Dr. Adam Z. Kawalek, MD — board-certified internist

Adam Z. Kawalek, MD

Board-Certified Internal Medicine Physician

ABIM Board Certified Licensed in 34+ States NPI: 1326223306

Verify My Credentials

Every note SickSlip issues is reviewed and signed by a board-certified physician. That physician is me. You can independently verify my credentials using the public registries below — no login required.

Clinical Philosophy

After 15+ years as a hospitalist and emergency physician, I kept seeing the same thing: patients spending hours in waiting rooms — exposing themselves to more illness — just to get a simple note for work. That's not healthcare. That's gatekeeping. Medical documentation and clinical care are fundamentally different. Your sick time belongs to you — not to a system that profits from making it difficult to access. I built SickSlip on one simple belief: a legitimate physician review should be fast, affordable, and completely separate from unnecessary clinical intervention. SickSlip brings board-certified physician care to you, on your terms.

Training

1999
Bachelor of Arts
Brown University
Double major: Biology & History
2005
Doctor of Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Distinction in Research
2007
Internal Medicine Residency
NYU Langone Medical Center
2008
Internal Medicine Residency
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center / UCLA

Board Certifications & Clinical Credentials

American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)
ACLS, BCLS, PALS, ATLS Certified
LegitScript Certified

Clinical Experience

Hospitalist
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
2009–Present
Hospitalist & Faculty
Johns Hopkins University Medical Center
2021–2022
Clinical Instructor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
2022
Associate Clinical Professor
UCLA / Western University of Health Sciences
2016–2019
Expert Reviewer
California Medical Board
2019–2021

State Medical Licenses

Active, unrestricted medical licenses in the following 34 states:

Alabama
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Maryland
Michigan
Missouri
Mississippi
North Carolina
Nebraska
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Delaware
Nevada
South Carolina
Minnesota

State licensure is periodically updated. SickSlip only issues notes to residents of states where I currently hold an active license; unlicensed-state requests are blocked in intake.

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