Dr. Michael Avila is a family medicine physician practicing at Neighborhood Healthcare (NHC), an FQHC primary care clinic in Escondido, California. Dr. Avila graduated from Loma Linda University School of Medicine (LLUSM) in 2017. During his training, he took a particular interest in POCUS and joined the Ultrasound Interest Group where he taught fellow peers at LLUSM and elsewhere, participating in POCUS research, teaching at workshops, as well as presenting at an AIUM conference.

He graduated in 2020 as part of the inaugural class of HCA Healthcare Riverside, Family Medicine Residency Program in Riverside, CA, and has returned there as teaching faculty in POCUS. He has also joined Southwest Healthcare Medical Education Consortium Family Medicine Residency as POCUS Curriculum Director in Temecula, CA.

Over the years, Dr. Avila has formed curricula for both the residencies as well as for NHC where he serves as the POCUS Physician Lead and is passionately charged with the opportunity to lead an FQHC organization in POCUS education and clinical practice.

Although his passion is POCUS in medicine, his ultimate joy in life is serving as a husband and father.