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Joshua Adams, MD, Vascular Surgery, Roanoke, VA, Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital

JoshuaD.AdamsMD

Vascular Surgery Roanoke, VA

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Summary

  • Dr. Joshua D. Adams, a practicing Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon is an Associate Professor of Surgery in the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in Roanoke, Virginia. Dr. Adams started the Carilion Clinic Aortic Center and serves as it's Director.
    Dr. Adams completed 10 years of residency and fellowship training at the University of Virginia Health System, combining a 4-2 Early Specialization Pathway for Vascular Surgery and the DIRECT Pathway for Vascular and Interventional Radiology. Dr. Adams has dedicated his career to treating patients with complex aortic disease using branched and fenestrated endovascular techniques, a significantly less invasive approach than conventional open surgery. Dr. Adams started the MUSC Health Complex Endovascular Aortic Program and serves as the Surgical Director of the MUSC Health Aortic Center. He has successfully completed over 60 branched/fenestrated endovascular aortic aneurysm repairs at MUSC, more than any other physician in the state of South Carolina.
    Dr. Adams’s academic interests include open and endovascular surgical simulation, advanced hybrid and endovascular techniques and novel endovascular devices. He served as the Assistant Director of Surgical Simulation at the Simulation Center of South Carolina on MUSC’s Downtown Campus. Dr. Adams has been the PI or co-investigator on more than 20 clinical trials and has twice been formally acknowledged as an MUSC Recognized Research Innovator.

Education & Training

  • University of Virginia Medical Center
    University of Virginia Medical CenterFellowship, Vascular Surgery, 2011 - 2013
  • University of Virginia Medical Center
    University of Virginia Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2010 - 2011
  • University of Virginia Medical Center
    University of Virginia Medical CenterResidency, Radiology-Diagnostic, 2006 - 2010
  • University of Virginia Medical Center
    University of Virginia Medical CenterFellowship, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, 2008 - 2009
  • University of Virginia Medical Center
    University of Virginia Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 2003 - 2006
  • Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
    Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple UniversityClass of 2003
  • Clarion University of Pennsylvania
    Clarion University of PennsylvaniaBS, Biology, 1993 - 1998

Certifications & Licensure

  • VA State Medical License
    VA State Medical License 2003 - 2024
  • SC State Medical License
    SC State Medical License 2013 - 2017
  • American Board of Surgery Vascular Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • MUSC Recognized Research Innovator 2014-2016
  • Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award 2006
  • William Dion Award for Most Outstanding First Year Resident 2004
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Complicated postpartum type B aortic dissection and endovascular repair  
    Rosenberger LH, Adams JD, Kern JA, Tracci MC, Angle JF, Cherry KJ, Obstet Gynecol, 2/1/2012
  • Leclercia adecarboxylata Bacteremia in a Trauma Patient: Case Report and Review of the Literature  
    Forrester JD, Adams JD, Sawyer RG, Surg Infect, 1/4/2012
  • Pulsed High-Intensity-focused US and Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA) Versus TPA Alone for Thrombolysis of Occluded Bypass Graft in Swine  
    Abi-Jaoudeh N, Pritchard WF, Amalou H, Linguraru M, Chiesa OA, Adams JD, Gacchina C, Wesley R, Maruvada S, McDowell B, Frenkel V, Karanian JW, Wood BJ, J Vasc Interv Radiol, 1/1/2012
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Books/Book Chapters

Abstracts/Posters

  • Emergence of Endovascular Surgery at MUSC
    Adams JD, MUSC Heart & Vascular Center Board of Directors Meeting, 2/7/2014
  • SAFARI: Subintimal Arterial Flossing with Antegrade-Retrograde Intervention
    Adams JD, Sanctuary of Endovascular Therapies, 1/1/2014
  • Techniques to Preserve Internal Iliac Artery Patency in Patients with Aortoiliac Aneurysmal Disease
    Adams JD, Sanctuary of Endovascular Therapies, 1/1/2014
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Lectures

  • International Congress for Endovascular Specialists (iCON 2013) 
    International Society of Endovascular Specialists (ISES), Scottsdale, Arizona - 2/24/2013
  • Issues Regarding the Use of Balloon Expandable Stents in the Setting of Endovascular Repair of the Thoracic Aorta 
    1/1/2012
  • Endovascular Repair of Type 3 Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm 
    1/1/2012
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Press Mentions

  • Carilion Debuts New Method for Preventing Strokes – with Filtration
    Carilion Debuts New Method for Preventing Strokes – with FiltrationJuly 2nd, 2018
  • Exotic Trends in New Medicine
    Exotic Trends in New MedicineJune 30th, 2023

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