Ali Alavi

Dr. Ali Alavi, known to poker viewers as Doc Hollywood, is a physician and the founder, president, and CEO of New Promise Neuropathy. His clinical work focuses on peripheral neuropathy and nonsurgical treatment approaches.

His medical background spans primary care, cardiology, hospital medicine, intensive care, and hospice and palliative care. His professional biography also describes involvement in peripheral-neuropathy clinical trials and advisory work for research, educational, and charitable institutions.

Alavi studied cell and molecular biology and chemistry at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and holds postgraduate degrees in microbiology and virology. He continued his medical education at Touro University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine in California, followed by a cardiology-track internal-medicine residency at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth.

Outside medicine, his interests include travel, reading, and humanitarian projects with charitable organizations. At the poker table, Doc Hollywood has appeared on PokerGO’s No Gamble, No Future, including a special livestream lineup featuring actor Don Cheadle, sports broadcaster Nick Wright, and Antonio Esfandiari.