Adams receives 2025 UW Health Physician Excellence Rising Star Leadership Award
Congratulations to Jacquelyn Adams, MD, MSCI, assistant professor in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine! Adams was selected to receive the 2025 UW Health Physician Excellence Rising Star Leadership Award!
This award recognizes outstanding clinician leaders who have built exemplary professional relationships, who prioritize exceptional, patient-centered care, and who have made measurable contributions to clinical practice at UW Health.
Adams joined the UW Department of Ob-Gyn in 2017 as a fellow in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine. She joined the division faculty in 2020 following graduation from MFM fellowship. She became co-chair of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services Maternal Mortality Review Team in 2023.
In nomination materials, Adams was praised as a leader in improving maternal health outcomes in the Department of Ob-Gyn, UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital, and the state of Wisconsin. Janine Rhoades, MD, director of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, said this:
“Dr. Adams led development of HOPE kits to provide UnityPoint Health-Meriter patients with practical lifesaving tools and information on connections to a Peer Recovery Coach. Successful dissemination and implementation included developing workflow processes for distribution of these kits, and comprehensive education for all OB staff and providers encouraging broad distribution of these resources to their patients. Dr. Adams initiated a community collaboration and is the primary outreach provider at a Lac du Flambeau clinical site which largely focuses on prenatal care for patients with substance use disorder. Recently, Dr. Adams recruited a first nations member from Bad River to coordinate group recovery and peer counseling services supporting the Lac du Flambeau community Opioid Overdose Prevention and Education Project.”
Dr. Adams will be celebrated at the 2025 UW Health Physician Excellence Awards Ceremony on May 21, 2025. Congratulations on this well-deserved honor!