Dr. Alan Spira

Dr. Alan Spira has spent nearly four decades caring for the whole patient. He practices at the intersection of traditional primary care, longevity, and integrative medicine — using every means available to enhance his patients’ health, with particular focus on men’s health, fitness, and the extension of both healthspan and lifespan. He believes in old-fashioned medicine practiced with modern tools: the attentiveness and continuity of a family doctor, backed by the best of what medicine can offer today.

Dr. Spira graduated magna cum laude from UCLA with a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology, was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, and earned his medical degree from the UCLA School of Medicine in 1988. From 2011 to 2016 he held a clinical faculty appointment at Stanford, teaching in the School of Medicine’s global health program. His training reaches well beyond primary care — into medical acupuncture, integrative medicine, and travel and occupational health — giving his practice an unusually wide clinical lens. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine and a Diplomate of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture, and takes particular pride in caring for athletes of all levels.

Earlier in his career, as Medical Director of The Travel Medicine Center in Beverly Hills, Dr. Spira served as a consultant to major film studios — among them Sony, Disney, and New Line — advising on the health and safety of their overseas productions. He has also published widely, from peer-reviewed research and textbook chapters to articles for general audiences.

Dr. Spira first supported The Village Doctor in 2009 and is delighted to return as a full-time physician. He has known founder Dr. Weiss as a colleague and friend since his days as a UCLA medical student, when Dr. Weiss was a resident — a friendship that has endured through many shared adventures over the years.

He served for many years as a physician in the US Navy Medical Corps, retiring as a Captain in 2020 — a career caring for people in demanding settings that shaped the calm, thorough, and deeply committed way he looks after his patients today. He is also the founder of Jamii Health International, a nonprofit that develops health centers in the developing world, reflecting more than thirty years of teaching and volunteering in underserved communities around the globe.

Outside of medicine, Dr. Spira has practiced martial arts since the age of sixteen. He captained the UCLA Karate Team during medical school and today is dedicated to Wing Chun — Bruce Lee’s original style. Conversant in Spanish and French, he also paints, writes, and travels at every opportunity.