BOZEMAN SPORTS MEDICINE - Key Persons
Dr. Adams, our physician at Bozeman Sports Medicine, is a specialist in his field for one reason: to make your life an active life. An active life means hiking, skiing, playing tennis or pickleball, training hard, running a marathon, or playing on the floor with your grandkids. Whatever your dreams are, Dr. Adams' expertise can help you regain them. So when musculoskeletal injury, pain, and nerve entrapment issues stand in the way of this kind of life, it is imperative that they be healed. Not masked, not tolerated, but healed.
When you meet Dr. Adams, you will notice that there are two things that characterize his approach: First, he is interested in your goals, your dreams, and in finding a way to achieve them. Second, he believes excellence is the path towards successfully treating your condition. This commitment to excellence has been reflected in Dr. Adams' career path. He is a national expert in musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging. He is a regular presenter at national and international conferences, including an advanced ultrasound group that is developing cutting-edge evaluation and treatment methods. He is an anatomy professor in our WWAMI medical school at Montana State University. All of this experience benefits you as a patient.
Dr. Adams and his family moved to Bozeman in 2016 from Wisconsin, where he had a busy musculoskeletal practice for 15 years. His wife, Dr. Alexandra Adams, has also had a career committed to excellence. An MD/PhD herself, Dr. Alex Adams is a national expert on building community research partnerships. She is the director of CAIRHE, the Center for American Indian and Rural Health Equity at Montana State University. The two Dr. Adams have three children, the oldest an engineer at SpaceX, the middle a mathematician, and the youngest a budding entrepreneur.
My vision for your health is that you are restored to full activity, without restrictions or barriers. I believe in healing, and the techniques we use at Bozeman Sports Medicine do precisely that - they heal. My goal is always an excellent outcome for each patient. It is this focus on your health that has driven me to pursue the most advanced training throughout my career.
Education
MD, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign
PhD Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Residency, University of Wisconsin
Sports Medicine Fellowship, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine
Job Titles:
- Medical Assistant
- Practice Manager
Erin is a native of Montana, born and raised in Livingston. She attended college at the University of Montana in Missoula, where she studied social work and was trained as a medical assistant at St. Patrick Hospital. She returned to the Livingston area and attended classes at Montana State University where she earned her Associate of Science degree.
In 2013, she and her family moved to Bozeman to be closer to BZN International Airport for her husband's job. Shortly after, she teamed up with Dr. Erik Adams and discovered their team approach to patient care. When not in the clinic, Erin is also a licensed Property Manager and loves helping our community with their housing needs.
She and her husband have 3 daughters and a furry son named Hank. In their free time they prefer to be outside camping, rafting, golfing, watching baseball and Erin is particularly fond of sitting the sidelines of their daughter's volleyball and basketball games. She recently discovered cross country skiing and is enjoying that scenery as well.
Why I do what I do? I love patient care and the connections I make in medicine. Injury and illness can cause a lot of anxiety and fear in patients, my job is to make them feel welcome, at ease and comfortable with their plan of care while helping them navigate their road to recovery. Following the great Mark Twain's advice "Find a job that you love and you'll never work a day in your life" - I'm doing that, EVERY single day.
Julie was born and raised in Livingston. She has a daughter and a son and enjoys her four granddaughters. She loves spending time with her friends, traveling, camping, and following her granddaughter's volleyball and basketball games.
She has worked in government, a nonprofit building and rehabilitating affordable housing, and the title industry. She moved to Bozeman in December 2020 to be closer to her mom. The medical field is a new arena for her, and she loves interacting with their patients.