Dr. Avinash Patil is an emergency medicine doctor at Stanford Medical Center in California who joins a RacingThePlanet Ultramarathon medical team for the 23nd time at the Namib Race 2026.
A graduate of the University of California Davis, Dr. Avi completed his residency at Washington University and undertook a fellowship at Loma Linda University in California. He currently practices at Santa Clara Medical Centre and Stanford Hospital. On more than one occasion Dr. Avi has received awards for his works in emergency medicine at Stanford University.
Dr. Avi has practiced medicine in India, the Solomon Islands, Honduras, Kenya, China and Ecuador. With more stamps in his passport than a travel writer and a side job as a whitewater raft guide, he sometimes seems more adrenalin-junkie nomad than medical doctor. But there is a serious side to this adventure seeker - he loves to share his passion of the outdoors.
He has previously worked on the medical at team, usually as the medical director, at 19 races since 2010: Gobi March (China) 2010, 2015 and 2017, Gobi March (Mongolia) 2018, Sahara Race (Egypt) 2010, Sahara Race (Namibia) 2016, Atacama Crossing (Chile) 2010, 2012 and 2014, The Last Desert (Antarctica) 2012 and roving races in Nepal 2011, Jordan 2012, Iceland 2013, Madagascar 2014, Ecuador 2015, Patagonia 2017, New Zealand 2019, Georgia 2021, Lapland 2022, The 20-Year Race (Jordan 2024) and RacingThePlanet: Greece 2025.
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