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William T. Adamson, MD

Division Chief of Pediatric Surgery/Associate Professor of Surgery/Surgeon-in-Chief, NC Children's Hospital

Department of Surgery
    Division of Pediatric Surgery

Services:
Surgery, General Surgery
Surgery, Pediatric Surgery Service
Cancer Services, Multidisciplinary Clinical Services, Computer and Robotic Enhanced Surgery Center (CARES), Pediatric Surgery
Pediatrics, Surgery
Trauma, Critical Care, and Acute Care Services

Procedures/Research:
Surgical treatment of congenital anomalies;neonatal problems. Pediatric, general, thoracic and minimally invasive surgery; pediatric trauma, burn care, surgical oncology. Inflammatory bowel disease and bowel adaptation.
 
Clinical Appointment Phone:  919-966-4220

Website: http://www.med.unc.edu/pedssurgery
William T. Adamson, MD

Certifications
General Surgery - Board Certified  (1998)
Pediatric Surgery - Board Certified  (2002)

Education and Training
Medical School: MD, Duke University, Durham, NC, 1990
Residency: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1991 - 1993
Area: Surgery
Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1993 - 1995
Area: Surgery
Residency: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1995 - 1996
Area: Surgery
Chief Residency: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1996 - 1997
Area: Surgery
Assistant Chief Residency: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 1997 - 1998
Area: Pediatric Surgery
Fellowship: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 1998 - 1999
Area: Pediatric Surgery

Professional Positions
  1. Assistant Instructor, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1992

  2. Instructor, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1996

  3. Instructor, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1997

  4. Assistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina, 1999

Honors
  1. William Y. Inouye Award, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1995

  2. NIH/NCI National Research Award, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1995

  3. NIH/NCI National Research Award, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1994

  4. NIH/NCI National Research Award, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1993

  5. Thomas Jefferson Award, Duke University School of Medicine, 1990

Presentations
  1. Malrotation and Intussusception
    Authors: William T. Adamson
    Roper Lecturship, Charleston, South Carolina, 1999

  2. Update on Fetal Surgery: Impaction Perinatal Care
    Authors: William T. Adamson
    Grand Round Lecture Series, Department of Pediatrics, Charleston, South Carolina, 1999

  3. Biliary Atresia and Pediatric Gallbladder Disease
    Authors: William T. Adamson
    Roper Lectureship, Charleston, South Carolina, 1999

  4. Biliary Atresia
    Authors: William T. Adamson
    Medical University of South Carolina, Nursing Inservice, Charleston, South Carolina, 2000

  5. TOPIC
    Authors: William T. Adamson
    Faculty Outreach - Carolina Pines Hospital, Pinesville, South Carolina, 2000

  6. Intestinal Atresias: A View From The Inside
    Authors: William T. Adamson
    Medical University of South Carolina, Nursing Inservice, Charleston, South Carolina, 2000

  7. The Abnormal Umbilical Cord & Abdominal Wall Defects
    Authors: William T. Adamson
    Roper Lectureship, Charleston, South Carolina, 2000

  8. Fetal Abdominal Wall Defect
    Authors: William T. Adamson
    Medical University of South Carolina, Department of OB/GYN, Charleston, South Carolina, 2000

  9. Update on Fetal Surgery
    Authors: William T. Adamson
    Grand Rounds Lecture Series, Department of Pediatrics, Charleston, South Carolina, 2000

  10. Fetal Surgery
    Authors: William T. Adamson
    Department of OB/GYN Fetal Borad, Charleston, South Carolina, 2000

  11. Management of Trauma in Children: What's New, What's Different
    Authors: William T. Adamson
    Twenty-Ninth Annual Postgraduate Course In Surgery, Charleston, South Carolina, 2000

  12. Pediatric Abdominal Trauma
    Authors: William T. Adamson
    Medical University South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 2000

  13. Minimally Invasive Surgery for Pectus Excavatum, Appendicitis, and Pyloric Stenosis
    Authors: William T. Adamson
    South Carolina Chapter of American Association of Pediatrics, Hilton Head, South Carolina, 2000

