Alvin Reaves, III, MD, FACP, FAAHPM

Alvin  L. Reaves, III is the Director of Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care at Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Center in Clinton, Maryland. Dr. Reaves is a hospice and palliative medicine specialist who has been practicing palliative medicine since 2011. He completed an Internal Medicine residency at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in 2002, serving his last year as Chief Resident. He later completed a fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine in 2011 at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, and at Capital Caring Hospice. Dr. Reaves holds dual board certification in Internal Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. His clinical interests include the integration of faith and spirituality in complex medical decision making at the end of life, particularly in minority populations.