen, P. D., Alvarez, A., & Gharahbaghian, L. (2019). Detection of Type B Aortic Dissection in the Emergency Department with Point-of-Care Ultrasound. Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 3(3), 202–7.
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The Impact of Due Process and Disruptions on Emergency Medicine Education in the United States.
Alvarez, A., Messman, A., Platt, M., Healy, M., Josephson, E. B., London, S., & Char, D. (2020). The Impact of Due Process and Disruptions on Emergency Medicine Education in the United States. The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 1–5.
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Physically Distant, Educationally Connected: Interactive Conferencing in the Era of COVID-19.
Rose, C., Mott, S., Alvarez, A., & Lin, M. (2020). Physically Distant, Educationally Connected: Interactive Conferencing in the Era of COVID-19. Medical Education.
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Emergency Medicine Gender in Resident Leadership Study (EM GIRLS): The Gender Distribution Among Chief Residents
Mannix, A., Parsons, M., Krzyzaniak, S., Black, L. P., Alvarez, A., Mody, S., & Gottlieb, M. (2020). Emergency Medicine Gender in Resident Leadership Study (EM GIRLS): The Gender Distribution Among Chief Residents. AEM Education and Training.
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Mastery Learning Ensures Correct Personal Protective Equipment Use in Simulated Clinical Encounters of COVID-19.
Pokrajac, N., Schertzer, K., Poffenberger, C. M., Alvarez, A., Marin-Nevarez, P., Winstead-Derlega, C., & Gisondi, M. A. (2020). Mastery Learning Ensures Correct Personal Protective Equipment Use in Simulated Clinical Encounters of COVID-19. The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 21(5), 1089–94.