The State of COVID 2021
Mar 04, 2021
Dr. Manuel Alvarez
The State of COVID 2021

Dr. Manuel Alvarez is the Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Science at Hackensack University Medical Center as well as the Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Hackensack Meridian Health Palisades Medical Center.

Dr.  Alvarez is also Professor and Chairman of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine in Nutley, New Jersey. He is an adjunct professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at New York University School of Medicine (New York, NY) as well as a visiting professor at Yale School of Medicine (New Haven, CT).

Dr. Alvarez earned his medical degree at the Universidad del Este School of Medicine (​San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic). He completed his residency at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center (Paterson, NJ) and his fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center (NewYork, NY). He is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and is also board-certified in maternal fetal medicine.

Dr. Alvarez has an extensive broadcast presence, currently serving as medical contributor and medical correspondent for the FOX News Channel. He previously reported on the Katrina disaster and currently develops segments for Fox & Friends, Fox News Live and Dayside. He is also a regular contributor to FOX News Radio and the New York flagship television station, Fox 5. He blogs daily on Fox News, and the Dr. Manny Book Club at the Fox News website.

Additional television credits include a variety of local, national, and international programming for CNN International, FOX News, ABC, CBS, NBC, UNIVISION CHANNEL41, and TELEMUNDO, CHANNEL 47. He also produced, directed and hosted his own talk radio program​Let’s Talk About It. This informative program provided an interactive forum for listeners to talk directly with him and his varied guest specialists about a wide variety of medical concerns. He has also appeared as a regular guest on the ​Rachael Ray Show ​and on the ​Montel Williams Show, where he addressed new medical discoveries as well as medical conditions that affect the average population.

Dr. Alvarez is a published author who has contributed to numerous peer review publications and abstracts. He has extensive experience as a guest lecturer and as a speaker at grand rounds. Dr. Alvarez is a member of many professional societies, including the American Medical Association, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Society of Prenatal Care, the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, and the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation. In addition, he has been active in many civic organizations, including the Celia Cruz Foundation and, in 2004, Dr. Alvarez was named the Man of the Year by New Jersey SEEDS, an organization that provides students educational scholarships.