Patch Adams

@Physicians, Birthday and Family ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Patch Adams is an American physician, social activist, and clown, known for treating people with humor and love, apart from medication American George Washington University Virginia Commonwealth University Physicians Gemini Celebrities Patch Adams is an American physician, clown and a social activist, who believes in treating his patients with love, humor and creativity, apart from the traditional medical services. His suicidal attempts as a teenager got him hospitalized three times in a year and he decided to change all this forever. To give shape to his vision, he earned his Doctor of Medicine degree at Virginia Commonwealth University (Medical College of Virginia) in 1971. Passionate about spreading love and laughter all around, he founded Gesundheit! Institute as a free community hospital. After running it for free for 12 years, he moved out of his cocoon and traveled worldwide, giving presentations and delivering lectures to medical schools and conferences to spread awareness about the alternative medical facilities for treating patients, thereby bringing a change to the existing healthcare system in America. He also made clown trips to hospitals, elder homes, orphanages, war zones, natural disaster sites, and refugee camps. Of late, he is working hard to re-build Gesungheit Institute as a community eco-village health care facility in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, which will include a 40-bed hospital and other amenities such as theater, horticulture, vocational therapy, and arts and crafts shops

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Birthday: May 28, 1945 Nationality: American Famous: George Washington University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Physicians Spouses: Linda Edquist Siblings: Robert Loughridge Adams Jr. Known as: Hunter Campbell Adams, Dr. Patch Adams Childrens: Atomic Zagnut Adams, Lars Zig Edquist Adams Information Detail Birthday May 28, 1945 Nationality American Famous George Washington University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Physicians Spouses Linda Edquist Siblings Robert Loughridge Adams Jr. Known as Hunter Campbell Adams, Dr. Patch Adams Childrens Atomic Zagnut Adams, Lars Zig Edquist Adams Universities George Washington University,Virginia Commonwealth University George Washington University 1971 - VCU Medical Center Virginia Commonwealth University Notable Alumnis George Washington University Virginia Commonwealth University Founder / Co-Founder Gesundheit! Institute Birth Place Washington, D.C. Height 196cm Gender Male Father Robert Loughridge Adams Mother Anna Adams Sun Sign Gemini Born in Washington, D.C. Famous as Physician

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He met Linda Edquist, a fellow VCU student, during his last year of medical school, and married her in 1975. The couple had two sons – Atomic Zagnut ‘Zag’ Adams and Lars Zig Edquist Adams. However, the two separated in 1998. Unsplash Personal Life

Currently, he resides in Urbana, Illinois. Unsplash Personal Life

Patch Adams was born as Hunter Doherty Adams on May 28, 1945, in Washington DC, into a military family to Robert Loughridge Adams and Anna Campbell Stewart. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

His father served in World War II and Korean War and died while he was posted in Germany, in 1961. He came back to the US, with his mother and brother, and settled in Virginia. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He was enrolled at an all-white Wakefield High School where he encountered racism and was bullied by his classmates. As such, he attempted suicide and was hospitalized thrice in a year. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

During his last hospitalization, he chose to make a revolution by healing people with love and laughter, instead of ending his life. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He finished school in 1963 and further completed a pre-medical coursework from George Washington University. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He set up the Gesundheit Institute and operated it from his home for over 12 years, integrating all healthcare issues in one model and treating patients for free, with no health insurance reimbursement or malpractice insurance. Unsplash Career

The number of patients increased in due course, but he started facing difficulties in funding the hospital. Unsplash Career

While searching a way out to receive funds to operate his hospital and continue serving his patients, he chose to go public and become a speaker in 1984. Unsplash Career

He began making presentations at medical schools and conferences in the United States and abroad. Over the last three decades, he has made over 50 presentations and lectured in around 70 nations. Unsplash Career

In 1985, he started a clown trip with a group of people to the then-Soviet Union, visiting hospitals, orphanages, elder homes and performing on the streets, clad in colorful attire, to bring love, joy and laughter to patients and other people. Unsplash Career

He established the Gesundheit! Institute, a pilot hospital model, in 1971. He partnered with Linda Edquist and 20 other friends, to provide free medical services to those who cannot afford the treatment. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	May 28, 1945
Nationality	American
Famous	George Washington University, Virginia Commonwealth University, Physicians
Spouses	Linda Edquist
Siblings	Robert Loughridge Adams Jr.
Known as	Hunter Campbell Adams, Dr. Patch Adams
Childrens	Atomic Zagnut Adams, Lars Zig Edquist Adams
Universities	George Washington University,Virginia Commonwealth University George Washington University 1971 - VCU Medical Center Virginia Commonwealth University
Notable Alumnis	George Washington University Virginia Commonwealth University
Founder / Co-Founder	Gesundheit! Institute
Birth Place	Washington, D.C.
Height	196cm
Gender	Male
Father	Robert Loughridge Adams
Mother	Anna Adams
Sun Sign	Gemini
Born in	Washington, D.C.
Famous as	Physician

Patch Adams

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May 28, 1945

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Washington, D.C.