Mark Avdalovic, M.D.
Specialties
Internal Medicine
Pulmonary and Critical Care
Department
Title
- Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Reviews
UC Davis Medical Group - Folsom
251 Turn Pike Dr.
Folsom, CA 95630
Driving Directions
Primary Phone:
916-985-9300
UC Davis Medical Group - Sacramento (J Street)
2825 J St., Suite 400
Sacramento, CA 95816
Driving Directions
Primary Phone:
916-734-8230
Additional Phone Numbers
Physician Referrals: 800-4-UCDAVIS (800-482-3284)
Philosophy of Care
The core of high-level specialty care is effective communication with patients, their families and referring physicians. I pride myself on being an effective teacher and listener for my patients.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Avdalovic has general clinical interests in pulmonary and critical care, with a particular emphasis on interstitial lung disease and asthma. His research activities focus on the molecular aspects of lung wound repair.
Research/Academic Interests
Vascular growth factor expression by respiratory epithelium. Regenerative approaches to treating chronic lung disease COPD phenotyping.
Division
Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Center/Program Affiliation
Education
M.D., Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1996
B.A., UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, 1991
Residency
UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, 1996-1999
Fellowships
UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, 2000-2003
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1999
American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine,
American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, 2003
American College of Chest Physicians,
Professional Memberships
American College of Physicians, Fellow
American Thoracic Society
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Honors and Awards
Golden Eagle Scholar Athlete-UCSB, Awarded to the top scholar athlete on each team, 1989
Presidents Research Fellowship Award, 1990
Big West Scholar Athlete-UCSB, 1990
Select Recent Publications
Schivo M, Avdalovic MV, Murin S. Non-Cigarette Tobacco and the Lung. Clinic Rev Allerg Immunol, 2013
Albertson TE, Schivo M, Zeki AA, Louie S, Sutter ME, Avdalovic M, Chan AL. The Pharmacological Approach to the Elderly COPD Patient. 2013;30(4)
Louie S, Zeki AA, Schivo M, Chan AL, Yoneda KY, Avdalovic M, Morrissey BM, Albertson TE. The Asthma-Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Overlap Syndrome: Pharmacotherapeutic Considerations. 2013; 6(2): 197-219
Zoel Quinonez, John Speicher, Christian Sebat, and MV Avdalovic. Cutaneous Rhizopus Infection at a Central Venous Catheter Site in a Critically Ill Renal Transplant Patient. Healthcare Infection, 2012; 17(3): 83-86
Avdalovic MV, Susan Murin. Electronic Cigarettes E-cigarettes: No Such Thing as a Free Lunch…or Puff. American College of CHEST Physicians, 2012; 141(6): 1371-72