## About

William G. Adams, MD, FAAP, is a board-certified pediatrician, epidemiologist, and medical informatician at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and a Professor of Pediatrics at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, where he also serves as the Child Health Informatics for the Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Adams also serves as the Director of Clinical Research Informatics for the ...  Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI).

Dr. Adams received his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, New York, and completed his pediatrics residency training via the Boston Combined Residency Program offered jointly by Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center. He subsequently completed a research fellowship in the Epidemic Intelligence Service of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP).

For over two decades, Dr. Adams’ research has focused on “patient-centered IT”: developing and evaluating information technology (IT)-based solutions, including electronic health records (EHRs) for children, in order to improve the quality of health and healthcare for children and families. He has extensive experience in software development, including programming the first EHR at BMC and the development of multiple patient-centered telephony projects, as well in as the management of large clinical data sets for quality reporting/quality improvement and health disparities research.

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- ### Departments
    
    [Pediatric Primary Care](/departments/pediatric-primary-care)
- ### Specialties
    
    Epidemiology; general pediatrics; health technology and informatics
- ### Pronouns
    
    He/Him
 
 

- ### Contact
    
     [617.414.7707](tel:617.414.7707)
- ### Primary Location
    
    BMC, Crosstown Center  
    [801 Massachusetts Ave.  
    7th Floor  
    Boston, MA 02119](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?q=801+Massachusetts+Ave.%2C+Boston%2C+MA+02119)
 
 

 



 

 

- ### Administrative Title
    
    Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Child Health Informatics, Department of Pediatrics, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
    
    [Visit the BU Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) website](https://www.bu.edu/ctsi/)
- ### Residency
    
    Pediatrics, Boston Combined Residency Program (Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical Center), Boston, MA, 1987–1990
- ### Fellowship
    
    Epidemic Intelligence Service, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 1990–1993
- ### Board Certifications
    
    Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics
    
    Clinical Informatics, American Board of Preventive Medicine
- ### Education
    
     Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, 1987
 
 

 

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