Associate Scientist, Clinical Epidemiology, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Respirologist, The Ottawa Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Ottawa.
Biographical Sketch
Since 2003, Dr. Alvarez has been doing clinical work and research at Edendale Hospital in South Africa in HIV Tuberculosis (TB). Current research focuses on adjunctive therapies to improve outcomes in HIV TB, smear negative TB diagnosis in HIV patients and retreatment TB cases. Canadian research interests include immigration TB screening programs and Aboriginal TB. Clinical work includes TB and general Respirology clinic and wards. Dr. Alvarez is also the consultant respirologist for Nunavut. He completed a Residence in Internal Medicine at the University of Ottawa, a Fellowship in Respirology at the University of British Columbia and a Masters of Public Health at Harvard University in Boston.
Recent Publications
“Over-diagnosis of Asthma in Obese and Non-Obese Adults”. Shawn D. Aaron, Katherine L. Vandemheen, Louis-Philippe Boulet, Andrew McIvor, J. Mark FitzGerald, Paul Hernandez, Catherine Lemiere, Sat Sharma, Stephen K. Field, Gonzalo G. Alvarez, Robert E. Dales, Steve Doucette, Dean Fergusson for the Canadian Respiratory Clinical Research Consortium (CRCRC). Accepted and in print CMAJ September 2008.
“Ocular Tuberculosis: Diagnostic and treatment challenges”. William Hodge MD, PhD, Gonzalo G. Alvarez MD, MPH, Virginia R. Roth MD, W. Hodge MD, PhD. Accepted and in print. The International Journal of Infectious Diseases (Manuscript Number: IJID-D-08-00297)
“Crack lung and heart” presenting in a 65 year old man with NHL following chemotherapy. G.G.Alvarez, RHC van der Jagt. Curr Oncol. 2008 Feb;15(1):63-5.
The prevalence of blebs or bullae among young healthy adults: A Thoracoscopic Investigation. K. Amjadi, Gonzalo G. Alvarez, E.Vanderhelst, B.Velkeniers, M. Lam, M. Noppen. Chest. 2007 Oct;132(4):1140-5. Epub 2007 Sep 21.
A systematic review of the psychological risk factors associated with near-fatal and fatal asthma. Gonzalo G. Alvarez, J. Mark FitzGerald. Respiration. 2006 Nov 30.
Blastomycosis presenting in a young African man with a pleural effusion. Gonzalo G. Alvarez, B.F. Burns, M. Desjardins, S.R. Salahudeen, F. AlRashidi and D.W. Cameron. Canadian Respiratory Journal. 2006 Nov-Dec;13(8):441-4.
A systematic review of risk factors associated with near-fatal and fatal asthma. Gonzalo G. Alvarez, Michael Schulzer and J.Mark FitzGerald. Canadian Respiratory Journal 2005 Jul-Aug; 12(5):265-70.
Tuberculosis at Edendale Hospital in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZuluNatal, South Africa. Gonzalo G. Alvarez, B.L.Thembela, F.J.Muller, J.Clinch, N.Singhal and D. W.Cameron. The International Journal of Tuberuclosis and Lung Disease 2004 December; 8(12):1472-1478.
A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of cell salvage to minimize perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion in vascular surgery. Gonzalo G. Alvarez, Dean Fergusson, Paul C Hébert, David Neilipovitz. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 2004 May; 51(5):425-31.
The impact of daily sleep on health. Gonzalo G. Alvarez, Najib T. Ayas. Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing2004; 19(2):56-9.
International Study of Peri-Operative Transfusion (ISPOT) – Factors influencing the uptake of technologies to minimize allogeneic transfusion: the perspective of eight Ontario hospitals. Ian Graham, Gonzalo Alvarez, Jaqueline Tetroe, Laura McAulley, Andreas Laupacis. Canadian Journal of Surgery 2002 April, 45(2):132-40.
Transfusing to normal hemoglobin levels will not improve outcome in critically ill patients. Gonzalo Alvarez, Paul C Hébert and Sharyn Szick. Critical Care 2001, 5:56-63.
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