Hoover Adger Jr., MD, MPH, MBA
Adolescent Medicine
Highlights
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Hoover Adger Jr.
Primary Academic Title
Professor of Pediatrics
Background
Dr. Hoover Adger Jr. is a professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His clinical interests include adolescent medicine, substance use and treatment of substance use disorders. Dr. Adger is a senior faculty member in the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine.
Dr. Adger is the director of both the Substance Use Assessment/Intervention Team at The Johns Hopkins Hospital Adolescent Program Co-Director of the CARE Clinic. He also serves as the faculty leader of the Colleges Advisory Program’s Sabin College.
He earned his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University. He completed a pediatrics residency at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and a fellowship in adolescent medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1984, at which time he completed a M.P.H. in health policy.
Dr. Adger served as deputy director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy in 1997 and 1998. He served from 1999-2005 as co-director of a federally funded strategic planning initiative, a role in which he advised the federal government and other entities about improving and expanding interdisciplinary education and training of health professionals in substance-use disorders.
His research interests include substance use disorders and medical education.
Dr. Adger is a past president of both the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse and the National Association for Children of Alcoholics. He is recognized as a national leader and expert in the field of addiction medicine with a focus on adolescents and young adults.
Centers and Institutes
Research Interests
Medical Education, Substance Abuse
Research Summary
Dr. Adger continues a five-year study of residents' knowledge, attitudes and skills in substance abuse. A major emphasis for him has been on building an infrastructure and funding base for a new program, “The Family Program for the Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse.”
PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Adger,%20Hoover[Full%20Author%20Name]&cmd=DetailsSearch
Selected Publications
Adger H Jr, Leff MK. “Substance use disorders in children and adolescents and the impact on children in families affected by substance use.” Subst Abus. 2002 Sep;23(3 Suppl):133-41.
Adger H Jr, Saha S. “Alcohol use disorders in adolescents.” Pediatr Rev. 2013 Mar;34(3):103-13; quiz 114. doi: 10.1542/pir.34-3-103.
Bradley G, Adger H Jr, Splinter A, Leggett BD, Madan N, Marks M. “Index of suspicion.” Pediatr Rev. 2010 Mar;31(3):117-23. doi: 10.1542/pir.31-3-117.
Hoge MA, Paris M Jr, Adger H Jr, Collins FL Jr, Finn CV, Fricks L, Gill KJ, Haber J, Hansen M, Ida DJ, Kaplan L, Northey WF Jr, O'Connell MJ, Rosen AL, Taintor Z, Tondora J, Young AS. “Workforce competencies in behavioral health: an overview.” Adm Policy Ment Health. 2005 May-Jul;32(5-6):593-631.
Shlafer R, Hergenroeder AC, Jean Emans S, Rickert VI, Adger H Jr, Spear B, Irwin CE Jr, Kreipe RE, Walker LR, Resnick MD. “Adolescence as a critical stage in the MCH Life Course Model: commentary for the Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH) interdisciplinary training program projects.” Matern Child Health J. 2014 Feb;18(2):462-6. doi: 10.1007/s10995-013-1243-8.
Honors
- Top Doctors Pediatric Specialties, Baltimore magazine, 1/1/14
- Top Doctors Pediatric Specialties, Baltimore magazine, 1/1/13
Locations
- Rubenstein Child Health Building
- 200 North Wolfe Street, Building 1, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-955-5710
- fax: 410-367-2907
Expertise
Education
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Graduate School, Health Services Management, MBA, 2006Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Graduate School, Health, Policy & Management, MPH, 1989Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Residency, Pediatrics, 1982Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Medical Education, MD, 1979Board Certifications
Addiction Medicine
American Board of Addiction Medicine, 2019Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics, 1986Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)