Indigenous health and wellness, wellness indicators, cultural safety and humility, land-based health and wellbeing, community-based research, First Nations population health, public health
Education
MD, University of Calgary
MPH, Johns Hopkins University
Biography
Evan Tlesla Adams is a two-spirit, Coast Salish physician from Tla’amin First Nation near Powell River, BC, Canada.
Dr. Adams completed his Medical Doctorate at the University of Calgary and a residency in the Aboriginal Family Practice program at UBC in Vancouver. Dr. Adams has a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the Deputy Provincial Health Officer for BC (2012 to 2014), the Chief Medical Officer of the First Nations Health Authority (2014-2020), and then the Deputy Chief Medical Officer of First Nations & Inuit Health Branch, Indigenous Services Canada (2020-2023).
He will spend a year (24/25) as a Harkness (research) Fellow at the John A. Burns School of Medicine in Honolulu, HI. On a personal note, Evan is married to Allan, and they have 6 children.
