James Alan Avery

James A. Avery, MD, CMD, FAAHPM, FCCP, FACP

Dr. Avery is a triple board-certified physician and Visiting Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia’s School of Medicine.

He is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians, the American College of Chest Physicians, and the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. He was awarded the Roger Bone Award for National Leadership in End-of-Life Care and the Lillian Wald Award for his work in hospice and palliative medicine in New York City.

Dr. Avery was named “One of the 50 Most Influential Physician Executives” by Modern Physician magazine and was also nominated as “One of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare” by Modern Healthcare magazine.

He is a former golf caddie, a former McDonald's hamburger flipper (when they used to wear those funny hats), a former newspaper boy, and like all grandpas, lots of other former things including the author of the acclaimed children’s book, “How’s the Water, Girls?”

He has been married for almost four decades to his lifelong sweetheart, Jan, and they have three adult children (whose names all begin with the letter J – Jonathan, Joseph, and Juli) and three grandchildren - Elena, Oliver, and Gabriel. He loves his daughter-in-law, Maria, and son-in-law, Ian, as if they were his own. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia with Jan, two cats, and Chester.