Emil Avanes, MD
Internal Medicine
Verdugo Hills Medical Associates
http://vhma.com
544 North Glendale Avenue map it
Glendale, California 91206
Phone: (818) 241-4331
Fax: (818) 241-3627
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- October 7, 2012
I've seen 4 specialists, and now I'm at the Urgent Care...
Today, I had the fortune of meeting a 12-year old girl with five month history of left foot pain. After an initial dance injury last May, the girl had negative initial workup leading to specialist consult in August. Subsequent therapy and treatment was fruitless, and MRI was ordered. MRI was performed last week, and the girl was told she has no pathology in her foot by the specialist two days ago. And yet, here was this girl crying her heart out when I performed my initial examination at the Urgent Care.
- June 28, 2012
Health Care Policy #1.
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- June 21, 2012
Thinking outside the box #1.
Sometimes the world can be cruel to goodhearted physicians. Patients come to us for answers. Anything less seems inadequate. There is a sense that physicians must process all complaints, unite their fundamental physiological mechanisms, and provide treatment that eradicates all symptoms. It almost seems comical.
- June 14, 2012
What did I learn today? First do no harm... #1
My wife's grandaunt was doing some cleaning around the house yesterday evening when she slipped on a wet floor and took one for the team. She lay on the ground for several minutes, unable to move due to pain, yelling out the names of her neighbors, hoping someone would come to her rescue. Come they did, all three of them, breaking in through a side window. As you continue to read and mental images of the latest emergency notification system pop up in your mind, the neighbors called the daughter, and the daughter called 9-1-1.
“I have had the pleasure of”
by Richard Foullon, MDI have had the pleasure of knowing Dr. Avanes now for several months. Practicing medicine now for over 36 years, and an abundant amount of experience working with and mentoring young physicians, I can honestly say that Dr. Avanes is head and shoulders above 99% of physicians his age. I have found him to not only be very knowledgable and caring, those attributes that one wishes every physician should have, but he is extremely interested and devoted to helping change our nation's healthcare system to a much more functional one, and patients' best interests come first once again. We are very proud to have had Dr. Avanes join our staff.