JohnSAdamsMD

Orthopaedic Surgery • Los Angeles, CA

Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine

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Office
200 Ucla Medical Plz
Suite 140
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone(310) 825-0652
Fax(310) 301-8751
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Education & Training

Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 1979 - 1982
University of Kansas School of MedicineFellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 1978 - 1979
University of Kansas School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1975 - 1978
University of Kansas School of MedicineClass of 1974

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2015 - 2016
CA State Medical License 1982 - 2022
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Elected Member The American Society for Clinical Investigation, 1990
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com

Clinical Trials

Effects of Vitamin D3 Versus 25OHD3 on Mineral Metabolism and Immune Function Start of enrollment: 2014 Apr 01Adams, J.S.
Effects of Vitamin D Insufficiency in Man Start of enrollment: 2010 Aug 01Modlin, R.L.,Lake, J.E.,Adams, J.S.,Liu, P.M.,Hannafon, F.B.,Shieh, A.,Nattiv, A.,Friedman, T.,Bukata, S.V.

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

9 citations
Vitamin D Binding Protein and the Biological Activity of Vitamin D.
Rene F. Chun, Albert Shieh, Carter A. Gottlieb, Vahe Yacoubian, Jeffrey C. Wang, Martin Hewison, John S. Adams> ;Frontiers in Endocrinology. 2019 Oct 24
12 citations
Preoperative Vitamin D Deficiency Is Associated With Higher Postoperative Complication Rates in Total Knee Arthroplasty.
Vishal Hegde, Armin Arshi, Christopher Wang, Zorica Buser, Jeffrey C. Wang, Andrew R. Jensen, John S. Adams, Erik N. Zeegen, Nicholas M. Bernthal> ;Orthopedics. 2018 Jul 1
3 citations
CIRM Alpha Stem Cell Clinics: Collaboratively Addressing Regenerative Medicine Challenges.
Catriona Jamieson, Maria T. Millan, Abla A. Creasey, Geoff Lomax, Mary E. Donohoe, Mark C. Walters, Mehrdad Abedi, Daniela A. Bota, John A. Zaia, John S. Adams> ;Cell Stem Cell. 2018 Jun 1
Associations between change in total and free 25-hydroxyvitamin D with 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D and parathyroid hormone.
Shieh, A.,Ma, C.,Chun, R. F.,Wittwer-Schegg, J.,Swinkels, L.,Huijs, T.,Wang, J.,Donangelo, I.,Hewison, M.,Adams, J. S.> ;J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab.. 2018 Jun 23
19 citations
Single-Dose, Preoperative Vitamin-D Supplementation Decreases Infection in a Mouse Model of Periprosthetic Joint Infection.
Vishal Hegde, Erik M. Dworsky, Alexandra I. Stavrakis, Amanda H. Loftin, Stephen D. Zoller, Howard Y. Park, Sherif Richman, Daniel Johansen, Yan Hu, Julie A Taylor, Ch...> ;Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, American Volume. 2017 Oct 18
16 citations
Effects of Cholecalciferol vs Calcifediol on Total and Free 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Parathyroid Hormone
Albert Shieh, Christina Ma, Rene F. Chun, Sten Witzel, Brandon Rafison, Hannah T M Contreras, Jonas Wittwer-Schegg, Leon Maria Jacobus Wilhelmus Swinkels, Tonnie Huijs...> ;The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2017 Apr 1
82 citations
Free 25-Hydroxyvitamin D: Impact of Vitamin D Binding Protein Assays on Racial-Genotypic Associations.
Carrie M. Nielson, Kerry S. Jones, Rene F. Chun, Jon M. Jacobs, Y. Wang, Martin Hewison, John S. Adams, Christine M. Swanson, Christine G. Lee, Dirk Vanderschueren, St...> ;The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2016 Mar 23
Role of Assay Type in Determining Free 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels in Diverse Populations.
Nielson, C. M.,Jones, K. S.,Chun, R. F.,Jacobs, J.,Wang, Y.,Hewison, M.,Adams, J. S.,Swanson, C. M.,Lee, C. G.,Vanderschueren, D.,Pauwels, S.,Prentice, A.,Smith, R. D....> ;N. Engl. J. Med.. 2016 Mar 24
15 citations
Associations of total and free 25OHD and 1,25(OH)2D with serum markers of inflammation in older men
Priya Srikanth, Rene F. Chun, Martin Hewison, John S. Adams, Roger Bouillon, Dirk Vanderschueren, Nancy E Lane, Peggy M. Cawthon, Tien Dam, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, L...> ;Osteoporosis International. 2016 Feb 23
