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Catalina Sanchez Alvarez, MD, Rheumatology, Gainesville, FL, UF Health Shands Hospital

CatalinaSanchez AlvarezMD

Rheumatology Gainesville, FL

Rheumatologist. Assistant Professor of Medicine.

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Summary

  • Dr. Catalina Sanchez Alvarez is a rheumatologist in Gainesville, FL and is affiliated with the University of Florida - Gainesville. She received her medical degree from Universidad CES and has been in practice for 8 years. She also speaks multiple languages, including Spanish. Her areas of interest are vasculitis, myositis, CTD-ILD, osteoporosis and MSK ultrasound.

Education & Training

  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)
    Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Rheumatology, 2018 - 2020
  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Jacksonville)
    Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Jacksonville)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2015 - 2018
  • Universidad CES
    Universidad CESClass of 2012

Certifications & Licensure

  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2017 - 2025
  • MN State Medical License
    MN State Medical License 2018 - 2021
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Rheumatology
  • Mayo Clinic Quality AcademyGold Quality Certification

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Best original research - Internal Medicine Research Week 2018. The inpatient burden of Takayasu's Arteritis in the United States: A nationwide analysis. Sanchez-Alvarez C, Kroner P, Abril A, Crowson C Mayo Clinic Florida, 2018
  • Golden Apple Residency Teaching Award. Mayo Clinic Florida, 2018
  • Best Case Report, “When immunosupresion is not the answer” Mayo Clinic, 2017
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • A Case of Impending Cardiac Tamponade Caused by Effusive  
    Catalina Sanchez-Alvarez, Monia Werlang, Oludamilola Oluleye, Mohamad H Yamani, Archives of Clinical and Medical Case Reports, 10/23/2018
  • PTA for Upper Limb Ischemia and Giant-Cell Arteritis  
    Catalina Sánchez-Alvarez, Erik Stilp, Carlos Mena-Hurtado, Endovascular Today, 9/9/2012
  • Incidence of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the Hospital La María in Medellín (Colombia), between 2008 and 2009.  
    Jose Julian Acevedo, Miguel Gonzalez Velez, Catalina Sanchez, Angela Maria Tobon, angela Maria Segura., Journal of the Colombian Association of Infectious Diseases. Infectio., 1/1/2012
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Unusual constipation: Retroperitoneal fibrosis and aneurysmal periaortitis
    Sanchez Alvarez C, Wang B, Menke DM, North America Young Rheumatology Investigator Forum (NYRIF), Congress of Clinical Rheumatology, 1/26/2017
  • Inhalational Heroin-Induced Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
    Sacco K, Sanchez Alvarez C, Garland J, ATS International Conference, Washington, DC, 1/23/2017
  • Syncope from a Sparkling Heart
    Sanchez Alvarez C, Alsaad A, Menke D, Pagan R, ATS International Conference, Washington, DC, 1/21/2017
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Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Spanish

Hospital Affiliations