CHA Hollywood Presbyterian
Giselle Carvalho, MD
Family Medicine Specialist
Dr. Giselle Carvalho is a family physician who has been practicing medicine since 2015. She was born and raised in Culver City, California. She received her undergraduate degree in Biology from Mount St. Mary’s University in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Carvalho then went on to medical school in Guadalajara, Mexico, graduating from Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara. She finished a family medicine residency at Yuma Regional Medical Center in Yuma, Arizona. Since graduating from residency, she has practiced medicine in several federally qualified health centers throughout the Southern California region, and has also worked as a doctor in a penitentiary.
Dr. Carvalho has served the Native American community on the Navajo reservation. She recently worked as a faculty member at USC Medical School teaching medical students. She opened her private practice in 2022, joining primary care physicians Dr. Sanchez and Dr. Ngan at CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center. Dr. Carvalho finds joy in building relationships with her patients while focusing not only on the physical aspects of each patient, but also their emotional and psychological health. She believes being a physician is a culmination of being a healer, a teacher, a coach and an advocate for her patients.