Alonso Alvarez, M.D.
Dr. Alvarez is a board-certified Urologist. He received his undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Amherst College and then received his medical degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine. He completed his general surgery internship and urology residency at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital. His interests include minimally invasive surgery for kidney stones, urologic cancers, and enlarged prostate, as well as treatment for female voiding dysfunction. Dr. Alvarez is trained in the use of the da Vinci Surgical System, Interstim sacral nerve modulation, and he performs no-scalpel vasectomies.
Education:
- Amherst College – Bachelor of Arts – Chemistry and History, Amherst MA
- University of Alabama School of Medicine – Doctor of Medicine - Birmingham, AL
Internship:
- University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital - General Surgery Miami, FL
Residency:
- University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital – Urology - Miami, FL
- University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital – Chief Resident in Urology - Miami, FL
Board Certification:
- Board Certified - Urology
Medical Accreditations:
- Diplomate of the American Board of Urology
Professional Society Memberships:
- American Urological Association
- Florida Urological Society
- Hillsborough County Medical Association
Clinical Expertise:
- Urology
- Urological Surgery
Urological Conditions:
- Kidney Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
- Bladder Cancer
- Testicular Cancer
- Adrenal Tumors
- Low Testosterone
- Kidney Stones
- Erectile Dysfunction
- Overactive Bladder
- Blood in the urine (Hematuria)
- Sterilization
- Stress Urinary Incontinence
- Urinary Incontinence
- General Urology
Special Interests:
- Da Vinci Robotic Surgery
- Partial Nephrectomy (Robotic, Laparoscopic, or Open)
- Nephrectomy and Nephroureterectomy (Robotic, Laparoscopic, or Open)
- Adrenalectomy (Robotic, Laparoscopic, or Open)
- Prostatectomy (Robotic or Open)
- Pyeloplasty (Robotic, Laparoscopic, or Open)
- Ureteroscopy with Holmium and Thulium laser lithotripsy for kidney stones
- Percutaneous Nephrostolithotomy (PCNL) for kidney stones
- Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy
- Vasectomy (No scalpel)
- Minimally invasive endoscopic treatment of bladder/urothelial carcinoma
- Transurethral resection of the prostate
- Urolift
- Rezum Water Vapor Therapy for enlarged prostate
- Aquablation prostate therapy
- Greenlight laser photo vaporization of the prostate
- Sling placement for stress incontinence
- Botox injection for overactive bladder
- Bulkamid urethral injections for stress incontinence
- Sacral Nerve Neuromodulation of the bladder (Axonics and Interstim)
