Maya Adam MD, co-creator and host of Changing Course, is the Director of Health Media Innovation and a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
In Maya’s first career, she spent ten years as a professional ballerina in Germany, before leaving the stage to study medicine. She is the daughter of an Indian South African mother and a German father, who were forced to flee South Africa during the Apartheid years, when mixed-race marriages were illegal. Because of this, she has lived in Canada, South Africa, Germany and now the United States.
Maya has had to change course many times, and her professional focus on the use of media to promote health and wellness, have led her to the Changing Course podcast, aimed at helping others navigate change in a turbulent world. This podcast is separate from Maya’s work at Stanford.
