William Adam Gower MD , MS

Pediatric Asthma Pulmonology, Pediatric Bronchoscopy, Pediatric Interstitial Lung Disease Pulmonology

Associate Professor, University of North Carolina School of Medicine

101 Manning DriveChapel Hill, NC 27599
Phone+1 984-974-1000

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Education & Training

Wake Forest Graduate School of the Arts and SciencesMS, Clinical and Population Translational Science, 2011 - 2016
Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Pediatric Pulmonology, 2005 - 2010
Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Pediatrics, 2002 - 2005
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineClass of 2002

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Certifications & Licensure

NC State Medical License 2010 - 2026
OH State Medical License 2010 - 2013
PA State Medical License 2010 - 2010
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Pulmonology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in neonatal blood: associations with respiratory disease in extremely preterm infants.
Nicole Stephenson, Joe Xiaotong Yi, W Adam Gower, Elizabeth T Jensen, Wesley Jackson
Pediatric Research. 2026-08-07
An Update to the Classification, Evaluation, and Management of Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease in Infancy: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice ...
Matthew D McGraw, Emily DeBoer, Jason P Weinman, Gail H Deutsch, Jennifer Pogoriler
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2026-07-24
Corrigendum to Diagnosis of post-hematopoietic stem cell transplant bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome in children: time for a rethink? Transplantation and Cellular The...
Shivanthan Shanthikumar, William A Gower, Kenneth R Cooke, Anne Bergeron, Kirk R Schultz
Transplantation and Cellular Therapy. 2026-06-01

Journal Articles

The Expanding Spectrum of Surfactant Protein Deficiency Syndromes
Gower WA, Collaco JM, Nogee LM, Clinical Pulmonary Medicine 2014 21(1):16-23., 1/2014

Other

Genetic disorders of surfactant dysfunction
Gower WA, Nogee LM
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/genetic-disorders-of-surfactant-dysfunction
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-12-05