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Israel De Alba, MD

Specialties

Hospitalist, Internal Medicine

Clinical Interests

chronic disease management, cancer early detection, hospital medicine, internal medicine

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Medical Services
Certifications
  • American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Language
  • English
  • Spanish
Gender
Male
Medical School
Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara
Internship
State University of New YorkCategorical Medicine
Residency
Boston University School of MedicinePreventive Medicine
State University of New YorkInternal Medicine
Fellowship
Boston University Medical CenterGeneral Internal med.
Professional Positions
  • Professor — Hospitalist Program, Department of Medicine, UC Irvine School of Medicine
  • Research scientist — Center for Health Policy Research

Awards and Recognition
  • Career Development Award American Cancer Society
  • Dare to Do Award, American Cancer Society

More Information

Dr. Israel De Alba is a board-certified UCI Health internist who specializes in hospital medicine.

He earned his medical degree at the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara in Mexico. He completed a residency in preventive medicine at Boston University School of Medicine, followed by an internal medicine residency at State University of New York. Next he completed a fellowship in general internal medicine at Boston University Medcine Center.

His research interests include racial and ethnic health disparities and designing interventions with potential to eliminate the current gap. He is also working on an assessment of cultural factors that affect cancer preventive behaviors in Orange County Latinas, such as getting a pap smear or mammogram.

De Alba, who also speaks Spanish, sees patients at UCI Medical Center in Orange.


UCI Medical Center
101 The City Drive South
Orange, CA 92868