Avery completed her undergraduate education at Colorado University Boulder where she graduated with academic honors, and her physician assistant education at Red Rocks College where she finished the top of her class, earning the Academic Excellence Award.  She moved to New York in 2011 to start her career where, as a National Health Service Corp grant recipient, she provided primary care services in a community health clinic.  She then developed an affinity for hospital medicine with a special interest in Oncology, where she has been practicing since 2018.    Avery has been involved in multiple hospital- and systems-based quality improvement projects and has a strong commitment to provide education to our next generation of PAs.  In addition to her clinical commitments, she services as the Director of Advanced Practice Provider Integration for Cayuga Health, where she helps to ensure access to timely and high-quality care for patients in our community.

Education & Training

• Master of Science, St. Francis University (Loretto, PA)
• Physician Assistant Studies, Certificate Red Rocks College (Lakewood, CO)
• Bachelor of Science in Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado (Boulder, CO)

Certifications

• National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants

Memberships

• American Academy of Physician Assistants
• NY State Society of Physician Assistants
• Advanced Practice Provider Executives