Dr. Lia Filice Alvarez, MD

Dr. Lia Alvarez is an internal medicine physician with specialized training in anesthesiology who has been practicing for over a decade. She earned her medical degree from American University of The Caribbean School of Medicine and completed her residency at Staten Island University Hospital. Her dual expertise allows her to provide comprehensive internal medicine care while also specializing in anesthesia services for various medical procedures.

Dr. Alvarez practices at multiple locations throughout Sacramento, California, including Mercy General Hospital, University of California Davis Medical Center, and Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern California. She treats patients with high blood pressure, including children with hypertension and emergency hypertensive situations. Her procedural expertise includes providing sedation for medical procedures, administering spinal and epidural anesthesia for women during childbirth, and performing nerve blocks to help manage chronic pain …conditions.