Editing Patch Adams (section)

{{Short description|American physician, activist (born 1945)}}
{{For|the 1998 film|Patch Adams (film)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2017}}
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| image              = Patch Adams.jpg
| caption            = Adams in 2009
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| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1945|05|28}}
| birth_name         = Hunter Doherty Adams
| birth_place        = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| education          = [[Virginia Commonwealth University]] ([[Doctor of Medicine|MD]])
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| occupation         = {{hlist|Physician|comedian|social activist|clown|author}}
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| spouse             = {{Plainlist|
* {{marriage|Linda Edquist|1975|1998|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Susan Parenti<br />|2010}}
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| children           = 2
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'''Hunter Doherty''' "'''Patch'''" '''Adams''' (born May 28, 1945) is an American [[physician]], [[comedian]], [[social activist]], [[clown]], and [[author]]. He founded the Gesundheit! Institute as a not-for-profit in 1989. Each year he also organizes volunteers from around the world to travel to various countries where [[Clown Care|they dress as clowns]] to bring humor to orphans, patients, and other people.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|title=Doctor in a Clown Suit Battles Ills of His Profession |newspaper=New York Times |date=December 15, 1998 |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/19981215tuesday.html}}</ref>

Adams is currently based in [[Urbana, Illinois]]. In collaboration with the institute, he promotes an alternative health care model not funded by [[health insurance|insurance policies]].<ref name="nyt"/>