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Faculty - Robert Avina, MD

R. AvinaDr. Avina serves as medical director of inpatient services for the department of family medicine. He is an incredibly intelligent and humble man, with a calm voice and a dedication for teaching.

Dr. Avina spends a significant amount of time as the attending physician for the LLUMC East Campus (Community) Hospital. He is also frequently the chiefing physician in the residents' continuity clinic.

He has a true passion for golf that is matched by few. In addition, you will never see him without his Palm Pilot!

Here are just a few of the numerous facts about Dr. Avina:

Position / title

  • Inpatient services medical director

Hometown

  • Los Angeles, California

Medical school

  • University of California, San Diego

Medical interests

  • Physician-physician communications
  • Smoking cessation
  • Intervention
  • Adolescent mood disorders
Academics / scholarly persuits / curricular areas
  • Core lecture series
  • Inpatient teaching topics, techniques, and evaluation tools
  • Community medicine and school health

Hobbies

  • Golf
  • Tennis (singles and doubles)
  • Local hiking

Family

  • Wife (ob/gyn physician)
  • Three sons (20, 17, 10)
Things enjoyed about LLU family practice
  • Working with other academically oriented physicians
  • Pursuing clinical and scholarly interests while balancing family responsibilities

Unique fact

  • Ran marathons in the 80s
  • Ran 10Ks in the 90s
  • Enjoy taking long walks


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