The Global Exchange Conference Presenter - Hoover Adger - Portrait

Hoover Adger

Hoover Adger, Jr., MD, MPH, MBA is a professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His research and clinical interests include adolescent/young adult substance use disorders and children in families affected by addiction.  He was the previous director of Adolescent Medicine in the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, and now is a senior faculty member in the Division of Adolescent & Young Adult Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.  Dr. Adger is the Co-Director of the CARE Clinic for adolescent/ family Addiction, Recovery, and Early Intervention at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.  He is a past Deputy Director of the White House Office of Nation Drug Control Policy.  He is board certified in pediatrics, adolescent medicine, and addiction medicine and is a Board member of the National Association for Children of Addiction (NACoA).