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Alejandro Alva, MD

Specialty
  • Psychiatry
Languages
English
Primary Address | Office Details
Pacific Neuropsychiatric Specialists, Inc.
3151 Airway Avenue
Suite G-1

Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Phone: (714) 545-5550

Fax: (714) 708-2588

Secondary Address | Office Details
Pacific Neuropsychiatric Specialists, Inc.

705 West La Veta Avenue

Suite 111

Orange, CA 92868

Phone: (714) 545-5550

Fax: (714) 202-5555

Medical Groups & Affiliations
  • Providence Affiliated Physicians, St. Jude
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    Biography
    Alejandro Alva, MD, is the Founder, Chief Medical officer, and CEO of Pacific Neuropsychiatric Specialists (PNS). He sees psychiatric patients of all ages at the practice’s three offices in Costa Mesa, Orange, and Huntington Beach, California, with a focus on substance abuse and chemical dependency treatment and general psychiatric disorders. Dr. Alva earned his bachelor’s degree from California State University, Fullerton, and completed medical school at Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara School of Medicine in Mexico. He then returned to California, where he completed his psychiatric residency at the University of California, Irvine. To keep up with the latest advancements in psychiatric care, Dr. Alva maintains active membership in a number of professional medical organizations, including the American Medical Association, the Orange County Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, and the California Psychiatric Association, as well as multiple others. He is also a member of several specialty organizations and boards, including the American Board of Forensic Medicine, the American College of Forensic Examiners, and the American Board of Psychopharmacology. Like most of the PNS staff, Dr. Alva is bilingual, speaking English and Spanish, and bicultural. He believes that it is his duty to reach out to the Latino community as well as the general community. To help him understand the mental health barriers facing different ethnic populations, Dr. Alva is active in the California Hispanic American Medical Association and the American Association of Hispanic Professionals. Read More
    Primary Specialties
    Primary Specialties
    • Psychiatry
    Other Specialties Associations
    Education
    Education & Training
    • Medical School
      Universidad Autonoma De Guadalajara - 1990
    • Internship
      UC Irvine - 1999
  • Insurance Accepted

    Insurance Accepted

    • Insurance Plan

    • Aetna HMO
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO
    • Anthem Blue Cross HMO
    • Anthem Blue Cross Medicare Advantage
    • Blue Shield of CA HMO
    • Blue Shield of CA HMO – Trio
    • Blue Shield of CA Medicare Advantage
    • Cigna HMO
    • Health Net HMO
    • Health Net Medicare Advantage
    • Providence Medicare Advantage
    • SCAN Medicare Advantage
    • United Healthcare HMO
    • United Healthcare Medicare Advantage
    • Vivity by Anthem Blue Cross
 

Pacific Neuropsychiatric Specialists, Inc.

 
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Pacific Neuropsychiatric Specialists, Inc.