Mirla Avila, MD, FAAN
Neurologist & Multiple Sclerosis specialist
Dr. Mirla Avila is a board-certified neurologist specializing in Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology, bringing over 15 years of focused expertise to Grove Neurology. She completed her MS fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine and her neurology residency at TTUHSC, where she founded and directed the Comprehensive MS Care Center — one of the region's only dedicated MS programs.
As former Associate Professor of Neurology and Interim Chair at TTUHSC, Dr. Avila has spent her career at the intersection of clinical care, research, and medical education. She has served as principal and co-investigator on clinical trials for some of today's most widely used MS therapies, with research presented at AAN, ECTRIMS, ACTRIMS, and CMSC.
Dr. Avila has a particular interest in MS and neuroimmunological disease in Hispanic and Latino populations — an area in which she has published and presented extensively, and one that is deeply meaningful to the South Florida community she now serves. Fluent in English and Spanish, she is committed to providing culturally connected, personalized care to every patient.
At Grove Neurology, Dr. Avila sees patients with Multiple Sclerosis, NMOSD, MOGAD, and other autoimmune neurological conditions, as well as a broad range of general neurology concerns including memory disorders, neuropathy, pain, tremors, seizures, headache and migraine, stroke, and more.
