James Alan AveryJAMES ALAN AVERY, MD, CMD, FAAHPM, FCCP, FACP Dr. Avery is the National Medical Director for Diversicare Healthcare and Visiting Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia's School of Medicine. Dr. Avery is a Fellow in the AmericanCollege 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 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 two grandchildren (Elena 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 dog Chester. Read More Read Less