David B. Adams, M.D. (born 1950) is Professor of Surgery, Chief, Division of Gastrointestinal and Laparoscopic Surgery and Co-Director of the Digestive Disease Center at the Medical University of South Carolina. Adams is recognized as an expert in chronic pancreatitis surgeries and has been published over 100 times. He has given over 100 presentations regarding his clinical interests and will host the Chronic Pancreatitis Symposium in 2014 on Kiawah Island.