Dr. Juan Alvarez is a board certified reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist as well as the LGBTQ+ Program Director for Kindbody. He sees patients in San Francisco and the Chicagoland area. He completed his fellowship training at UCLA Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, his OBGYN residency at Emory University in Atlanta, and earned his medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago. Dr. Alvarez is passionate about all aspects of infertility treatment but has a particular interest in third-party reproduction, international fertility services, and obesity and the impact on fertility, a topic which he researched extensively during his fellowship. As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, he has a special interest in LGBTQ+ fertility care and education. He is an ardent believer in the power of patient education and the importance of the patient-physician relationship. He is also an avid proponent of the mind-body connection and his goal is to integrate positive thinking and meditation into a holistic approach to reproductive health and patient care.