Adam was born and raised in rural Idaho. He graduated from Albertson College of Idaho in Caldwell, Idaho, in 1993 with an Honors BA in chemistry, zoology, and religion. A Rhodes Scholar, he completed a Masters of Philosophy at Oxford in Comparative Social Research, focusing on how the healing systems of India and Great Britain have influenced one another. He completed his medical training at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and his family medicine residency at the University of Wisconsin Madison, where he was a Chief Resident. He recently finished the two-year academic fellowship in family medicine, and through an Integrative Family Medicine grant, he has been able to complete the University of Arizona Integrative Medicine Associate Fellowship. He sees patients at the Odana Atrium Family Medicine Clinic and the UW Center for Integrative Medicine. He enjoys travel, reading, writing, time with family, and anything that involves the outdoors.

Adam oversees the Academic Integrative Medicine (AIM) fellowship. He and a current fellow, Luke Fortney, recently received a grant from the GWish Foundation to create a spirituality curriculum for family medicine residents in the Madison program. Adam's particular areas of interest in Integrative Medicine include dietary supplements, spirituality, and energy medicine.