"<Font face="Comic Sans MS"><font size=2><p align="left"><b>I can not say enough wonderful things about Dr. Avara. He is the most kind, considerate person there is. He is a very good friend of our family even before my surgery. If you have a choice of surgeons I would absolutely choose him. I contracted a stomach virus 3 weeks post op and was in a different hospital, he called every hour to check on me. "