About me
Dr. Adams serves as Division Chief for Palliative Care within the Department of Medicine at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (MGUH). Prior to joining Medstar Georgetown, Dr. Adams was associate director for inpatient consult services in the Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Care at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, NY, where she also completed her Palliative Medicine fellowship. Dr. Adams is a graduate of the Boston University Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program in Boston, MA and received her medical degree from SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Adams is deeply committed to interdisciplinary team work, which is core to the structure of high-quality palliative care and is very proud to lead a team at Georgetown with representation from nursing, social work, medicine, and pharmacy. Dr. Adams holds a BA from Swarthmore College in English Literature.
Clinical areas of focus
- Advance Directive Planning
- Blood Cancer
- Dementia
- Gastric Cancer
- Geriatric Care Management
- Hospice Care Discussion
- Hospice Care For Dementia Patients
- Inpatient Palliative Care
- Lung Cancer
- Pain Medication Management
- Terminal Illness
- Transitional Care Planning
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Advance Care Planning
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Blood Cancer
- Bone Cancer
- Brain Tumor
- Breast Cancer
- Dementia
- Depression
- Fatigue
- Feeding Tube Care
- Gastric Cancer
- Gastroenteritis
- Hydration Needs
- Incontinence
- Intractable Nausea Management
- Liver Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Medication Management
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Multiple System Atrophy
- Nausea
- Neuropathic Pain
- Oncology Symptom Management
- Ovarian Cancer
- Pain Management
- Palliative Care
- Parkinson's Disease
- Patient And Family End
- Prostate Cancer
- Pulmonary Heart Disease
- Respiratory Failure
- Shortness Of Breath
- Sleep Disorders
- Soft Tissue Pain
- Sudden Loss Of Memory
- Swallowing Disorders
- Terminal Illness
- Terminal Illness Symptom Management
- Transition To Hospice Care
- Vomiting
Procedures I perform
- Advance Care Planning For Patients With Copd
- Advance Care Planning For Patients With Heart Failure
- Advance Directive Planning
- Anxiety And Depression Management
- Cancer Pain Management
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Comfort Care
- Delirium Prevention
- Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) Order Discussion
- Durable Power Of Attorney Discussion
- Fatigue Management
- Geriatric Care Management
- Grief Counseling
- Health Promotion Counseling
- Hospice Care Discussion
- Hospice Care For Dementia Patients
- Inpatient Palliative Care
- Internal Radiation Therapy
- Intra-Arterial Infusion Of Chemotherapy
- Live-In Care
- Nausea And Vomiting Management
- New Father Care
- Pain Medication Management
- Palliative Care Coordination
- Palliative Care For Heart Disease
- Palliative Care For Patients With Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
- Palliative Care For Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
- Palliative Care For Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
- Palliative Care In Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Palliative Sedation
- Parenteral Nutrition Management
- Peer Support Groups
- Physician Orders For Life-Sustaining Treatment
- Postpartum Support
- Self-Care Planning
- Transitional Care Planning
- Urinary Incontinence Treatment
- Vaccinations
- Wound Care
Practice locations
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25500 Point Lookout Rd. Leonardtown, MD, 20650
301-475-8981miles away
110 Irving St. NW Washington, DC, 20010
202-877-7000miles away
201 E. University Pkwy. Baltimore, MD, 21218
410-554-2000miles away
18101 Prince Philip Dr. Olney, MD, 20832
301-774-8882miles away
3800 Reservoir Rd. NW Washington, DC, 20007
202-444-2000miles away
9000 Franklin Square Dr. Baltimore, MD, 21237
443-777-7000miles away
3001 S. Hanover St. Baltimore, MD, 21225
410-350-3200miles away
7503 Surratts Rd Clinton, MD, 20735
301-868-8000miles away
5601 Loch Raven Blvd. Baltimore, MD, 21239
443-444-8000miles away
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2013)
Residency: Boston Medical Center (2012)
Medical School: SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University - College of Medicine (2008)