Avril Swan, MD, has been practicing medicine in California since 2000 and is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine. She graduated from Mayo Medical School and completed her residency at the University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Swan joined Dr. Miller in 2003 and since that time has developed her interest in integrating traditional western medicine with alternative modalities. She has completed education in nutrition, primary care homeopathy, and most recently the Helms physician acupuncture training program affiliated with the University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine.

Dr. Swan’s style is strongly collaborative and based the belief that given knowledge and support, that most people can make intelligent decisions about their own health care. She believes that stress, state of mind, and environment are important factors when addressing an individual’s health concerns.

Dr. Swan is strongly committed to education – medical and general. She has completed a fellowship in Medical Education and teaches family medicine to medical students and resident physicians at the University of California, San Francisco. In addition, she often teaches nutrition in San Francisco public schools.

Starting in 2008, Dr. Swan will start to offer medical acupuncture as a part of her clinical care.

While she loves all aspects of family medicine, she has a particular interest and expertise in eating disorders. She is a San Francisco native, mother to three wonderful girls, and is married to Stuart, an English and Social Sciences teacher in the San Francisco Public Schools.

Dr. Swan has hospital privileges at California Pacific Medical Center.