David B. Adams

David B. Adams
Born 1950
Annapolis, Maryland
Nationality United States
Alma mater University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Medical College of Virginia
Known for Chronic Pancreatitis Surgeries, Chief of Surgery at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

David B. Adams, M.D. (born 1950) is Professor of Surgery, Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal and Laparoscopic Surgery and Co-Director of the Digestive Disease Center at the Medical University of South Carolina.[1] Adams is recognized as an expert in chronic pancreatitis surgeries and has been published over 100 times. He has given over 100 presentations regarding his clinical interests and will host the Chronic Pancreatitis Symposium in 2014 on Kiawah Island.[2]

Biography

Adams was born in 1950 in Annapolis, Maryland at the U.S. Naval Academy. A Navy junior, he was raised in Newport, Rhode Island, Arlington, Virginia, and Paris, France. Adams was named a Morehead Scholar at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 1969. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Chapel Hill in 1973 and then went on to attain his medical degree at the Medical College of Virginia in 1977.

After completing his internship and residency in surgery in 1982 at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Virginia, he was named Chief of Surgery at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (where he was the only surgeon). In 1983, he returned to the continental United States and was named Chief of Surgery at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Charleston, South Carolina. Three years later, he joined the faculty in the department of Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina.

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References

  1. http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/surgery/divisions/gi/faculty/adams_bio.htm Biographical Overview: David B. Adams
  2. http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/symposium2014/about.htm About The Chronic Pancreatitis Symposium
  3. http://www.halstedsociety.com/ The Halstead Society
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