JoshuaD.AdamsMD

Vascular Surgery • Roanoke, VA

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Office
1906 Belleview Ave SE
Roanoke, VA 24014
Phone+1 540-981-7000

Fax+1 540-981-8429

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

Certifications & Licensure

VA State Medical License 2003 - 2024
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
Dr. Charles Schnall Award for Clinical Excellence 2003
Alpha Omega Alpha 2003
W. Emory Burnett Prize in Surgery 2003
John Franklin Huber Award in Anatomy 1999
NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Finalist 1998
Top Ten Student Athletes Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, 1998
Academic Achievement Award Clarion University of PA, 1997-1998
Scholar Athlete Award Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, 1997-1998
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Clinical Trials

Evaluation of the GORE® EXCLUDER® Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis in the Treatment of Thoracoabdominal and Pararenal Aortic Aneurysms Start of enrollment: 2019 Jun 17
Recruiting
Not Applicable
Study of the RelayPro Thoracic Stent-Graft in Subjects With an Acute, Complicated Type B Aortic Dissection Start of enrollment: 2017 Dec 14
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

22 citations
Implant-associated infections: an overview.
Traci L. Hedrick, J. D. Adams, Robert G. Sawyer
Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants. 2006-01-01
11 citations
Advantages to Indigo mechanical thrombectomy for ALI: device and technique
Ricardo Yamada, Joshua D. Adams, Marcelo Guimaraes, Claudio Schönholz
The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery. 2015-02-03
8 citations
Endovascular repair of the thoracic aorta.
Joshua D. Adams, Lleowell M. Garcia, John A. Kern
The Surgical Clinics of North America. 2009-08-01

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
Real World Experience with Type I Endoleaks Following Endovascular Repair of the Thoracic Aorta
Adams JD, Tracci MC, Sabri S, Cherry KJ, Angle JF, Matsumoto AH, Kern JA, Am Surg, 1/1/2010
Endovascular Repair of the Thoracic Aorta
Adams JD, Garcia LM, Kern JA, Surg Clin N Am, 1/1/2009
Does preoperative ejection fraction predict operative mortality with left ventricular restoration?
Adams JD, Fedoruk LM, Tache-Leon CA, Peeler BB, Kern JA, Tribble CG, Bergin JD, Kron IL, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 11/1/2006
Implant-Associated Infections: An Overview
Hedrick TL, Adams JD, Sawyer RG, Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants, 1/1/2006
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Books/Book Chapters

Vascular and Interventional Radiology Handbook
Gilbert P, Rogers A, Yamada R, Adams JD, Anderson BA, Hannegan C, Schonholz C, Selby JB Jr, Guimaraes MMedical University of South Carolina2014
Abrams Angiography Interventional Radiology
Chapter: Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
Adams JD, Matsumoto, AHEditors: Geschwind, JF Dake, MD.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins2014
ICU Recall: Third Edition
Chapter: Imaging
Page 103 - 119Adams JDEditors: Tribble CG, Hobson CE Thaemert NL.Philadelphia, PAEdition 3rd,2008

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
Out of the Box: Off-label Use of Commercially Available Endovascular Devices
Adams JD, Surgery Grand Rounds, 11/26/2013
10 Year Experience with Treatment of Effort Induced Subclavian Vein Thrombosis: A Simplified and Effective Treatment Algorithm
Adams JD, 26th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Vascular Society, 1/1/2012
Fluoroscopically Guided Basket Extraction of Blunt Impactions in the Esophagus
Adams JD, Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists Annual Meeting, 1/1/2007
Incidence of Paraplegia Following Endovascular Repair of Thoracic Aortic Pathology in the Post FDA-approval Era
Adams JD, Society of Interventional Radiology Annual Meeting, 1/1/2007
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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
Treatment of Persistent Type IA Endoleak Following EVAR
1/1/2011
Real World Experience with Type I Endoleaks Following Endovascular Repair of the Thoracic Aorta
1/1/2011
Evolution of Endovascular Repair of Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury
1/1/2010
Complications Related to Endovascular Repair of Thoracic Aortic Dissections in the Post-FDA Approval Era
1/1/2009
Fundamentals of Endovascular Surgery
1/1/2008
Endovascular Repair of the Thoracic Aorta in the Post-FDA Approval Era
1/1/2008
Endovascular Repair of the Thoracic Aorta in the Post-FDA Approval Era: Extended Versus Conventional Indications
1/1/2007
Does Preoperative Ejection Fraction Predict Mortality or Increased Length of Stay with Left Ventricular Restoration
1/1/2006
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Press Mentions

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

Professional Memberships

Society of Interventional Radiology - SIR
Member
Society for Vascular Surgery - SVS
Member
American College of Surgeons - ACS
Member
Society of Vascular Ultrasound
Member