Ayrenne Adams, MD, MPH

Clinical Assistant Professor; Clinical Director, Social Determinants of Health

Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine; NYC Health + Hospitals

Dr. Ayrenne Adams is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and is the Clinical Lead of the Medical Eracism initiative at NYC Health + Hospitals, tasked with removing race-based algorithms in clinic care within the enterprise. She also serves as a Clinical Director on the Social Determinants of Health team within the Office of Ambulatory Care and Population Health at NYC H+H, developing and expanding social needs screening and referrals programs throughout the system. She is passionate about designing, implementing, and evaluating health system structures, programs and policies in order to achieve equitable care and outcomes for all patients. She also practices adult primary care at Tremont Community Health Center, a federally qualified health center in the South Bronx. She received her undergraduate degree from Duke University and earned her medical degree with Alpha Omega Alpha honors from Emory University School of Medicine. She completed her Master of Public Health in Behavioral Science and Health Education from Rollins School of Public Health. She completed her Internal Medicine/Primary Care residency training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

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