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Adam Spanier, MD, MPH, PhD, FAAP

Adam Spanier, MD, MPH, PhD, FAAP

Board Member

Adam Spanier, MD, MPH, PhD, FAAP, is a pediatrician with expertise in Environmental Health.  A graduate of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, he trained in Pediatrics at Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, OH. He also completed a combined General Pediatrics and Pediatric Environmental Health Research Fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in Cincinnati, OH. Dr. Spanier focused on Pediatric Environmental Health research and clinical care for his entire academic career (through 2022). His research centered mostly on pediatric asthma and the environment (tobacco smoke, particulates, allergens, etc), but it has also included lead poisoning and injury prevention. From 2007-2009, he was the medical director of the Pediatric Lead Clinic in Cincinnati, leading the clinic’s expansion into the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit affiliated Pediatric Environmental Health Clinic. He was the editor of the Environmental Health Column of Public Health Reports, the official journal of the U.S. Public Health Service. He was also a member of the EPA’s Child Health Protection Advisory Committee for two terms. He served two terms as a member of the executive committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Environmental Health. He was the division head for General Pediatrics and the medical director of Pediatrics at Midtown, the University of Maryland Department of Pediatrics outpatient General Pediatrics Clinic. In 2022, he left his academic position to take a federal position focused on broader public health issues.  His activity on this board does not reflect the views of his current federal position; they reflect his expertise and views as a private citizen.