Juliana Alvarez Argote, MD

Dr. Juliana Alvarez-Argote received her medical degree from the Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency from the University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT. Afterwards, she obtained her Transfusion Medicine and Blood banking fellowship at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, and then completed her fellowship in Hematology and Medical Oncology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI. She is board certified in both internal medicine and transfusion medicine, and is board eligible in hematology and medical oncology.

Dr. Alvarez-Argote is currently an Assistant Professor in the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology at the Medical College of Wisconsin and the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, both in Milwaukee, WI. Her professional interests include solid tumors, benign hematology, and gene therapy. She is currently part of a research project with Dr. Jeffrey Medin that focuses in gene therapy for sickle cell disease. She is a member of the Education Committee of the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy.