Avi is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University in the division of Nephrology, Hypertension, and Kidney Transplantation. His primary research interest is in social determinants of health and how they exacerbate disparities in access to kidney transplantation. He uses survey research and social network analysis to examine how hemodialysis patient outcomes are affected by other patients with which they interact. This research has been funded by the Norman S. Coplon Satellite Healthcare Grant. Avi is also site sub-investigator for the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) and a co-investigator on an antibiotic pharmacokinetics study for continuous renal replacement therapy (Allergan).