Diane L. Adams, MD, MPH, CHS-III (dladams@juxtopia.com)
President, Juxtopia Life Division

Dr. Diane L. Adams is president of the Juxtopia Life Division. Dr. Adams retired as a Commissioned Officer with the United States Public Health Service in June 2000 after 20 years of service.

Dr. Adams background includes specialties in Family Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Public Health Administration. Dr. Adams has a Masters of Public Health degree in Occupational/Environmental Health and Public Health Administration. She completed her Family Medicine Residency at Howard University, and her Preventive Medicine Residency and Masters of Public Health from the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. In March 2005, she received certification from the American Board for Certification in Homeland Security and has the designation of CHS-Level III.

Prior to joining Juxtopia, Dr. Adams served in a leadership/policy managerial clinical position in healthcare to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS)/U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Adams has served as Acting Medical Director of a hospital as well as Chief Medical Officer of six clinics. She has supervised contract physicians (multi-specialty), registered nurses, physician assistants, certified nurse practitioners, support staff personnel, and fourth year medical students to provide care for several thousands employees. Dr. Adams also served in academia as an Associate/Clinical Professor at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Campus. As Senior Medical Officer at the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR), Dr. Adams was responsible for introducing The Center for Information Technology to the conceptualization, planning and implementation and evaluation of clinically related issues within automated medical information systems. Dr. Adams is one of thirty-nine individuals in the United States who was chosen by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) as a Pacesetter in Technology, associated with the Georgia Centers for Advanced Telecommunications Technology (GCATT) in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dr. Adams continues to be involved in issues related to reducing health disparities. In July 2003, Dr. Adams was invited by the World Health Organization, the National Institutes of Health, and the South African Research Council to accompany these organizations to Cape Town, South Africa and present on "Addressing Issues of Health Disparities in International Communities." As a LEGIS Fellow to former Congressman Louis Stokes (D-OH -Retired), Dr. Adams was responsible in assisting the Congressman draft written legislation.

Dr. Adams continues to advise the federal, state, and local governments as well as industry about healthcare, telehealth, health care policy, public health outcomes, effective health care delivery, and innovative health care technology. Dr. Adams has been an active member of the American Public Health Association (APHA) for many years and active in the Health Administration Section (HAS). Dr. Adams is Founder and Chair of the Health Informatics Information Technology (HIIT) interest group of APHA.