Dr. Edwin A. Alvarez, MD

Dr. Alvarez practices at UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights in San Francisco, California, part of University of California Health.

Dr. Alvarez's NPI, 1710197330, was assigned on May 23, 2007. Dr. Alvarez graduated from UC San Diego School of Medicine in 2000. Dr. Alvarez holds California license A78109.

Dr. Alvarez's primary practice is UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights, at 505 Parnassus Ave, Box 0296, San Francisco, CA 94143 in San Francisco County. The practice phone is (415) 353-2733.

Dr. Alvarez's primary practice is UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights in San Francisco, California, part of University of California Health. Dr. Alvarez is also affiliated with Providence St. Joseph Hospital Eureka. The medical group on file is UCSF Pediatrics. Dmand AI also links Dr. Alvarez to 5 more medical groups and 4 group practices and clinics, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Alvarez practices, 6 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Gynecologic oncology is Dr. Alvarez's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207VX0201X. Dr. Alvarez is board certified in gynecologic oncology by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dmand AI has Dr. Alvarez's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Florida.

Dmand AI lists hysterectomy and ovarian cyst among the conditions Dr. Alvarez treats.

CMS data shows 640 Medicare services from Dr. Alvarez across 7 procedure codes in 2024, for 164 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $48,046 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 164 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Alvarez in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 80 patients. 71% of them have high blood pressure, and 55% have high cholesterol. 40% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.06, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Alvarez's median patient age at 67, with 98% women.

In 2024, Dr. Alvarez wrote 122 Medicare Part D claims for 39 patients. 78% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 24 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $61 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 25 claims across 2 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 97 out of 100 for Dr. Alvarez for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Alvarez accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Alvarez as offering telehealth. CMS counts 17 procedures of removal of the uterus by Dr. Alvarez, more than 90% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Colonoscopy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 22 papers to Dr. Alvarez, published from 2009 to 2025. 2012 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Uterine Cervical Neoplasms, Endometrial Neoplasms and Ovarian Neoplasms. Dr. Alvarez has published most often in Gynecol Oncol. Dr. Alvarez's most frequent co-authors are Jocelyn Susan Chapman, Lee-May Chen, MD and Michael Thomas McHale, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Alvarez to 9 clinical trials, 3 of them phase 2/3 studies. 3 are still active or recruiting. Conditions studied include Fallopian Tube Diseases, Brenner Tumor and Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial. National Cancer Institute (NCI) sponsors the most, 4.

CMS Open Payments shows 26 general payments to Dr. Alvarez from 11 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 92% of the total. Eisai Inc. paid the most, $7,470. It also lists 4 research payments totaling $648 in 2018.

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Alvarez, most recently CMS Stage 1 EHR in 2011.

Dr. Alvarez graduated from UC San Diego School of Medicine in 2000.

Dr. Alvarez is in network with 8 carriers, including Aetna, Elevance and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.