Dr. Avin attended Chicago Medical School, where he obtained his
Medical degree. He started treating his first patients at Cook County Hospital
in his second year of medical school, 43 years ago, and he continues to look
forward each morning to taking care of his medical family and interacting with
colleagues.
Dr. Avin was honored with entrance into the Alpha Omega Alpha
Medical Honor Society for outstanding performance in Medical School. Chicago
was the birthplace of his daughters, Jacquelyn and Lori. From Chicago, he went
to pursue his Internal Medicine training at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami,
Florida where he fell in love with Neurology and completed his Neurology
Residency. He is boarded in Internal Medicine and Neurology. While in Miami, he
worked four years with a group of physicians who staffed emergency rooms in
South Florida.
He moved to Silver Spring, Maryland in 1977, where he established
his Neurology practice. After seven years of solo practice he joined forces with
the Neurology Center that had offices in Montgomery County and the District of
Columbia. He practices in the Silver Spring, Wheaton office with his
associates, Dr. Kenneth Eckmann and Dr. Eric Jeffries. He took an active
leadership role in the Neurology Center and helped the practice grow and
prosper.
Since 1977, he has been a member of the Montgomery County Medical
Society and MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society and continues to be an
active participant in both organizations. He has a passion for legislative
issues and was Chair of the Montgomery County Legislative Committee and Chair
of the MedChi Legislative Council. He was awarded the Henry P. and M. Page
Laughlin Award for his contributions as Chairperson of the MedChi Legislative
Council. He was President of the Montgomery County Medical Society in the heat
of the tort reform battles and HMO wars. He was Vice Speaker and Speaker of the
MedChi House of Delegates, President-elect of MedChi and now President of
MedChi.
He is married to Carole, the love of his life. He has two
treasured daughters, their spouses, a step-daughter, a step-son and nine
grandchildren. During his Presidency, he will focus on issues that include
improving how the Board of Physicians interacts with physicians, implementation
of health care reform, health insurance and tort reform, and public health and
scope of practice issues.
Dr. Avin will champion health promotions and health maintenance,
for he believes that to effectively control future health care costs, we must
prevent avoidable illnesses that lead to chronic disease.
From Dr. Avin’s inaugural gala, 2012
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