Patrick Avila, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Education
Advanced Endoscopy, 2020 - , University of California, San Francisco
Gastroenterology, 2019 - , University of California, San Francisco
Internal Medicine, 2016 - , Brigham and Women’s Hospital
MD, 2013 - , Stanford University School of Medicine
MPH, 2012 - , University of California, Berkeley
Honors and Awards
  • American College of Gastroenterology Young Physician Leadership Scholars Program, 2020
  • UCSF Department of Medicine Fellowship Leadership Cohort, 2019
  • Most Outstanding Fellow, UCSF Division of Gastroenterology, 2017
  • Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2011
  • Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, 2007
Publications

  1. Kouanda A, Mclean R, Faggen A, Demissie E, Balassanian R, Kamal F, Avila P, Arain M, Dai SC, Munroe C. Telecytology versus in-room Cytopathologist for Endoscopic Ultrasound Fine Needle Aspiration or Biopsy of Solid Pancreatic Lesions. Gastrointestinal endoscopy 2022. PMID: 36252871


  2. Glencer, Alexa; Kirkwood, Kim; Schwertner, Adam; Keller, Cody; Arain, Mustafa; Avila, Patrick; Hovsepian, David M.. Digestive Disease Interventions 2021. PMID:


  3. Kouanda A, Avila P, Arain M. The screw tip stent retriever for biliary drainage in a severe living donor liver transplant anastomotic stricture. Endoscopy 2020. PMID: 32396955


  4. Rudrapatna VA, Glicksberg BS, Avila P, Harding-Theobald E, Wang C, Butte AJ. Accuracy of medical billing data against the electronic health record in the measurement of colorectal cancer screening rates. Volume 9 of Issue 1. BMJ open quality 2020. PMID: 32209595


  5. Ko MS, Rudrapatna VA, Avila P, Mahadevan U. Safety of Flexible Sigmoidoscopy in Pregnant Patients with Known or Suspected Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Digestive diseases and sciences 2020. PMID: 32034603


  6. Avila P, Holmes I, Kouanda A, Arain M, Dai SC. Practice patterns of post-ERCP pancreatitis prophylaxis techniques in the United States: a survey of advanced endoscopists. Gastrointestinal endoscopy 2019. PMID: 31743690


  7. Abougergi MS, Avila P, Saltzman JR. Impact of Insurance Status and Race on Outcomes in Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage: A Nationwide Analysis. 2019. PMID: 28858945


  8. Issaka RB, Avila P, Whitaker E, Bent S, Somsouk M. Population health interventions to improve colorectal cancer screening by fecal immunochemical tests: A systematic review. Preventive medicine 2018. PMID: 30367972


  9. Bendavid E, Avila P, Miller G. United States aid policy and induced abortion in sub-Saharan Africa. 2011. PMID: 22271944