Hello and welcome back to Ackrak.

I'm Jed Wolpaw, and I am thrilled to be here with another master clinician episode

with an incredible clinician

and person and a true master clinician, Dr. Phil Adams.

I want to read as I tend to try to do some of the nomination letters that came in for

Dr. Adams before I welcome him officially to the show.

Dr. Adams is really someone who stood out amongst both his peers and his trainees.

They wrote some of the following comments.

Dr. Adams, for the past three and a half years, I've had the pleasure of working alongside Dr.

Adams in the classroom, in the operating room, at conferences, and most recently this year, very closely as a chief resident. All I can think of is I wish everyone else had the privilege of working with him and learning from him. He's a pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist, a master physiologist, and a wizard in the operating room, and yet he maintains a level of humility that is inspiring and comforting to all of us. Another wrote, I had the pleasure of working with him multiple times in the operating room, and no matter what the situation, complexity or course, he always kept his cool, stuck to his principles, did right by the patient, and most impressively, always taught me something. He's always teaching, always laughing, and always putting others first. When I think of Dr. Adams, I think that's who I want to be. Someone who everyone loves, respects, and the first person they go to when something goes wrong, but also the first person they'd want to have a beer with after everything goes right. I'd be remiss if I did not mention just how great of a person he is outside of the OR. Despite being an active researcher, loving, caring father and husband and pediatric

cardiac anesthesiologist, he still found so much time to show up for his residents, whether

it be a social event, orientation, presentations, lectures, graduations, or town halls. He was

always there to show his face, have our backs, and be supportive. His passion for resident well-being,

education, and clinical experience is second to none.

He is truly a role model for me and many of my classmates, a truly special man, and certainly

a master clinician. Another wrote, Dr. Adams, has a special place in my heart in particular,

and is the inspiration for my fellowship choices, both Peds and Peds Cardiac. Despite being a program

director, father, and researcher, he makes himself exceptionally available to us with his whole heart. If I can one day become half the anesthesiologist he is, I will have accomplished more than I could have ever dreamed. I often find myself thinking, imagine how good I would be if I could work with Phil every day, because just being around him results an infectious drive to do my absolute best.

And one of his colleagues wrote, I have had the privilege of working alongside him for 10 years,

and he is the kind of attending who elevates everyone around him, residence, fellows and peers alike,

and does so with a steadiness and generosity that is genuinely rare.

So Dr. Phil Adams is an associate professor of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine at the

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