JosephAAdamsMD

Addiction Medicine

Medical Director, Omnis Health Life Wellness Ctr

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Diplomate of the American Board of Addiction Medicine and the American Board of Internal Medicine, practicing addiction medicine with an interest in co-occuring mental health disorders.

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical CenterFaculty Development, 1987 - 1988
Johns Hopkins University/Bayview Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1984 - 1987
University of Maryland School of MedicineClass of 1984
University of PennsylvaniaBA, Biology, Cum Laude, 1978

Listed in Baltimore Magazine ‘Top Docs’ issue for Addiction Medicine Baltimore Magazine, 2008
‘Health Care Hero: Physician Hero Honoree’ The Daily Record newspaper, 2003
‘Distinguished Service Award’ American Lung Association of Maryland, Inc., 2002
‘Physicians Distinguished Service Award’ Baltimore County Medical Association, 1997
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PubMed

13 citations
CLK1 reorganizes the splicing factor U1-70K for early spliceosomal protein assembly.
Brandon E. Aubol, Jacob M. Wozniak, Laurent Fattet, David Gonzalez, Joseph A. Adams
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2021-04-06
11 citations
A Conserved Sequence Motif Bridges Two Protein Kinases For Enhanced Phosphorylation and Nuclear Function of A Splicing Factor.
Brandon E. Aubol, Laurent Fattet, Joseph A. Adams
The FEBS Journal. 2021-01-01
131 citations
Matrix Rigidity Controls Epithelial-Mesenchymal Plasticity and Tumor Metastasis via a Mechanoresponsive EPHA2/LYN Complex.
Laurent Fattet, Hae-Yun Jung, Mike W. Matsumoto, Brandon E. Aubol, Aditya Kumar
Developmental Cell. 2020-08-10

Journal Articles

Entercoccal bateremia: to treat or not to treat, a reappraisal.
Hoge C., Adams J., Buchanan B., Sears S., Reviews of Infectious Diseases 13:600-5, 1991
Bacterial Utilization of cyclo (glycyl-L-prolyl).
Adams E., Blass A. Harford J.B., Adams J.A., Experientia 32:579, 1978, 1978

Other

Smoking cessation counseling in adults and children: the clinician’s role.
Adams, J, Maryland Medical Journal 44(10)4:779
10/1995

American Society of Addiction Medicine, Public Policy Committee 2019 - Present
Chair, Public Policy Committee, Maryland-DC Society of Addiction Medicine 2017 - Present
member, Addiction Committee, MedChi 2015 - Present
member, OTP Quality Implementation Workgroup (Maryland Dept of Health) 2017 - 2019
member, OTP Medical Directors QualityWorkgroup (Maryland Dept of Health) 2017 - 2019