On March 15, 2022, the WCMS hosted their first in-person meeting since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the meeting, members had an informal discussion on reengaging our strong medical community. Guest speaker was a local colleague, Dr. Bob Adams, who discussed his recent book “Swords and Saints: A Doctor’s Journey.”
About Dr. Adams:
Colonel (ret) Robert Adams, MD, MBA is a US Naval Academy graduate who served thirty-six years in the Navy and Army (18 years in each service) as a Navy SEAL, the DELTA Force Command Surgeon, and an Army family medicine physician (with obstetrics). He attended Wake Forest Medical School, then an Army residency at Madigan Army Medical center in Tacoma, Washington was followed by service with the famed DELTA Force and the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, NC, and in Iraq during the 2003-2004 war. After the military, he developed a thriving private practice in Knightdale, NC, and designed and built a 14,000 square foot clinic where he won numerous awards for clinical excellence and practiced for 13 more years. He currently works at the Fischer Clinic in Raleigh part-time while looking for more places to fish.
