# Lori Alvord

> Lori Arviso Alvord is a Native American surgeon and author. She is perhaps best known for being the first Diné woman to ever become board certified in surgery. Her autobiography, The Scalpel and the Silver Bear, has brought increased attention to her career as a surgeon and has sold over 50,000 copies. Alvord was also nominated to serve as the U.S. Surgeon General in 2013. Alvord uses new techniques that bring together Navajo healing techniques and modern Western Medicine.

*American surgeon*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/lori-alvord

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1958
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Lori Arviso Alvord is a Native American surgeon and author. She is perhaps best known for being the first Diné woman to ever become board certified in surgery. Her autobiography, The Scalpel and the Silver Bear, has brought increased attention to her career as a surgeon and has sold over 50,000 copies. Alvord was also nominated to serve as the U.S. Surgeon General in 2013. Alvord uses new techniques that bring together Navajo healing techniques and modern Western Medicine.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 39.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.7 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 3.9 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 25.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Lori Alvord](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_Alvord)
- [Lori Arviso Alvord](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_Arviso_Alvord)
- [لوري ألفورد](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF)
- [لوری الورڈ](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%88)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16442072)

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