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Leslie Avery

Leslie Avery, M.D.

Chief And Clinical Associate Professor

Department: MD-PEDS-CRITICAL CARE DIVISION
Business Phone: (352) 265-0462
Business Email: avery4@ufl.edu

About Leslie Avery

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.

Additional Positions:
Physician Director of Quality
2019 – Current · Department of Pediatrics, UF College of Medicine
Collaborative Group Leader Ethics Faculty
2017 – Current · UF College of Medicine

Accomplishments

Dr. Harold H. Lamport Biomedical Research Prize
1997 · Yale University
Farr Scholar
1997 · Yale University
Stone Moot Court Competition
1984 · Columbia School of Law

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2018
BMS6812 Intro Clin Med 2

Board Certifications

  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
    American Board of Pediatrics
  • Pediatrics
    American Board of Pediatrics

Clinical Profile

Specialties
  • Pediatrics
Subspecialties
  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Research Profile

Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID)

0000-0001-7273-5661

Publications

2022
Cardiac arrest: An interdisciplinary scoping review of clinical literature from 2020
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open. 3(4) [DOI] 10.1002/emp2.12773. [PMID] 35845142.
1 citation · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2022
Changes in Critical Bronchiolitis After COVID-19 Lockdown
Cureus. 14(5) [DOI] 10.7759/cureus.25064. [PMID] 35719813.
4 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2022
Finishing Well: Compassionate Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Discontinuation.
Journal of pain and symptom management. 63(5):e553-e562 [DOI] 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.11.010. [PMID] 35031504.
8 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site
2022
Transfusion-Associated Delirium in Children: No Difference Between Short Storage Versus Standard Issue RBCs
Critical Care Medicine. 50(2):173-182 [DOI] 10.1097/ccm.0000000000005393.
Publisher’s Site
2020
Cardiac arrest: An interdisciplinary review of the literature from 2018
Resuscitation. 148:66-82 [DOI] 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2019.12.030.
Publisher’s Site
2020
Cardiac arrest: An interdisciplinary scoping review of the literature from 2019
Resuscitation Plus. 4 [DOI] 10.1016/j.resplu.2020.100037. [PMID] 34223314.
3 citations · PubMed · Publisher’s Site

Grants

Sep 2021 ACTIVE
1/2 Pediatric Influence of Cooling duration on Efficacy in Cardiac Arrest Patients (P-ICECAP)
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: UNIV OF MICHIGAN via NATL INST OF HLTH NHLBI
Jun 2018 – Dec 2020
PROSpect – Prone and Oscillation Pediatric Clinical Trial
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: UNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA via NATL INST OF HLTH NHLBI
Jun 2015 – May 2019
Age of Blood in Children in Pediatric Intensive Care Units.
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding: WASHINGTON UNIV SAINT LOUIS via NATL INST OF HLTH NHLBI

Education

Fellowship – Pediatric Critical Care
2004 · University of California, San Francisco
Residency – Pediatrics
2000 · Childrens Hospital and Research Center
Medical Degree
1997 · Yale University
JD
1986 · Columbia University School of Law
MBA
1986 · Columbia University Business School
Bachelor Degree
1981 · Emory University

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 265-0462
Emails:
Business:
avery4@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100296
 GAINESVILLE FL 32610
Business Street:
PCCM
1600 SW Archer RD
 GAINESVILLE FL 32611