DR. RALPH ALVARADO, 28TH DISTRICT KENTUCKY STATE SENATOR

RALPH A. ALVARADO, MD IS AN AMERICAN PHYSICIAN AND POLITICIAN WHO WAS ELECTED TO THE KENTUCKY STATE SENATE IN 2014, AND IS THE FIRST HISPANIC MEMBER EVER ELECTED TO THE KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY. HE REPRESENTS KENTUCKY’S 28TH SENATE DISTRICT, WHICH INCLUDES FAYETTE, CLARK, AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. HE SERVES AS THE VICE-CHAIR OF THE HEALTH & WELFARE COMMITTEE, CO-CHAIR OF MEDICAID OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, CO-CHAIR OF THE BUDGET REVIEW SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES, AS WELL AS A MEMBER OF THE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS & REVENUE COMMITTEE, AND STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE.

SENATOR ALVARADO EARNED HIS BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN BIOLOGY FROM LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY (CALIFORNIA) IN 1990, AND THEN WENT ON TO RECEIVE HIS DOCTORATE IN MEDICINE IN 1994. HE COMPLETED HIS MEDICAL RESIDENCY IN INTERNAL MEDICINE AND PEDIATRICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY IN 1998. HE CURRENTLY IS AN INDEPENDENT PHYSICIAN PERFORMING HOSPITALIST WORK AND NURSING HOME CARE FOR PATIENTS. SINCE HIS ELECTION, ALVARADO HAS EARNED A REPUTATION FOR WORKING WITH BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. BECAUSE OF HIS DIVERSE MEDICAL BACKGROUND, HIS LEGISLATIVE FOCUS HAS BEEN ON PUBLIC HEALTH, PROTECTING THE PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP AND MEDICAL BUDGETARY SOLUTIONS. IN 2016, SENATOR ALVARADO WAS FEATURED AS A PRIME-TIME SPEAKER ON DAY #3 AT THE 2016 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CLEVELAND, OH.

ALVARADO CURRENTLY LIVES IN WINCHESTER WITH HIS WIFE, DAWN. HIS CHILDREN ATTEND UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY AND SAMFORD UNIVERSITY. HE ATTENDS GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH IN WINCHESTER AND SERVES AS A DEACON.