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Leslie Avery, MD

Pediatric Critical Care Doctor

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My bio

I am the Chief and Associate Professor of the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine since July of 2013. I received a Doctorate of Medicine from Yale University School of Medicine and completed a pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital and Research Center in Oakland, California. I completed a pediatric critical fellowship at the University of California at San Francisco and Children’s Hospital Oakland, California. Before joining UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital, I was a Clinical Assistant Professor at University of Nevada School of Medicine / Sunrise Children’s Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada serving as a pediatric intensivist and also later served as the medical director of the PICU and sedation services.

Board certifications

  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

    American Board of Pediatrics

  • Pediatrics

    American Board of Pediatrics

Education

  • Fellowship - Pediatric Critical Care

    University of California, San Francisco, 2004

  • Residency - Pediatrics

    Childrens Hospital and Research Center, 2000

  • Medical Degree

    Yale University, 1997

  • JD

    Columbia University School of Law, 1986

  • MBA

    Columbia University Business School, 1986

  • Bachelor Degree

    Emory University, 1981

Specialties

Gender

Female

Accomplishments

  • Dr. Harold H. Lamport Biomedical Research Prize

    Yale University, 1997

  • Farr Scholar

    Yale University, 1997

  • Stone Moot Court Competition

    Columbia School of Law, 1984