EliNarcisoAvilaMDJD MPH FCLM DABLM

Summary

• Dr. Avila is an experienced health executive, attorney, and public policy advisor. Throughout his career he has advised legislators and co-authored more than twenty-two healthcare laws. As Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer of several health organizations, he has overseen, licensed and regulated over 250 hospitals, 750 nursing homes, 9 family health centers, and 100's of ambulance companies. Between 2010 and 2017, he was awarded almost $85M in grants for public health programs, community initiatives and research. He is an innovative leader and change agent that has expanded access to health, deregulated arcane health regulations, led transformational health equity symposia, championed community engagement and partnerships, testified on national issues such as the opioid epidemic, fracking, health equity, childhood lead poisoning, Tobacco 21, and mobile lab testing of infectious diseases, served as an Incident Commander during natural disasters, and has collaborated on constitutional issues with White House Counsel.
  
  Dr. Avila is one of approximately three hundred individuals, who is board certified by the American Board of Legal Medicine. He serves on the Board of Governors of the American College of Legal Medicine, which has advised the United States Supreme Court on health law cases via its amicus curiae briefs for over six decades. He has taught and lectured in schools of medicine, law, and public health. Additionally, he serves as ACLM’s national spokesperson. He currently holds the position of Distinguished Visiting Professor in Public Health in the Institute of Public Health of the New York Medical College in Valhalla, NY.