Alvaro I. Montealegre, MD

Biography

Dr. Montealegre is a board-certified gynecologic surgeon and dedicated educator whose clinical and academic work emphasizes minimally invasive techniques to advance women’s surgical care. He completed his medical degree at the Autonomous University of Central America (Costa Rica) and residency at Tulane University School of Medicine and The Methodist Hospital at Houston (graduating in 2007). After several years in private practice, he joined UTHealth Houston in 2014, where he now leads the AMIGS fellowship and guides curriculum development for the next generation of minimally invasive gynecologic surgeons.

His scholarship spans key topics in surgical innovation, trainee education, and operative outcomes—such as his co-authorship on a large international registry of vNOTES hysterectomies demonstrating acceptable complication rates even during the learning curve. He has also contributed to research on surgical supply efficiency in minimally invasive gynecology.

With a clinical focus on advanced laparoscopic and robotic gynecology, Dr. Montealegre remains committed to high-volume surgical mentorship, procedural innovation, and optimizing peri-operative and patient-reported outcomes in complex gynecologic surgery.