12 citations
Clinical outcomes of palliative radiation therapy for children
Douglas A. Rahn, Arno J. Mundt, James D. Murphy, Deborah Schiff, John S. Adams, Kevin T. Murphy> ;Practical radiation oncology. 2015 May 1
12 citations
Lysophosphatidic acid mediates fibrosis in injured joints by regulating collagen type I biosynthesis
Ling Wu, Frank A. Petrigliano, Kai Ba, Siyoung Lee, J. Bogdanov, David R. McAllister, John S. Adams, Ann K. Rosenthal, B. Van Handel, G.M. Crooks, Yunfeng Lin, Denis E...> ;Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 2015 Feb 1
Cloning of a functional 25-hydroxyvitamin D-1α-hydroxylase in zebrafish (Danio rerio).
Chun, R. F.,Blatter, E.,Elliott, S.,Fitz-Gibbon, S.,Rieger, S.,Sagasti, A.,Adams, J. S.,Hewison, M.> ;Cell Biochem. Funct.. 2014 Oct 08
Vitamin D and alternative splicing of RNA.
Zhou, R.,Chun, R. F.,Lisse, T. S.,Garcia, A. J.,Xu, J.,Adams, J. S.,Hewison, M.> ;J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol.. 2014 Dec 03
52 citations
IL-32 is a molecular marker of a host defense network in human tuberculosis
Dennis Montoya, Megan S. Inkeles, Philip T. Liu, Susan Realegeno, Rosane M. B. Teles, Poorva Vaidya, Marcos A Munoz, Mirjam Schenk, William R. Swindell, Rene F. Chun, ...> ;Science Translational Medicine. 2014 Aug 20
Outcome of indwelling tunneled PleurX® catheter placement in pediatric and young adult patients with malignant effusions.
Adams, J.,Auger, J.,Schiff, D.> ;Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2014 Jan 30
9 citations
Vitamin D signaling regulates oral keratinocyte proliferation in vitro and in vivo.
Feng-Ning F. Yuan, Jayasanker Valiyaparambil, Michael C. Woods, Huy Tran, Rima Pant, John S. Adams, Sanjay M. Mallya> ;International Journal of Oncology. 2014 May 1
57 citations
Regulation of the extrarenal CYP27B1-hydroxylase.
John S. Adams, Brandon Rafison, Sten Witzel, Rachel E. Reyes, Albert Shieh, Rene F. Chun, Kathryn Zavala, Martin Hewison, Philip T. Liu> ;The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 2014 Oct 1
Vitamin D and DBP: The free hormone hypothesis revisited.
Chun, R. F.,Peercy, B. E.,Orwoll, E. S.,Nielson, C. M.,Adams, J. S.,Hewison, M.> ;J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol.. 2013 Oct 08
Extracellular Matrix Domain Formation As an Indicator of Chondrocyte Dedifferentiation and Hypertrophy.
Wu, L.,Gonzalez, S.,Shah, S.,Kyupelyan, L.,Petrigliano, F. A.,McAllister, D. R.,Adams, J. S.,Karperien, M.,Tuan, T. L.,Benya, P. D.,Evseenko, D.> ;Tissue Eng Part C Methods. 2013 Jul 23
Type I interferon suppresses type II interferon-triggered human anti-mycobacterial responses.
Teles, R. M.,Graeber, T. G.,Krutzik, S. R.,Montoya, D.,Schenk, M.,Lee, D. J.,Komisopoulou, E.,Kelly-Scumpia, K.,Chun, R.,Iyer, S. S.,Sarno, E. N.,Rea, T. H.,Hewison, M...> ;Science. 2013 Mar 22
Vitamin D activation of functionally distinct regulatory miRNAs in primary human osteoblasts.
Lisse, T. S.,Chun, R. F.,Rieger, S.,Adams, J. S.,Hewison, M.> ;J Bone Miner Res. 2013 Jun
Fibroblast growth factor 23 inhibits extrarenal synthesis of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D in human monocytes.
Bacchetta, J.,Sea, J. L.,Chun, R. F.,Lisse, T. S.,Wesseling-Perry, K.,Gales, B.,Adams, J. S.,Salusky, I. B.,Hewison, M.> ;J Bone Miner Res. 2013 Jan
30 citations
Extrarenal expression of the 25-hydroxyvitamin D-1-hydroxylase
John S. Adams, Martin Hewison> ;Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 2012 Jul 1
367 citations
The Nonskeletal Effects of Vitamin D: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement
Clifford J. Rosen, John S. Adams, Daniel D. Bikle, Dennis M. Black, Marie B. Demay, JoAnn E. Manson, M. Hassan Murad, Christopher S. Kovacs> ;Endocrine Reviews. 2012 May 17
The John Charnley Award: an accurate and sensitive method to separate, display, and characterize wear debris: part 1: polyethylene particles.
Fabrizio Billi, Paul D. Benya, Aaron Kavanaugh, John S. Adams, Edward Ebramzadeh, Harry A. McKellop> ;Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2012 Feb 1
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Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical CenterLos Angeles, California

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