  14. Minimally Invasive Pediatric Surgery
    Authors: William T. Adamson
    4th Annual Surgical Physician's Assistant Forum, Charleston, South Carolina, 2000

  15. Debate on Seat Belt Laws
    Authors: William T. Adamson
    Grand Rounds Lecture Series, Department of Surgery, Charleston, South Carolina, 2000

  16. Fetal Surgery and the EXIT Procedure
    Authors: William T. Adamson
    Grand Rounds Lecture Series, Department of Surgery, Charleston, South Carolina, 2000

  17. Thyroid Carcinoma in Children
    Authors: William T. Adamson
    Tumor Board, Children's Hospital, Charleston, South Carolina, 2000

  18. Current Topics in Pediatric Surgery
    Authors: William T. Adamson
    Series of Lectures. William Soler Pediatric Hospital, Havana, Cuba, 2001

  19. Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disorders
    Authors: William T. Adamson
    Pediatric Critical Care Nursing Course, Charleston, South Carolina, 2001

  20. Pancreatic Trauma
    Authors: William T. Adamson
    Peer-review presentation, American Pediatric Surgical Association, Phoenix, Arizona, 2002

  21. Management of TPN Cholestasis
    Authors: William T. Adamson
    Grand Round Series, Department of Pediatrics, Charleston, South Carolina, 2002

  22. Short Bowl Syndrome and Cholestatic Jaundice
    Authors: William T. Adamson
    Grand Rounds Lecture Series, Department of Surgery, Charleston, South Carolina, 2002

  23. Short Bowel Syndrome
    Authors: William T. Adamson
    Grand Rounds Lecture Series, Department of Surgery, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 2003

Publications
  1. Breast Disease in the Pediatric Patient
    Authors: Adamson, WT and Hebra A
    YourDoctor.com, General Pediatric Surgery, 2000

  2. Meckels Diverticulum
    Authors: Adamson, WT and Hebra A
    YourDoctor. com, General Pediatric Surgery, 2000

  3. Appendicitis in the Young Child: a Continuing Diagnostic Challenge
    Authors: Nance ML, Adamson WT, Hedrick HL
    Pediatric Emergency Care, 2000

  4. A Simple Technique for Preventing Bar Displacement with the Nuss Repair of Pectus Excavatum
    Authors: Hebra A, Gauderer MW, Tagge EP, Adamson WT, Othersen HB Jr
    Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2001

  5. Bowel Obstruction in the Newborn
    Authors: Adamson WT and Hebra A
    eMedicine.com, section on Pediatrics, 2001

  6. Effectiveness of Betaglucan Collagen (BGC) for Treatment of Partial Thickness Burns in Children
    Authors: Nance ML, Adamson WT, Othersen HB Jr, Tagge EP
    Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2001

  7. Pectus Carinatum as a Sequela of Minimally Invasive Pectus Excavatum Repair
    Authors: Hebra A, Gauderer MW, Thomas P, Tagge EP, Adamson WT, Othersen HB Jr
    Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2001

  8. Comparison of Minimally Invasive and modified Ravitch Pectus Excavatum Repair
    Authors: Fonkalsrud EW, Beanes S, Hebra A, Adamson WT, Tagge E
    Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2002

  9. Neonatal Intestinal Obstruction
    Authors: Adamson WT and Hebra A
    Current Pediatric Therapy, 2002

  10. Sleepwell Series Volumne II: Surgery and Obstetrics & Gynecology
    Authors: Adamson WT
    Chapters 45-47: Abdominal Mass in a Child, Failure to Pass Meconium, Vomiting in and Infant, 2003

  11. Serum Amylase and Lipase Alone are not Cost-effective Screening Methods of Pediatric Pancreatic Trauma
    Authors: Adamson WT, Hebra A, Thomas PB, Wagstaff P, Tagge EP, Othersen HB Jr
    Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2003


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