Dr. Cristine Adams

Dr. Cristine Adams is an executive and physician coach who brings more than two decades of experience as a board-certified physician and senior healthcare leader to her work with executives, physicians, and leadership teams. As Chief Wellness Officer for a major regional health system spanning multiple acute care hospitals, she understands firsthand the complexity, visibility, and competing demands leaders must navigate.

Dr. Adams helps leaders strengthen self-awareness, expand their leadership range, and translate insight into meaningful changes in how they communicate, influence, make decisions, and lead others. Her coaching creates space for leaders to examine the patterns shaping their effectiveness, approach difficult conversations with greater clarity and courage, and build the relationships and accountability needed to achieve sustainable results.

Her approach is practical, thoughtful, and grounded in the realities of organizational leadership. Drawing on her experience in both the clinical and executive arenas, Dr. Adams understands the distinct challenges facing physician leaders, including leading former peers, influencing across professional boundaries, balancing clinical credibility with enterprise responsibility, and guiding teams through complexity and change.

In addition to individual coaching, Dr. Adams coaches leadership teams and facilitates development experiences that deepen trust, strengthen communication, and improve collective performance. She also brings her coaching perspective to keynote speaking and interactive workshops, engaging participants through reflection, real-world application, facilitated dialogue, peer coaching, and live feedback.