Dr. Alvarez is Assistant Dean at the NSU College of Pharmacy, Director of the NSU Clinic Pharmacy and the Director of Pharmacy at South Florida State Hospital. He received his bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from Florida A&M University and his Doctor of Pharmacy from Nova Southeastern University.

Dr. Alvarez is past Speaker of the FPA House of Delegates and past President of the Florida Pharmacy Association. He is also the 2002 recipient of the James H. Beal "Pharmacist of the Year" award. In 2012 Dr. Alvarez received the Interamerican Pharmacists Association’s prestigious "Roman Corrons Inspiration and Motivation" Award. A year later, in 2013 he received the “RQ Richards Award” for outstanding achievement in the field of pharmacy public relations in State of Florida. In 2017 he received the APhA/NASPA "Bowl of Hygeia" Award which recognizes pharmacists who posses outstanding records of civic leadership. Dr. Alvarez was appointed to the Florida Board of Pharmacy by Governor Rick Scott in 2014. His appointment was for a term beginning May 23, 2014, and ending October 31, 2017.