Dr. Chandra Adams
2025 Women with Heart Honoree
Dr. Chandra Adams
HCA Florida Memorial Hospital
A direct descendant of two of the last granny midwives in southern Alabama, Dr. Chandra Adams believes in integrating the midwifery model of care with modern obstetrics. She works closely with midwives who perform in and out of hospital births and has created a system at her private practice, Full Circle Women’s Care (Jacksonville, FL), that boasts a consistently low labor-to-Cesarean conversion rate.
Dr. Adams is a fierce community advocate, known for challenging the status quo on sensitive topics such as maternal mortality, surrogacy, trauma-informed care, the impact of maternity on healthcare economics, and mental health evaluation in all phases of care. She was named Women’s Advocate of the Year by the JAX Chamber Professional Women’s Council. She is a sought-after speaker who has addressed the American College of Nurse Midwives at multiple state conventions. Dr. Adams often appears on WJXT in Jacksonville, FL as an expert on women's health.
As a bonus mom to a college grad on a pre-med track, she understands the importance of inspiring the next generation to reach their full potential. To that end, Adams serves as an Obstetric Preceptor for Family Medicine Residents in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.
Dr. Chandra Adams is an alumna of Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, and completed her post-graduate training at Hahnemann University Hospital via Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is a Lean Six Sigma green belt, with an Executive Healthcare Master of Business Administration from the University of Miami. Dr. Adams is board-certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecol
